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Spider-Mine
Profile Joined June 2008
United States86 Posts
May 15 2009 15:22 GMT
#21
as far as gothic is concerned i would try The Cold Fire Trilogy by C.S. Freidman. As for heart breaking and haunting and post apocalyptic and all that good stuff can't beat The Malazan Book of the Fallen.
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
May 15 2009 16:32 GMT
#22
On May 15 2009 23:43 whatusername wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 15 2009 21:07 floor exercise wrote:
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

In the tradition of Anne Rice and YA titles such as Annette Curtis Klause's The Silver Kiss (1999) comes this heady romance that intertwines Bella Swan's life with that of Edward, an alluring and tormented vampire. Bella's life changes when she moves to perpetually rain-soaked Forks, Washington. She is instantly drawn to a fellow student, Edward Cullen, beautiful beyond belief and angrily aloof. Bella senses there is more behind Edward's hostility, and in a plot that slowly and frighteningly unfolds, she learns that Edward and his family are vampires--though they do not hunt humans. Yet Edward cannot promise that his powerful attraction to Bella won't put in her in danger, or worse. Recklessly in love, Bella wants only to be with Edward, but when a vicious, blood-lusting predator complicates her world, Bella's peril is brutally revealed. This is a book of the senses: Edward is first attracted by Bella's scent; ironically, Bella is repelled when she sees blood. Their love is palpable, heightened by their touches, and teens will respond viscerally. There are some flaws here--a plot that could have been tightened, an overreliance on adjectives and adverbs to bolster dialogue--but this dark romance seeps into the soul.


i can't tell if this is a joke or not.


Why would I be joking? He asked for tragic and gothic, you don't get much more tragic and gothy than love between a vampire and human girl that can never be
Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
May 15 2009 16:46 GMT
#23
A Secret History by Donna Tartt and join in in next week's PBR!
Moderator@TLPholon // "I need a third hand to facepalm right now"
Straylight
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada706 Posts
May 15 2009 16:48 GMT
#24
On May 16 2009 01:32 floor exercise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 15 2009 23:43 whatusername wrote:
On May 15 2009 21:07 floor exercise wrote:
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

In the tradition of Anne Rice and YA titles such as Annette Curtis Klause's The Silver Kiss (1999) comes this heady romance that intertwines Bella Swan's life with that of Edward, an alluring and tormented vampire. Bella's life changes when she moves to perpetually rain-soaked Forks, Washington. She is instantly drawn to a fellow student, Edward Cullen, beautiful beyond belief and angrily aloof. Bella senses there is more behind Edward's hostility, and in a plot that slowly and frighteningly unfolds, she learns that Edward and his family are vampires--though they do not hunt humans. Yet Edward cannot promise that his powerful attraction to Bella won't put in her in danger, or worse. Recklessly in love, Bella wants only to be with Edward, but when a vicious, blood-lusting predator complicates her world, Bella's peril is brutally revealed. This is a book of the senses: Edward is first attracted by Bella's scent; ironically, Bella is repelled when she sees blood. Their love is palpable, heightened by their touches, and teens will respond viscerally. There are some flaws here--a plot that could have been tightened, an overreliance on adjectives and adverbs to bolster dialogue--but this dark romance seeps into the soul.


i can't tell if this is a joke or not.


Why would I be joking? He asked for tragic and gothic, you don't get much more tragic and gothy than love between a vampire and human girl that can never be


Hahaha definitely a joke now.
It felt like gravity.
chobopeon
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States7342 Posts
May 15 2009 16:57 GMT
#25
On May 16 2009 01:32 floor exercise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 15 2009 23:43 whatusername wrote:
On May 15 2009 21:07 floor exercise wrote:
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

