Soaking up the horror

Soaking my brain in horror. I started reading this, The Shining, about 6 months ago and chickened out. Now I'm really into it. I know the film really well, but this is different and darker by far. The domestic violence edge is as sharp as the ghost story. Plus there's the alcoholism and losing the… Continue reading Soaking up the horror

Science-Fiction/Double Feature

I've always loved science-fiction. I can't exactly remember the first sci-fi book I read, probably one of my older brother's Arthur C Clark books or even Z for Zachariah by Robert C O’Brien at school. But I quickly read everything I could find. I've still got my old battered copy of Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and an old hardback version of the first four parts of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy!