Horror Aficionados discussion

We do this on a "mommy" board I'm on and I LOVE it...

Its pretty simple.

Answer the questions left before you and then ask some for the next person.

Please remember: ANSWER the questions left immediately BEFORE your post, and be sure to leave 3 questions for the next person to answer!

01 - What is your favorite Book, why?

02 - In your opinion, who is the most infuential author of the 20th century, and why?

03 - What would be your last meal if you were on death row? (lol)

1) Mark Frost's "The List of Seven." Although there are a few books I could list as my favorites, "The List of Seven" always stands out for me as one of the most mesmerizing reads that I return to over and over again. I don't know exactly what it is I like so much about the book. It is a combination of the furious adventure, the great characters and the enjoyable narrative.

2) J.R.R. Tolkien. "The Lord of the Rings" is a modern classic that is amazing on so many levels. With it - and "The Hobbit" - he has single-handedly created the genre of high fantasy from which every fantasy author is borrowing to this date. Without Tolkien there would be no Terry Brooks, no John Ringo, no AD&D and so forth.

3) I think it would have to be a spicy Hungarian sausage with mustard and a piece of bread.

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01 - What is the most vivid nightmare you remember from your childhood?

02 - If you could rewrite an existing novel, which would it be, and why?

03 - Who is your favorite horror villain?

1. When I was about 4, I dreamed I was in a wooden (wood shelves, wood toys, wood walls) toy store shaped like a tower. I couldn't see the floor or the ceiling--it seemed to go on for ever--and I was hanging in mid-air, sitting in my wooden rocking chair. Scary, but I don't know why.
2. Dean Koontz's books always pull me in with the premise but then don't usually deliver.
3. Hannibal Lecter is the first one who comes to mind, but that seems so obvious. So does Annie Wilkes. But they're both creepy!

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1. What book would you like to live in?
2. What author (living or dead) would you like to meet?
3. What would you like written on your tombstone?

1) I'm torn between Dune, LOTR and one of Louis L'Amour's Westerns for a book I'd like to live in. Think I'll opt for Dune, provided I could be one of the Atreides good guys (and survive). Or a Fremen Naib.

2) Thomas Harris. I think his works are stupendous. Dr Lecter - what a creation!

3) He gave it a go.

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1. What do you think is the founding father of modern horror fiction?
2. What monsters of mythology or religion would you like to see more of?
3. Who would be your ideal film Dracula and why?

1. I haven't really read enough horror fiction to answer this question but I suppose Stephen King seems to be the obvious answer.
2. I like the Nordic myths so I think I would enjoy seeing the "characters" of it in some stories.
3. I thought Gary Oldman was a pretty awesome Dracula.

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1. If you had to become a monster (and it would not be a glorified version - a vampire for instance would not be the elegant version that seems to be popular now) - what would you choose to be?
2. If you had to be stuck in a horror movie what movie would you choose?
3. Is there an ending to any book that you wish you could change?

1) A dragon, I think that's a monster isn't it?
2) Psycho, I look much better in black and white.
3) Hrmm, nope.

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1. Can you think of an author who blends horror and humor?
2. Which is better Poe, Kafka, or Lovecraft? And why?
3. Has a sentence in a book ever given you chills? What was that sentence?

1. I would like to be murdered in my sleep. Maybe by dropping a ten ton block of steel on my head. I wouldn't feel a thing.
2. Uhhhhhhhh, killin's bad. But I would probably try for the whole beating someone to death thing. It's just so damn violent.
3. Kinda answered this already but Stepheny Meyer!!!!!

1. What did you think of the film The Misst?
2. What is your favorite novel by Bentley Little, if you have read one?
3. Have you ever met a famous horror author? Who? Details.

1. I loved The Mist but hated the ending. But I understand the kind of ending the director was going for.
2. The Ignored is my favorite Little novel. It veers from his successful-but-sometimes-stale formula and makes you feel for the ignored in society.
3. Yes, I met Robert McCammon for a minute at one of our library's book fairs. He's very nice. But I normally don't like to meet celebrities I admire because I'm too nervous and shy and they might be jerks.

1. Have you ever hit anyone as an adult?
2. What was the worst meal you ever ate?
3. What is your favorite poem?

1. Horns by Joe Hill. I thought it was an amazing book and am so glad I read it. Can't wait for his next one.
2. Sweet tea.
3. I admire it as an homage but think it's dopey. (No offense to anyone, of course.)