In the tradition of Anne Rice and YA titles such as Annette Curtis Klause's The Silver Kiss (1999) comes this heady romance that intertwines Bella Swan's life with that of Edward, an alluring and tormented vampire. Bella's life changes when she moves to perpetually rain-soaked Forks, Washington. She is instantly drawn to a fellow student, Edward Cullen, beautiful beyond belief and angrily aloof. Bella senses there is more behind Edward's hostility, and in a plot that slowly and frighteningly unfolds, she learns that Edward and his family are vampires--though they do not hunt humans. Yet Edward cannot promise that his powerful attraction to Bella won't put in her in danger, or worse. Recklessly in love, Bella wants only to be with Edward, but when a vicious, blood-lusting predator complicates her world, Bella's peril is brutally revealed. This is a book of the senses: Edward is first attracted by Bella's scent; ironically, Bella is repelled when she sees blood. Their love is palpable, heightened by their touches, and teens will respond viscerally. There are some flaws here--a plot that could have been tightened, an overreliance on adjectives and adverbs to bolster dialogue--but this dark romance seeps into the soul.


i can't tell if this is a joke or not.


Why would I be joking? He asked for tragic and gothic, you don't get much more tragic and gothy than love between a vampire and human girl that can never be


if you're serious, i dont think you know what gothic is in this context

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_gothic
:O
Trezeguet
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2656 Posts
May 15 2009 17:20 GMT
#26
The day of the Jackel
omninmo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2349 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-15 17:24:30
May 15 2009 17:24 GMT
#27
solaris by stanislaw lem
emotionally shattering science fiction

was made into a shitty film by s sodenburg but previously in the 70s by mastermind tcharkovsky
SlayerS_BunkiE
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1707 Posts
May 15 2009 17:28 GMT
#28
the blood countess by andrei codrescu

released during the early or mid 90s. this is inspired by elizabeth bathory, who was accused of killing 600 young women during the 14th/15th century in hungary.
iloveby.SlayerS_BunkiE[Shield]
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9103 Posts
May 15 2009 17:34 GMT
#29
I'm reading The Fountainhead right now and it's a great book.
Gray[FH
Profile Joined January 2009
152 Posts
May 15 2009 17:36 GMT
#30
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, its good i promise
<3
Neivler
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Norway911 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-15 17:56:34
May 15 2009 17:56 GMT
#31
The Catcher in the Rye, a very good book by J. D. Salinger. One of the most famous books in the world. Quite weird, not to loong and fun to read

But be awear. It is a book that has no action at all. It is all just him doing nothing in the entire book. So if you are a actionholik, this might not be for you(but it has a lot of sex stuff in it thou). Still very fun to read!
I pwn noobs
Motiva
Profile Joined November 2007
United States1774 Posts
May 15 2009 18:03 GMT
#32
The best book I've read thus far this year is easily The Name of the Wind and I would strongly recommend it to anyone.

stolen from the book's website (because i'm too lazy to type):

+ Show Spoiler +

My name is Kvothe, pronounced nearly the same as "quothe." Names are important as they tell you a great deal about a person. I've had more names than anyone has a right to. The Adem call me Maedre. Which, depending on how it's spoken, can mean The Flame, The Thunder, or The Broken Tree.

"The Flame" is obvious if you've ever seen me. I have red hair, bright. If I had been born a couple of hundred years ago I would probably have been burned as a demon. I keep it short but it's unruly. When left to its own devices, it sticks up and makes me look as if I have been set afire.

"The Thunder" I attribute to a strong baritone and a great deal of stage training at an early age.

I've never thought of "The Broken Tree" as very significant. Although in retrospect, I suppose it could be considered at least partially prophetic.

My first mentor called me E'lir because I was clever and I knew it. My first real lover called me Dulator because she liked the sound of it. I have been called Shadicar, Lightfinger, and Six-String. I have been called Kvothe the Bloodless, Kvothe the Arcane, and Kvothe Kingkiller. I have earned those names. Bought and paid for them.

But I was brought up as Kvothe. My father once told me it meant "to know."

I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned.

I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.

You may have heard of me.


I'd really recommend it, and The Road owned
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10831 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-15 18:12:41
May 15 2009 18:09 GMT
#33
If you liked The Road, and McCarthy's style, definitely check out Blood Meridian.

