2007-03-13 02:40:55 · 26 answers · asked by tanny 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Richard layman,because unlike Steven king for example;the action starts at the first page,plus he seems to venture where no other horror writers want to go.Excellent author,or was.
Oh and Shaun hutson,because he keeps you gripped from beginning to end,and you cant put his books down,and he's truly horrific.
2007-03-13 03:06:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
H.P Lovecraft is great because you're not usually sure whether what the protagonist is truly seeing these things or is going insane.
Poe is also good at building a wonderfully creepy gothic atmosphere.
Clive Barker's Books of Blood were a mix of the macabre, grotesque and the fantastic.
Charles Dickens' ghost stories are well worth a read
It is hard to disagree with M R James though. Some of the best ghost stories written.
Ok... decision time and I'll go for... Joyce Carol Oates. Not a traditional horror writer but her book Zombie is the most chillingly disturbing book I've read. It puts you in the mind of a serial killer very believeably. The others have all written great pieces of fiction. This actually frightened me because you begin to see the world through the killer's eyes and that's not a world I want to understand.
2007-03-13 10:18:19 · answer #2 · answered by hemingways_folly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King although i like Dean Koontz too (he sermonises a bit too much though). King because although he writes a mean horror book, what i love is the characters, in particular in stories set in the late 50s early 60s, i'm there with them. Plus the Dark Tower series are some of the better books i've read. Pure fantasy fairy tale for grownups.
John Sauls books are pretty good also.
2007-03-13 15:38:40 · answer #3 · answered by El 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen king The master of suspence and horror i like stephen king because of all his work is good and some of it is truly tarafinying my favorite book by stephen king is the stand wich has some horror in it and other stuff as well if your talking older writers then my favorite horror is Edgar allan poe with some creapy poems and perty much the creator of the short story he is a credit to almost every horror writer weather that writer be an older writer like stephen king or a new writter like his son joe hill Edgar allan poe was one of the masters I like both these writers eqal even though you cant really compare the two when asked to compare himself to Edgar Allan Poe he said that he was probley A big mac a fries so he respects edgar allan poe
2007-03-13 10:21:46 · answer #4 · answered by Matthew B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Without a doubt, Dean Koontz.
Tried three Stephen King books and couldn't even get past the first quarter (Except for the Stand which is an exception). He is the writers version of a one hit wonder.
2007-03-13 09:59:14 · answer #5 · answered by abluebobcat 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends what you define as "horror."
I'd probably have to say Stephen King because I like what I've read by him and it is found in the horror section of the library, but I don't really find him that scary - more "slightly disconcerting" (e.g. if you get a call while reading "Cell").
2007-03-13 18:05:53 · answer #6 · answered by Athene1710 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Clive Barker's earlier works (Hellbound Heart,Books Of Blood,Cabal etc) the horror stuff basically,his newer stuff is more fantasy so gone off him a bit.
I read a lot of stuff by Kelley Armstrong,Tanya Huff,Laurell K Hamilton (they're horror fantasy though).
Still like Graham Masterson & James Herbert to some degree. Now I prefer Karin Slaughter stuff though-more psychological than anything. I don't go so much for gore factor-prefer suspense and a gradual escalation in the degree of violence/blood & guts like she offers.
2007-03-13 12:41:20 · answer #7 · answered by munki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James Herbert tells the best rounded stories. Stephen Kings endings let him down and Graham Masterton is just too gory at times. Dean Koontz is not quite horror enough - more psychological.
2007-03-13 10:00:04 · answer #8 · answered by Redhead 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For me it is James Herbert. His stories are so well thought out, and his setting the scene and background knowledge of the characters are amazing.
I get totally lost in his books, the horror, is soooooooo scary that it made my hair go grey!
The whole Rats' books were so eerie.......it really instilled me with fear that something like that could happen, The dark was I think particualry horrifying for me with the Portent too.....anyway I'll stop rambling now!
2007-03-13 16:17:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Edgar Allan Poe
2. Dean Koontz
2007-03-13 10:04:26 · answer #10 · answered by Gen•X•er (I love zombies!) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