Progarchives.com has always (since 2002) relied on banners ads to cover web hosting fees and all.
Please consider supporting us by giving monthly PayPal donations and help keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage") |
|
Post Reply 
|
| Author | ||
greenback 
Special Collaborator 
Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 14 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 3300 |
 Topic: Horror Author Is A Huge Prog Fan!Posted: May 22 2005 at 11:13 |
|
|
i think he is on these boards
|
||
|
[HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!>
|
||
 |
||
|
Bellringer
Forum Senior Member 
Joined: December 19 2004 Location: Hull, UK Status: Offline Points: 99 |
Posted: May 19 2005 at 19:24 |
|
|
James: I have, indeed, sampled Aickman (I have both PAINTED DEVILS and COLD HAND IN MINE) and you're right about him being one of the most talented of modern authors. I think part of his skill lay in his minimal output-- he didn't just churn out story after story and story. And he concentrated on atmosphere, which so many writers don't seem to have enough faith in. Atmosphere can be everything. I've read stories which, going by what simply happens in the story, are mainstream fiction but which become horror or fantasy SOLELY by the skillfull crafting of atmosphere. Bradbury is a master at this. I find that in horror, as in every other genre, "good" (in a literary sense) and "popular" seem to be, most of the time (with a few exceptions) mutually exclusive. And I agree that, though she can be amusing at times, Poppy makes a much better model for J. K. Potter than she does a horror writer. |
||
|
Psalm 69:6
|
||
|
||
|
James Lee
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525 |
Posted: May 19 2005 at 02:09 |
|
|
This is the thread where Peter comes to unwind.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
Peter
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669 |
Posted: May 18 2005 at 23:09 |
|
|
Come in, Rangoon! Edited by Peter |
||
|
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
||
|
||
|
James Lee
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525 |
Posted: May 18 2005 at 21:04 |
|
|
^ have you sampled Robert Aickman (probably, he's in many anthologies)? IMAO, he's the best 'modern' horror writer. Barker is a genius at times too but the gore level might turn you off. And just to be a provocative horror nerd: King and Rice are derivative hacks and anybody who actually enjoys Poppy Z. Brite is an idiot. |
||
|
|
||
|
||
|
Bellringer
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 19 2004 Location: Hull, UK Status: Offline Points: 99 |
Posted: May 18 2005 at 20:17 |
|
|
Ah, horror! You've found one of my weaknesses. I collect horror anthologies, the older the better and preferably in mass market size. I've got a good handful right now, but nothing that could be called impressive...yet. What I like is often called "supernatural fiction" because most of it dates from a time when the term "horror" had yet to be invented as a name for any kind of genre. I DO read modern stuff, but only if it's good; gore for its own sake is a cop-out. And I don't watch horror movies as a rule because it's literally been decades since we've seen a good one. And no, I'm not really into prog metal, either. Just can't get enough well-written short stories that scare the living crap out of me. Well-written being, of course, the key term here.
|
||
|
Psalm 69:6
|
||
|
||
|
Velvetclown
Forum Senior Member
Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 8548 |
Posted: May 18 2005 at 10:06 |
|
|
I´m NOT
|
||
|
||
|
Syzygy
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7003 |
Posted: May 18 2005 at 10:03 |
|
|
Off having a what???? - Please explain. |
||
|
'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
||
|
||
|
merswim
Forum Newbie 
Joined: May 16 2005 Status: Offline Points: 3 |
Posted: May 17 2005 at 08:45 |
|
|
SHE is still here. Ha-hah. Mellotrons? As in the instrument? Didn't Wetton play a mellotron with Uriah Heep?
Hope you guys dig the book. Sandy
|
||
|
||
|
PROGMAN
Forum Senior Member
VIP Member Joined: February 03 2004 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 2664 |
Posted: May 17 2005 at 05:05 |
|
|
Watch Horror Movies though Freddy Kruger
|
||
|
CYMRU AM BYTH
|
||
|
||
|
James Lee
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525 |
Posted: May 17 2005 at 01:50 |
|
|
^
The fool, he's off having a life!
|
||
|
|
||
|
||
|
Peter
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669 |
Posted: May 16 2005 at 23:57 |
|
All RIGHTY then! How about those mellotrons, eh Mer? Mer? Mer?
|
||
|
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
||
|
||
|
Man Overboard
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 07 2004 Location: Austin, TX Status: Offline Points: 3830 |
Posted: May 16 2005 at 20:44 |
|
|
There's a character named Stolt in there? I HAVE to read this.
 ... I'm serious! |
||
|
||
|
Tony R
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
Posted: May 16 2005 at 19:21 |
|
|
You wannna try pulling fistfuls of hair out your head at three in the morning and vomiting crimson puke.......I'll show you horror.......... Apart from that I'm alright! |
||
|
||
|
James Lee
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525 |
Posted: May 16 2005 at 18:36 |
|
|
^ I do. And that's an understatement. My favorite horror author has at least one prog band named after one of his creations: Shub-Niggurath. As far as bands go, they're not one of my favorites, but still... |
||
|
|
||
|
||
|
Joren
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 07 2004 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 6667 |
Posted: May 16 2005 at 13:42 |
|
|
Sorry, I never read horror novels.
|
||
|
||
|
merswim
Forum Newbie
Joined: May 16 2005 Status: Offline Points: 3 |
Posted: May 16 2005 at 13:14 |
|
Hi, I'm back. I am a big fan of Spock's, Flower Kings, Neal, IQ, etc. I post primarily on horror boards pushing my fave bands, but I thought I'd turn this one around. Just spreading the good word. No spam here. |
||
|
||
|
Peter
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669 |
Posted: May 16 2005 at 12:47 |
|
|
|
||
|
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
||
|
||
|
merswim
Forum Newbie
Joined: May 16 2005 Status: Offline Points: 3 |
Posted: May 16 2005 at 11:42 |
|
|
Hey Prog Fans, I am a huge progressive rock fan. I also love to read horror novels. I came across this novel titled THE DEMONOLOGIST, by a well-known horror author named Michael Laimo. This writer is apparently a huge prog fan, as he lists SPOCK’S BEARD, NEAL MORSE, TRANSATLANTIC, DREAM THEATER, MARILLION and other bands in his acknowledgements at the beginning of the book. Upon reading the book, I saw that some of the characters are named after prog musicians, ie Morse, Stolt, Hogarth, etc. Just thought I’d mention this here in case anyone is looking for a good read. The author has a website at http://www.laimo.com. |
||
|
||
|
Post Reply
|
|
| Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |
Horror Author Is A Huge Prog Fan!
Topic Options
GOOD OL' MAYSWIM, FILLING THE FORUMS WITH POSTS ABOUT PROG FROM AM TO PM!
James Lee wrote:
Hmmmm... will "merswim" post again, or is this just free advertising -- otherwise known as SPAM?
...you might say my life is filled with horror.