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1. What was your favorite subject in school?
2. If you could snap your fingers and be anyone in the world, where would you land?
3. Have you ever taken a bad fall while skateboarding?

1. Last time I hit someone in anger was about 9 or 10 years ago when I was 18.
2. Can't really remember... Worst burger I have tried had a lot of strong mustard in it. Didn't taste very good.
3. I like: I Sit and Look Out by Walt Whitman

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1. What is most important to you in your life?
2. If you could live anywhere where would you live?
3. What's your favorite short story?

oops sorry :/

Guess I missed a few.

1. My son.
2. Fairhope, Alabama
3. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson

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1. What was your favorite subject in school?
2. If you could snap your fingers and be anyone in the world, where would you land?
3. Have you ever taken a bad fall while skateboarding?

S'okay, Jakob. ;-D

You guys are too quick for me :P

Tressa's questions:
1. sociology.
2. anywhere or anyone? - anywhere: the Bahá'í gardens in Haifa, Israel. Anyone... don't think I would want to be anyone else :P
3. always thought skateboarding was cool but never got into it.

Susie's:
1. I would like to either be a writer or an aid worker.
2. I used to be very much into them but I felt like I read all the best ones already and lost interest.
3. All kinds but recently got into Persian movies.

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1. What do you do for a living.
2. What is the weather like outside?
3. Name a book that has made you laugh out loud?

1. Work in a library.
2. Warm and sunny.
3. Help! A Bear is Eating Me

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1. What was your first car?
2. Who was your first teen celebrity crush?
3. What song makes you smile every time you hear it?

1. Yes, love it.
2. I certainly do, but it's not always perfect love.
3. Most times they're funny but can get tiresome after a while.

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1. If you could be any animal, what would it be?
2. Which book do you wish you had written?
3. Are you a fan of Fawlty Towers?

1. I would love to be a snake, and not just because of its evil reputation. I think that moving without legs is interesting.
2. I wish I had written Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon. I don't understand how a book that good could have been written.
3. I'm not sure what that is. Sorry.

1. What is your favorite band?
2. Do you enjoy writing fiction?
3. Which book of King's do you think would make a good movie? Can already be made, or if you think the movie should have been made better.

1. When dinosaurs ruled.
2. They talk funny and can't spell.
3. 2007

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Adam's questions:

1. What is your favorite band?
2. Do you enjoy writing fiction?
3. Which book of King's do you think would make a good movie? Can already be made, or if you think the movie should have been made better.

1. Green Run HS Marching band. Oh, and I just discovered Offspring.
2. Yes, but I don't think I'm very good at it.
3. The Stand and It are too big. How about The Long Walk?

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1. What is one sign of being obsessed with books/reading?
2. What one movie are you glad you saw on "the big screen?"
3. What imaginary things are under your bed? Any real things?

1. Books everywhere in the home.
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
3. No imaginary things, but plenty of dust and lost objects.

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1. What was your favorite board game as a child?
2. Did you ever cry when you sat on Santa's lap?
3. Are your parents still living?

1. Be a housewife.
2. Not at all.
3. Adult fiction.

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1. What was your favorite board game as a child?
2. Did you ever cry when you sat on Santa's lap?
3. Are your parents still living?

1. I loved playing Monopoly with my brother or whatever friends I could get together. I had to trust them to not cheat me out of money though. I'm pretty sure they read the correct cards to me.
2. I don't think I did but I'm not certain.
3. Yes. Both of them are still going strong.

1. Who is your favorite author? It doesn't have to be horror.
2. Have you ever experienced a tornado?
3. Have you ever read Under the Dome by Stephen King? What did you think?

1- Currently Mo Hayder
2- I am in Australia so no!
3- I don't tend to read much Stephen King (am I allowed to say that here? ) lol


**1** If you be someone else for a day, who would it be?

**2** If you could change one body part on yourself what would it be?

**3** Your Ideal partner?

It is okay to not read Stephen King, as long as you give him at least one chance.
1. I would love to be my brother for a day. He has a lot of things that I want.
2. II would probably change my face or something. I'm not to picky though. For example, I'm not really sure how I'd change it.
3. Someone who has most of the same interests as me, likes to discuss things in an intelligent way, and doesn't say how hot she thinks Edward is!

