I am rereading King's The Stand right now, so I though a poll on who our favorite "keep the lights on" writers are would be fun.

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Throw in what Novel or Novels you like as well!

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Jerry Jenkins

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Westminster OPC
Roaring Spring Pa.

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Jerry Jenkins

Robert Bloch
Fritz Leiber
H.P.Lovecraft

Where have you guys been?

Richard, you do have a point; I notice that I read a lot less of that stuff since becoming a Christian, but I'm not convinced it's wicked. I regard it as a parable of the law and the curse. Of course, I'm not talking about slasher stuff.

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Meg
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I voted Stephen King - not because of all the other books he wrote, but strictly because of The Stand. I think it's maybe the best novel I've ever read from any genre.

The rest of his books that I tried to read were too dark for my liking.

The Stand got in my head and messed with me for weeks after finishing it. What a great book!

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Steve Butts - Former SBC-er
Three Forms of Unity - Bradenton CRC - Bradenton, Florida
(A conservative member in a conservative congregation)

"Of two evils, choose neither." — C.H. Spurgeon

Edgar Allan Poe, easily.

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South / Central Florida
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I haven't read a horror novel in years. I just finished listening to Les Miserables for about the 3rd time which is fine book dealing with forgiveness, redemption, etc. though it is somewhat catholic. It's on my top 10 list

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J Baldwin
Keowee Presbyterian Church, PCA
Pickens, SC
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Joseph Smith...

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John
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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GOOSEBUMPS!!! j/k

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Redeemer Presbyterian Church (Santa Rosa, CA)

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I also voted King based on the merits of The Stand. It is a modern classic. King writes GREAT Short Stories! I recommend any of his collections.

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Christabel by S.T. Coleridge.

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I enjoy dark romanticism or Gothic writing such as Poe mentioned above and the psychological terror of Radcliffe's "The Mysteries of Udolpho" or James' "Turning of the Screw."

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Feileadh Mor
The Orthodox Catechism

Poe is the "Godfather" of the Genre, if nothing more than the fact that all these years later Poe can STILL scare the socks off you!

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One word,

POE.

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Donald Jacobs
Marysville. WA
Cascade Church (CRCNA)

Cum vero infirmor tunc potens sum.

I don't really read horror, but I love thriller and these two genres often intermingle.

I vote Dean Koontz (AKA Dean Kontz). I love the Odd Thomas Trilogy, and the Christopher Snow books. I really hope he brings out the next Frankenstein book soon. I recently read Darkest Evening of the Year and found it enjoyable, but not his best.

Some of Stephen Kings stuff that I have read is rather grotesque or sexual and unappealing to me because of that (scenes from the novels of Dreamweaver and Thinner come to mind.) I have enjoyed what I have read by Richard Bachman though. Apparently though he died a few years ago Stephen King recently found another novel that Richard had written.

This thread has inspired me to get a copy of The Stand, I have loved the movie for 5-6yrs now and watch it biyearly but I have yet to pick up the book.

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Bryan Riddle
1689 London Baptist Confession
Bethel Baptist Church Owasso, Oklahoma

Oops! Sorry! I just saw my typo on Dean's last name! I did the thread pretty late...sorry! You will love the novel The Stand if you have only seen the movie!

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Hey I'm just glad I was able to point out someone else's typo for once. I do it constantly. (however Firefox's spell check helps nowadays.)

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Bryan Riddle
1689 London Baptist Confession
Bethel Baptist Church Owasso, Oklahoma

My next Poll will be "Who wants Rich to put a Spell Checker on the PB?"

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Feileadh Mor
The Orthodox Catechism

Kenneth Robbins' The Audition (the five character version). And Phillip Valle's 2007 play Levee.

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Dan Pemberton
Vacaville, CA

Member, First Baptist Church San Luis Obispo
Formerly ABUSA (We left, so I guess that makes us American Baptists Unleashed!)

I was hoping you would "weigh in", I remember you used to work at a (Boarders) in school. I bet that was a cool job (I love books) did you get a discount? That would make it cooler!

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I did get a discount; but, the retail markup on books these days is so large that even with the discount (33% off), it was still cheaper to go with Amazon.com. I rarely bought books in the store. Just the same, I'm a used-book-kinda-person anyway.

The two plays listed about are both projects I've had the priviledge to work on. The former is published (and may even be free to read online somewhere), while the latter should be release sometime in the next year or so (hopefully).

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Dan Pemberton
Vacaville, CA

Member, First Baptist Church San Luis Obispo
Formerly ABUSA (We left, so I guess that makes us American Baptists Unleashed!)

...and Google Toolbar has spell check built-in.

Off topic, I know, but I think Max has a Mac. Am I remembering right Max?

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Steve Butts - Former SBC-er
Three Forms of Unity - Bradenton CRC - Bradenton, Florida
(A conservative member in a conservative congregation)

"Of two evils, choose neither." — C.H. Spurgeon

I didn't vote. I don't care for "horror" as a genre.

I am more interested in a good mystery or fantasy when it comes to extra-biblical or "light reading."

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Sterling Harmon
Coventry, CT
PCA
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