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Post by thedamnedthing on May 20, 2008 2:47:40 GMT -5
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Post by Werewolf on May 23, 2008 11:09:57 GMT -5
It's a great list. A lot i've never heard of before but i will definately be checking them out. In fact the only one you listed that i've read was Stephen King's Cycle of the Werewolf. I'd love to get hold of a copy of Thor.
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Post by keywolf on May 23, 2008 12:43:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm gonna have to check some of those out. The Hyde Effect sounds very cool.
Just getting started on werewolf literature now, having nearly exhausted werewolf movies...
So far I've read (that I remember):
The Book of Werewolves - S. Baring Gould
Wagner the Werewolf - GWM Reynolds
The Werewolf of Paris - Guy Endore
The Nightwalker - Thomas Tessier
The Howling - Gary Brander
Return of the Howling - "
Cycle of the Werewolf - Steven King
Bitten - Kelley Armstrong
Bareback - Kit Whitfield
Sharp Teeth - Toby Barlow
...and a bunch of books that have werewolves in supporting roles, like the discworld series, the nightwatch series, short stories by Angela Carter and The Talisman by Steven King.
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Post by thedamnedthing on May 23, 2008 13:50:41 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm gonna have to check some of those out. The Hyde Effect sounds very cool. Just getting started on werewolf literature now, having nearly exhausted werewolf movies... So far I've read (that I remember): The Book of Werewolves - S. Baring Gould Wagner the Werewolf - GWM Reynolds The Werewolf of Paris - Guy Endore The Nightwalker - Thomas Tessier The Howling - Gary Brander Return of the Howling - " Cycle of the Werewolf - Steven King Bitten - Kelley Armstrong Bareback - Kit Whitfield Sharp Teeth - Toby Barlow ...and a bunch of books that have werewolves in supporting roles, like the discworld series, the nightwatch series, short stories by Angela Carter and The Talisman by Steven King. Since I made that list I've read Benighted (AKA Bareback) and The Nightwalker. The Nightwalker was good, reminded me of George Romero's movie Martin, similar in the sense that they're both character studies about people that may or may not be a mythological monster. Werewolf of Paris is probably my favorite novel of all time, a true classic. Some of those on your list I'll need to check out. |
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Post by dedwyre on May 23, 2008 15:10:53 GMT -5
Well, since we're all in the spirit...
"Wolf's Trap" by W.D. Gagliani
"The Werewolf Chronicles" by Traci Briery
"Wolfsong" by Traci Briery
"Bitten" by Kelly Armstrong
"Cycle of the Werewolf" by Stephen King
Plus various short stories, including an anthology called "Werewolves" edited by Martin H. Greenberg. And I'm in the admittedly-slow process of reading "Moon Called" by Patricia Briggs. I want to read all the books in that series, as well as the Kitty Norville books by Carrie Vaughn.
Not a long list. That's because 1) I kind of have a short attention span, and 2) I have trouble picturing people and things as they're described in the books I read. I have a good imagination in terms of creating my own characters and such, but when it comes to picturing other people's characters, I suck. It's like a video game where you try to create a character exactly the way you want him/her to look, but there are only a limited amount of hair styles, face shapes, clothing styles, etc.
Does anyone else have this problem, or am I an oddity?
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Post by Werewolf on May 23, 2008 15:37:53 GMT -5
I've read the werewolf anthology and the books that Anne Rice's sister wrote. Can't remember the titles off the top of my head. I have all Kelly Armstrong's werewolf ones and one by Guy N Smith that's no longer availble in print. He wrote a couple but i could only find one second hand.
What's the werewold chronicles by Traci Briery like?
I don't have your problem at all. I honestly have no problems imagining people in books. The only thing is as soon as it's adapted into a tv show or movie the image i have of the character changes into the actor who played them and it remains that way forever. Take Rincewind the wizard from Discworld. I always had a very particular image of him in my head, now when i read the books it's David Jason i see which is a shame because he's also what i see when i read about Albert as he played Albert in the Hogfather adaptation and Rincewind in the colour of Magic adaptation!
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Post by thedamnedthing on May 23, 2008 19:45:19 GMT -5
Try imagining them all as celebrities or someone you see a lot and know what they look like. That's what I do if I ever have trouble visualizing a character.
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Post by thedamnedthing on May 23, 2008 19:46:54 GMT -5
Are any of Kelly Armstrong books good, or are they all shitty chick romance fantasies about werewolves? I can't stand that shit.
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Post by ArcLight on May 23, 2008 22:09:50 GMT -5
Armstrong's books are pretty good, I think. There's some romance but it's not non-stop drooling over each other like I'm suffering thru with L.A. Banks' new werewolf book "Bad Blood." I mainly want to finish that one because I already ditched "Dancing With Werewolves" because it was so badly written and I hate to not finish another book, especially so soon.
Right now the top werewolf series is the Kitty novels by Carrie Vaughn. Love those.
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Post by dedwyre on May 24, 2008 7:51:48 GMT -5
When I read "Bitten," I remember getting very annoyed with the main character for not only having sex so many times, but doing it with a guy who she couldn't decide whether or not she hated.
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Post by keywolf on May 25, 2008 7:26:58 GMT -5
Now that you mention it, I guess the Nightwalker does remind me of Martin, which I thought was a very good film.
And I thought that Bitten achieved a pretty good balance between romance and occasional gory action. I liked it, but probably won't read the sequels.
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Post by dedwyre on May 25, 2008 8:02:40 GMT -5
I actually do want to read at least the first sequel. Not sure about the others, since they all seem to deal with witches and/or demons.
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Post by Werewolf on May 28, 2008 15:25:53 GMT -5
I've enjoyed all Kelley's books. I didn't mind the sex scenes are they weren't exactly ages long!
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Post by keywolf on Jul 3, 2008 12:12:41 GMT -5
I just finished reading The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon, possibly on the reccomendation of someone here, and absolutely loved it. I reccomend it to everyone.
If you've not heard of it it's a WW2/adventure story punctuated by gory werewolf horror. The main character Michael Gallatin is very cool, kind of like how James Bond might have turned out if he'd been raised by wolves.
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Post by thedamnedthing on Jul 3, 2008 17:57:53 GMT -5
I just started reading Cry Wolf, and I also received in the mail Darker Than You Think and The Wild. I'm reading two non-werewolf books, now, though, in addition to Cry Wolf, so those two will have to wait for a bit.
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