1. Have you seen Date Night yet? What'd ya think? If not, it is really funny.
2. Have you ever listened to an audio book.
3. What is your opinion of Robert R. McCammon?

Tracyene wrote:
3. The Stand and It are too big. How about The Long Walk?
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I just finished the long walk. I think it would make a great movie! :)

1. Not yet but I'll be sure to check it out.
2. I discovered audio books last year and got pretty hooked.
3. Don't know who that is...

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1. How would you sum up your world view?
2. If you could choose a book to be made to film and got to choose the cast, What book would you choose and what cast?
3. Do you have a phobia?

Jacob, Robert R. McCammon is an amazing horror author who wrote books such as Swan Song and Boy's Life. Swan Song is a lot like the Stand by Stephen King.
1. I love the world and am happy with what I have, but I wish that other people could have the same oppertunities that I have. But, then again, I read lots of fiction because sometimes the world seems a bit dull.
2. I would choose The Store by Bentley Little. Bill would have to be played by Paul Rudd from I Love You, Man. He might be good. Also Liam Neson would play King. He's good in evil roles. Besides that, I don't care, just not anyone who has been in Twilight.
3. I am terrified of drowning, and of being buried alive.

1. What is the longest book you've ever read?
2. Which author do you hate above all others.
3. Would you rather: read the Twilight saga, or ten novels by Danielle Steel?

1. The Stand
1. Ernest Hemingway
3. Shit. Do I have to? *gulp* Twilight

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1. Have you ever gone skinny dipping?
2. Have you ever played the game of jacks?
3. What's your favorite fast food restaurant?

1- Not that I can remember!

2- Is that a card game????

3- Sizzlers!

**1** If you could have any actress/actor play you in your life story, who would it be?

**2** Most boring book you have ever read?

**3** Ever found a date over the web?

1. No actress looks like me.
2. Our Mutual Friend by Dickens
3. No

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1. What was the last movie you cried at?
2. Have you ever dreamed about an actor/actress?
3. Have you ever read erotica?

1. No, I hate math.
2. All kinds of music.
3. Sean Penn because he's so angry and preachy.

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1. Do you think Madonna is too old to be acting like she does on stage?
2. As a kid did you take your lunch to school or eat the cafeteria food?
3. Do you have siblings and, if so, do you favor one over the other?

1- Yes but I still kind of admire her
2- A bit of both
3- One younger brother who can be a pain in the butt!

**1** If you could a man for a day what would you do?
**2** What were you scared of as a child?
**3** Would you ever join the Church of Scientology?

1. Um, I don't know for sure, I never wanted to be a man.
2.Walking home from school through a field of tall grass, I was afraid frankenstein, and the vampire uncle from the munsters were going to pop out and get me.
3.Nope, not even for a million bucks.

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1. If your spouse killed someone, would you call the police, or help hide the body?
2. Have you ever fallen down in front of a large crowd of people?
3. Have you ever had to leave the light on after reading a super creepy book or story?

1. When you say do, do you mean "do"? You don't mean "be," do you? I'd do Neil Gaiman
2. Speaking in public.
3. Hell, no.

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1. Who do you think is the ugliest actor in Hollywood?
2. Have you ever caused a car accident?
3. Have you ever written in a slam book?

LOL. Oh, crap. I misread Trace's question. I must have a one-track mind today.

1. I'd call the police.
2. Of course, I trip over my own feet all the time.
3. Yes, but I can't remember which.

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1. Who do you think is the ugliest actor in Hollywood?
2. Have you ever caused a car accident?
3. Have you ever written in a slam book?

1. Not yet, but if I keep eating fast food I might have one before I'm legally allowed to drink.
2. I have a crappy Nextelle. Is that how you spell it?
3. Not really. I had to live with three kids all under three years old for a summer and hated it so much, but I think a lot was the parents too.

1. Who would you dedicate your novel to if you wrote one?
2. Have you ever read 1984? What did you think of it?
3. Which one of the following and why? Richard Laymon, Bentley Little, Edward Lee, James Herbert.

1. My son - he's given me most of my stories.
2. I think I had to in high school but can't remember.
3. Bentley Little. Haven't read the others...yet.

1. Plastic surgery or accept what mother nature gives you?
2. Wine, beer, martini or soda?
3. If you found $10 in a library book would you keep it or try and return it to the last person who had read the book? (My *&^% conscience is bothering me.)