The narrative follows a teenage runaway referred to only as "the kid", with the bulk of the text devoted to his experiences with the Glanton gang, a historical group of scalp hunters who massacred Indians and others on the United States–Mexico borderlands in 1849 and 1850. The principal antagonist is the demonic Judge Holden, an extremely large and intelligent man who is utterly devoted to violence and conflict. Much of the book is based on Glanton gang member Samuel Chamberlain's My Confession, which has been criticized as unreliable, but Blood Meridian is historically accurate in general, and includes numerous references to contemporary occurrences.

Although the novel initially earned lukewarm critical and commercial reception, it has since become widely recognized not only as McCarthy's masterpiece, but also as one of the acclaimed American novels of the 20th century.


Incredibly violent and dense; I imagine it's probably exactly what you're looking for.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
GeneralStan
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States4789 Posts
May 15 2009 19:12 GMT
#34
If you want a short story, The Masque of the Red Death should be right up your alley.

You can even read it online:

http://www.online-literature.com/poe/36/
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ZeeTemplar
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States557 Posts
May 15 2009 19:40 GMT
#35
Dean Koontz - Velocity
Jangbi storms!!!
DeathSpank
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1029 Posts
May 15 2009 19:48 GMT
#36
On May 16 2009 01:32 floor exercise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 15 2009 23:43 whatusername wrote:
On May 15 2009 21:07 floor exercise wrote:
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

In the tradition of Anne Rice and YA titles such as Annette Curtis Klause's The Silver Kiss (1999) comes this heady romance that intertwines Bella Swan's life with that of Edward, an alluring and tormented vampire. Bella's life changes when she moves to perpetually rain-soaked Forks, Washington. She is instantly drawn to a fellow student, Edward Cullen, beautiful beyond belief and angrily aloof. Bella senses there is more behind Edward's hostility, and in a plot that slowly and frighteningly unfolds, she learns that Edward and his family are vampires--though they do not hunt humans. Yet Edward cannot promise that his powerful attraction to Bella won't put in her in danger, or worse. Recklessly in love, Bella wants only to be with Edward, but when a vicious, blood-lusting predator complicates her world, Bella's peril is brutally revealed. This is a book of the senses: Edward is first attracted by Bella's scent; ironically, Bella is repelled when she sees blood. Their love is palpable, heightened by their touches, and teens will respond viscerally. There are some flaws here--a plot that could have been tightened, an overreliance on adjectives and adverbs to bolster dialogue--but this dark romance seeps into the soul.


i can't tell if this is a joke or not.


Why would I be joking? He asked for tragic and gothic, you don't get much more tragic and gothy than love between a vampire and human girl that can never be

godamn it! I was gonna troll with that but now I've been beaten to it!
yes.
GGQ
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada2653 Posts
May 15 2009 19:58 GMT
#37
Not much like The Road, but I really enjoy novels by Michael Ondaatje. Try Anil's Ghost or Divisadero.
JohnnyCash
Profile Joined February 2006
France244 Posts
May 15 2009 20:09 GMT
#38
On May 15 2009 21:35 samachking wrote:
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

"The first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race." (William Kennedy, New York Times Book Review )

'The greatest novel in any language of the last 50 years' Salman Rushdie


I cant describe this book in words, by the time you finish it will hit you and hit you hard, amazing book.

If you like that try Marquez's Collected Novellas set they are great too.


Even if this book doesn't fit your requirements exactly, I can't say how much I support this advice. This is a fantastic book.
ZoW
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3983 Posts
May 15 2009 20:12 GMT
#39
Stephen King - The Stand
the courage to be a lazy bum
Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
May 15 2009 21:20 GMT
#40
On May 16 2009 02:56 Neivler wrote:
The Catcher in the Rye, a very good book by J. D. Salinger. One of the most famous books in the world. Quite weird, not to loong and fun to read

But be awear. It is a book that has no action at all. It is all just him doing nothing in the entire book. So if you are a actionholik, this might not be for you(but it has a lot of sex stuff in it thou). Still very fun to read!


Dyou know anything by Thomas Pynchon? Since little was know about the latter people speculated that he and Salinger were the same person. Anyway, Pynchon is epic, get a hold of Against the Day!
Moderator@TLPholon // "I need a third hand to facepalm right now"
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