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tor.com - 11/1/2008
Halloween Special: Why I hate horror.
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This is going to be a much shorter article than the one on why I hate fantasy. I hate horror because it either bores me or terrifies me, and not in a good way. Let’s deal with “terrifies” first. I am so easily frightened by things that are actually scary that Stephen King’s “how to write” ...

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  • EmilyBlips EmilyBlips
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    I don't think I've ever read a horror novel. I mean, unless Goosebumps count (cuz I was definitely obsessed with those in fourth grade--but fear not, that was also the year I read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for the first time :D)
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SF Tidbits for 11/1/08
SF Signal — ... January 2009 selections for Joseph Mallozzi's book club: SF: On Basilisk Station by David Weber. Horror: The Living Dead edited by John Joseph Adams. Fantasy: City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer. The inaugural list of Night Shade Books titles is now available on Baen's e-publishing site, www.webscription.net. [via SF Scope] Why Jo Walton hates horror: "I hate horror because it either bores me or terrifies me, and not ...

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