1. Plastic surgery if need be.
2. Beer.
3. Return it.

1. Have you ever given a man/woman who was interested in you the wrong phone number?
2. Have you ever stolen anything from a store?
3. Have you ever cheated playing a game?

1-No I gave the right one then went to all the trouble of changing my mobile number!
2-Oh dear. Well yes as a girl my best friend and I used to take barbie doll clothes from their packets :-(
3- Tressa your killing me!!! Yes as a teenager I cheated at poker but only because I was playing a whole group of guys that thought they were good!

**1** Have you ever peed in a public swimming pool?
**2** Ever faked sickness to get out of work?
**3** Told a friend they looked good as not to hurt their feelings?

1. As a child, yes.
2. I wouldn't call it faking, but exaggerating my ability to go to work because of some minor pain.
3. No, I like friends to be honest with me and am honest with them in return. I let them down in a gentle way, though.

1. Have you ever broken something in anger?
2. Have you ever not left a tip to waitstaff that did a crappy job?
3. Did you ever play Spin the Bottle?

1. Sadly yes. I broke my laptop a couple of years back. I learned my lesson after that one though.
2. No, I always tip, just sometimes a little less than other times. When they are bad, I sympathise with them, thinking that I wouldn't be able to do their job.
3. Nope. Never had that experience.
1. Favorite John Saul novel?
2. Do you like sunny or rainy days?
3. Would you rather live in a place that has four distinct seasons, or a place like Southern California that only has two?

1. Comes the Blind Fury is the only John Saul novel I ever read, and I enjoyed it.
2. Sunny. I hate rainy days because they make me depressed.
3. Four seasons. I would go mad without a change of seasons.

1. Have you ever walked out on a movie because it was so bad?
2. Do you sneak your own snacks into the theater?
3. Have you ever told someone to "shush" in a theater or gone to the get the manager because someone was too loud?

1. Two movies I left but not necessarily because they were bad: Born on the 4th of July (because the rocky camera movement made me sea sick.) and Sin City (because the two ladies I went to see it with from work were not really into that so we left, I saw it by myself later.)
2. I have done that, but mostly I just don't eat during movies. My friends get about 8 tubs of popcorn and they share :)
3. Never got the manager, but I do get annoyed at talking and will tell people to shut up. During Lord of the Rings a whole family were going from theatre to theatre, the dad was talking constantly on a cell phone in Spanish and pretended not to understand me when I told him to shut up or leave.

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1. Do you write in a diary or journal?
2. Do you like sushi?
3. Would you ever go to a nudist colony?

1. On occassion. I keep a gratitude journal.
2. Love it!!!
3. Unknowingly went to a topless beach in the Carribean last year. When in Rome....

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1. What's the worst job you've ever held?
2. Do you have a favorite charity?
3. Get along with your mother-in-law or think drowning them should be part of the wedding ceremony?

1. A two-week stint as a telemarketer with some friends in high school.
2. No, but I donate items to charities that operate thrift stores for battered women and children.
3. I get along fine with my MIL most of the time.

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1. Have you ever looked at a site at work that could get you in trouble?
2. Have you ever inflicted road rage on anyone?
3. Did you ever fail a course in school?

1- No way !
2- Yes a little bit of verbal abuse but with the windows up!
3-Yes maths maths and maths. It was never my strong point!!


**1**Coke or Pepsi?
**2**Padded your bra purposely to make your boobs look bigger?
**3**Burnt yourself with the hair iron?

1. No
2. No
3. Yes

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1. When was the last time you masturbated (Don't say you never have because no one will believe you)?
2. What have you done in the past that you are most ashamed of?
3. Have you ever been fired from a job and why?

1. Thursday night.
2. The awful way I acted towards my husband and newborn son when I had Postpartum Depression.
3. In my early twenties from a nanny agency, but I never bothered to find out why. Those idiot parents are hard to please.

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1. What's your opinion of the dumbest song ever?
2. Have you ever locked your keys in your car?
3. Do you know how to change a tire?

1- I just turn them all off! I have heard many dumb and dumber songs!
2- No but my best friend does it all the time.
3- I'm very red faced but no. lol

**1** Accidently farted in public and tried to walk away fast?
**2** Sworn in front of someone you shouldn't have?
**3** Put an item of clothing on back to front and walked out of the house?

LOL this is more like truth or dare now!