Richard Laymon

[Michelle]

I enjoyed Chasm by Laws.. and the one where they're trapped in the walls....?

 

Long time ago though.

[Owen]

Oh. I had forgotten Chasm. Another very good book, on a similar vein as anyone read Odd thomas by Dean Koontz?

[Michelle]

Yep, but we're going off topic a bit now!

 

There's a Laymon thread here:

http://bookclubforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=744

 

Review of Odd Thomas:

http://bookclubforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=775

 

General Koontz thread:

http://bookclubforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=52

 

General horror thread:

http://bookclubforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2537

 

That should keep you all busy.

[Owen]

My bad, sorry, Laymon is good for a no brainer book.

[kmce]

sorry my fault it was funhouse by dean koontz i was wanting to know about lol, any one read that

[Owen]

I have read nearly all of Koontz' books, enjoyed most of them. Funhouse is all right, its got some tense parts but overall a bit of a let down. Give it a go and let us know what you think.

[vicky_notts]

Anyone here Laymon Fans?

I totally love his books,ive got them all.Only read one by chance as i work in a bookstore and one sunday it was very quiet and the first book i picked up was his,Read it in my shift and loved him ever since....

 

Anyone else?

[Kell]

I used to read a lot of them (this is quite a few years ago now), but I got bored with them - I thought they got to be quite same-y. I used to really enjoy them though.

[Michelle]

I've merged 3 similar threads, and gotten rid of some extra posts.

[Kell]

You beat me to it - I was just coming back to do that now that I've finished lunch. I guess great minds think alike.

[Nollaig]

I like the sound of this guy.... I think I'll give him a go if I see one of his books.

[Book Fiend]

Like a few of people on here, I used to read a lot of Richard Laymon but gave up because they are all a bit samey. Also, I started to find the excessive gore and violence a bit disturbing. Not because it scared me (although Endless Night scared the out of me and is the reason I sometimes wake up in the night thinking I've heard a noise and am scared witless that someone is going to break in and murder me and my family!) but more because I was disturbed by the fact that I was reading that sort of thing for pleasure. Does that make sense?

 

Having said that, there is no denying that his books are good easy to read horror. If you like your horror especially gory with lots of sex then you will love him!

 

A few of his books I did really enjoy are:

 

Blood Games - one of my favourite horror books

Flesh

Resurrection Dreams - its a bit twisted but I enjoyed it

The Travelling Vampire Show - I remember being quite surprised at the end

All of The Beast House books are good (I think there's 3 but I can't remember what they're all called)

[Endless]

Are there any fans of the late splatterpunk writer Richard Laymon on this board.

 

I enjoy his work immensely and always have a good time when I read any of his novels.

 

I have always felt he was an overlooked and underappreciated horror writer.

 

I am alone here?

Edited November 16, 2010 by Michelle
Merged with existing thread.

[Weave]

I have only read one book by Richard Laymon it was called 'Bite', I enjoyed it and always meant to read more of his books, I will definitely be checking them out