Underground/subway train themed novels

stop__dreaming · 03-08-2013, 04:41 PM

Anyone know of any good underground/subway train featured/themed novels?

Catlady · 03-08-2013, 05:14 PM

The Taking of Pelham 123.

Avwriter · 03-11-2013, 07:37 PM

This Side of Brightness by Colum McCann

A bit gloomy, but interesting. It focuses on the actual construction of the NYC subway.

jsmack65 · 03-11-2013, 09:41 PM

The Light at the End, by John Skipp & Craig Spector. A genuinely creepy vampire in the NY subway novel.

thersites · 03-12-2013, 12:08 PM

Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere is a good urban fantasy set partly in his well-imagined London Below.

Mike L · 03-12-2013, 12:59 PM

Catlady beat me to it. The Taking of Pelham 123 is the obvious choice - a true classic of the genre.

Mike

barutanseijin · 03-13-2013, 12:59 AM

Half of Murakami Haruki's Hard boiled wonderland & the end of the world has an underground setting. I'm not a Murakami fan, but i liked this one.

In the more figurative sense of "underground", there's Dostoevsky's Notes from the underground.

forsooth · 03-13-2013, 04:59 AM

Those well known.

others
1 movie recent hobo cannibals in subway tunnels.
Better old short story with creatures living in natural tunnels breaking in big city subway tunnels to eat people.

Underground my thing but refer here to only subway tunnel stories.

Mike L · 03-13-2013, 06:02 AM

One of the Sherlock Holmes stories involved a body being transported across London on the roof of a Metropolitan Railway train. I can't remember which story that was, but I could probably find it if anyone is interested.

Mike

SeaKing · 03-14-2013, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike L

One of the Sherlock Holmes stories involved a body being transported across London on the roof of a Metropolitan Railway train. I can't remember which story that was, but I could probably find it if anyone is interested.

Mike

I saw that. The body was found and they didn't know how it got there.

SeaKing · 03-14-2013, 04:30 AM

There was a movie with George C Scott and he was crazy and thought he was Sherlock Holmes and at the end he saw a big light coming from the tunnel and thought it was the evil Dr Moriarty but it was a train that ran over him.

I never had been so glad to see a train. Terrible movie.

stop__dreaming · 03-14-2013, 06:03 AM

Thanks for the recommendations guys!

forsooth · 03-17-2013, 05:51 AM

Another movie "The Tunnel" in 2011.
video news reporters in old Australian train tunnels.
They are not alone.

thersites · 03-17-2013, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thersites

Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere is a good urban fantasy set partly in his well-imagined London Below.

As mentioned in another thread, Neverwhere dramatization is being broadcast this coming week on BBC radio, with download available here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r522y

frahse · 03-17-2013, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by forsooth

Another movie "The Tunnel" in 2011.
video news reporters in old Australian train tunnels.
They are not alone.

That may have been the one where they found a trove of eyeballs.

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jsmack65 Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 865830 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: nook	The Light at the End, by John Skipp & Craig Spector. A genuinely creepy vampire in the NY subway novel.

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thersites Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 707044 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Iowa, USA Device: iRex iLiad & PocketBook 360	Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere is a good urban fantasy set partly in his well-imagined London Below.

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Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	Catlady beat me to it. The Taking of Pelham 123 is the obvious choice - a true classic of the genre. Mike

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barutanseijin Nxfgrrjks Posts: 99 Karma: 925422 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: New York, NY Device: aura hd	Half of Murakami Haruki's Hard boiled wonderland & the end of the world has an underground setting. I'm not a Murakami fan, but i liked this one. In the more figurative sense of "underground", there's Dostoevsky's Notes from the underground.

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forsooth tec montage Posts: 435 Karma: 544444445 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: harsh unforgiving places Device: kindles, lenovo, chromebook, mobiles	Those well known. others 1 movie recent hobo cannibals in subway tunnels. Better old short story with creatures living in natural tunnels breaking in big city subway tunnels to eat people. Underground my thing but refer here to only subway tunnel stories.

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Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	One of the Sherlock Holmes stories involved a body being transported across London on the roof of a Metropolitan Railway train. I can't remember which story that was, but I could probably find it if anyone is interested. Mike

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SeaKing Frequent Flier Posts: 1,282 Karma: 2058993297 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: KB kindle aboard, Galx Tab 7.0 Plus, trying out Droid 1 as mini-tab	There was a movie with George C Scott and he was crazy and thought he was Sherlock Holmes and at the end he saw a big light coming from the tunnel and thought it was the evil Dr Moriarty but it was a train that ran over him. I never had been so glad to see a train. Terrible movie.

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stop__dreaming Addict Posts: 202 Karma: 1211098 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bristol, England Device: Kindle 3	Thanks for the recommendations guys!

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forsooth tec montage Posts: 435 Karma: 544444445 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: harsh unforgiving places Device: kindles, lenovo, chromebook, mobiles	Another movie "The Tunnel" in 2011. video news reporters in old Australian train tunnels. They are not alone.