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The reader wants to discover how the protagonist overcomes the demons that beset him.</p> | The reader wants to discover how the protagonist overcomes the demons that beset him.</p> | ||
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?Lovecraft+h+p '''H.P. Lovecraft'''](1890-1937) is often consdiered the father of modern horror fiction. In his Cthulhu Mythos, an expelled race wants to take possession of earth again. He states, "All my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and emotions have no validity or significance in the cosmos-at-large. |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?king+stephen '''Stephen King'''] (1947 - ) His stores define the horror genre. He has been described as one of the best storytellers of our time, depicting the nightmare of our idealistic civilization. He received an honorary National Book Award in 2003. |
Pseydonym: '''Richard Bachman''' | Pseydonym: '''Richard Bachman''' | ||
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'''Movies:''' | '''Movies:''' | ||
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?shining '''The Shining'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dead+zone '''The Dead Zone'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?misery '''Misery'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dolores+claiborne '''Dolores Claiborne'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?green+mile '''The Green Mile'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?Carrie '''Carrie'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?firestarter '''Firestarter'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?Cujo '''Cujo'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?pet+sematary '''Pet Sematary '''] and more |
==Awards in Horror Fiction== | ==Awards in Horror Fiction== | ||
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==Classic Authors== | ==Classic Authors== | ||
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?hawthorne+nathaniel '''Nathaniel Hawthorne'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?house+of+the+seven+gables '''''The House of the Seven Gables'''''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?irving+washington '''Washington Irving'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?legend+of+sleepy+hollow '''''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'''''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?lovecraft+h+p '''H.P. Lovecraft'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?at+the+mountains+of+madness '''''At the Mountains of Madness'''''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?poe+edgar+allan'''Edgar Allan Poe'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?pit+and+the+pendulum '''''The Pit and the Pendulum'''''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?shelley+mary '''Mary Shelley'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?frankenstein '''''Frankenstein'''''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?stevenson+robert+louis '''Robert Louis Stevenson'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dr+jekyll+and+mr+hyde '''''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'''''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?stoker+bram '''Bram Stoker '''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dracula '''''Dracula'''''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?wells+h+g '''H.G. Wells'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?invisible+man '''''The Invisible Man'''''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?wilde+oscar '''Oscar Wilde'''], |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?picture+of+dorian+gray '''''The Picture of Dorian Gray'''''] |
==Bestselling Authors== | ==Bestselling Authors== | ||
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?andrews+v+c '''V.C. Andrews'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?barker+clive '''Clive Barker'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?blatty+william '''William Blatty'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?bloch+robert '''Robert Bloch'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?cook+robin '''Robin Cook'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?farris+john '''John Farris'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?hambly+barbara '''Barbara Hambly'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?harris+thomas '''Thomas Harris'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?jackson+shirley '''Shirley Jackson'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?king+stephen '''Stephen King'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?koontz+dean '''Dean Koontz'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?levin+ira '''Ira Levin'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?rice+anne '''Anne Rice'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?saul+john '''John Saul'''] |
| − | [http:// | + | [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?straub+peter '''Peter Straub'''] |
[[Category:Adult Fiction]] | [[Category:Adult Fiction]] | ||
[[Category:Horror]] | [[Category:Horror]] | ||
Revision as of 17:24, 27 June 2009
Article in the Adult Fiction and Horror categories.
"Where there is no imagination, there is no horror." -- Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet (1887)
"you want to know if i believe in ghosts, of course i do not believe in them. if you had known as many of them as i have you would not believe in them either." -- Don Marquis, Ghosts in Archy and Mehitabel (1927)
The fear of monsters, vampires, werewolves, witches, ghosts, haunted houses, demonic possession, medical and psychological evil, the occult and supernatural is the stuff of horror stories. The reader wants to discover how the protagonist overcomes the demons that beset him.
H.P. Lovecraft(1890-1937) is often consdiered the father of modern horror fiction. In his Cthulhu Mythos, an expelled race wants to take possession of earth again. He states, "All my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and emotions have no validity or significance in the cosmos-at-large.
Stephen King (1947 - ) His stores define the horror genre. He has been described as one of the best storytellers of our time, depicting the nightmare of our idealistic civilization. He received an honorary National Book Award in 2003.
Pseydonym: Richard Bachman
Movies:
The Shining, The Dead Zone, Misery, Dolores Claiborne, The Green Mile, Carrie, Firestarter, Cujo, Pet Sematary and more
Awards in Horror Fiction
Bram Stoker Awards presented annually by the Horror Writers of America.
Classic Authors
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables
Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness
Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
