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View Poll Results: What should we read for May?
Dracula by Bram Stoker 11 25.00%
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 10 22.73%
Duma Key by Stephen King 5 11.36%
Afraid by Jack Kilborne 5 11.36%
Four and Twenty Black Birds by Cherie Priest 4 9.09%
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill 3 6.82%
Frankenstein: Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz 5 11.36%
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz 1 2.27%
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Old 04-25-2009, 12:47 PM   #1
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May 2009 Book Club Vote

This month's genre is horror. Here are the nominations:

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Duma Key by Stephen King
Afraid by Jack Kilborn
Four and Twenty Black Birds by Cherie Priest
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Frankenstein: Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

The poll will close in seven days.
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Old 04-25-2009, 01:07 PM   #2
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Old 04-25-2009, 01:17 PM   #3
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Old 04-25-2009, 03:11 PM   #4
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I don't know what to pick yet! Argh!
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Old 04-25-2009, 03:47 PM   #5
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I have voted.

BTW, I just emailed Cherie Priest author of "Four and Twenty Blackbirds" (I loved this book) asking her to make her other titles available in ebook form. Her hands are tied and she says she's been badgering Tor to make some older titles available but nothing has happened yet. She said her new book "Boneshaker" will be available as an ebook.

She responded within a couple of minutes of me writing her. It was great! I also let he know her book was in the running as the book club selection and gave her a link to the nomination thread.
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Old 04-25-2009, 08:40 PM   #7
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I just want to ask how many of us know the story of Frankenstein regardless if we've read the book or not? Well if you do, then give Frankenstein: Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz a vote as you'll see the story a little differently.
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Voted. I really have no preference as long as it scares the $#!+ out of me. Oddly enough, Jurassic Park (read when it first came out in paperback) has been the most frightening book I've read thus far.
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... Oddly enough, Jurassic Park (read when it first came out in paperback) has been the most frightening book I've read thus far.
I see what you mean ! The building tension, I think, where things are worsening chapter after chapter !
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Damn, I forgot to propose "Something Wicked this Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury, one of the finest novels ever written in the supernatural vein. Oh, for a time machine! Okay, so it's not available as an ebook, but everyone should read this novel at least once.
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Old 04-25-2009, 09:44 PM   #12
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Voted. I really have no preference as long as it scares the $#!+ out of me. Oddly enough, Jurassic Park (read when it first came out in paperback) has been the most frightening book I've read thus far.
I read that when it came out (I was in the fourth grade, yeah I'm a young'un) and I don't remember it being too terribly scary.

Still love the movie though.

Frankenstein is on my list, but I've already read Dracula. Damn, I should have nominated "Ghost Story" by Peter Straub, now that I think about it...
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I read that when it came out (I was in the fourth grade, yeah I'm a young'un) and I don't remember it being too terribly scary.

Still love the movie though.
The tension and impending doom sent chills down my spine. I felt like a helpless insect caught in a very big spider's web.
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we just need 2 more votes for Frankenstein: Prodigal Son to break the tie. I know you can do it!
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