Lord Glorfindel Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 What author in your opinion is the Freakiest. I picked Edgar Allan Poe for he officialy freaked my out when I read Masque of Red Death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylic Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Edgar. Allen. Poe. End of discussion (On my part at least ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Ackbar8 Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 edger allen poe is for me too freaky guy you seem to put john stienbeck up there i have read his book The Pearl and some others and hes wierd but not freaky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reborn Outcast Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 No John Steinbeck is not freaky... he just wrote morally based stories. Edgar Allen Poe is the freakiest up there. By a long shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Poe. I read this thing where these guys go down to a wine cellar, one ties the other one up, and buries him alive. Please post the title of this short story if you know it. I liked it. Animal Farm is a cool book, nothing freaky in it though. It is just Russia with animals.... Sad when boxer dies... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Glorfindel Posted January 11, 2003 Author Share Posted January 11, 2003 No offense to John Steinback or Grapes of Wrath (which is one of the most descriptive books in the world). I put John Steinback up there cause he is not a horror author or suspense author, but he descripes a situation so well that its almost freaky in a way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reborn Outcast Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Ah yes now I see what you meant when you put Steinbeck up there and I have to agree with you... he knows how to hit humans feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jed Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Edgar Allen Poe. I have a thick book of his short stories....his stuff can be hard to read, but if you get into it, you can get thoroughly freaked. Katarn07, you're refering to the Mosque of Red Death I'm pretty sure...tis a good story. But what about the Murder at Rue Morgue? Great story...very "original" indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Poe defently, i love his work, its so weird and off the wall, and scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-s/<itzo- Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Edgar Allan Poe without a doubt. his poems are remarkable for their flawless literary construction and for their haunting themes and meters. and also his essays were famous for their sarcasm, wit, and exposure of literary pretension. his evaluations have withstood the test of time and have earned for him a high place among American literary critics. Poe's theories on the nature of fiction and, in particular, his writings on the short story have had a lasting influence on American and European writers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reborn Outcast Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Originally posted by Jedi220 Katarn07, you're refering to the Mosque of Red Death I'm pretty sure...tis a good story. No its not that but it sounds the same. It's "The Cask of Amontillado" The story that your thinking about is when all the rich and wealthy gather for a party while everyone outside is dying from the Red Death. And the Red Death gets into the party and kills everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacco Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 I don't know any of these authors or even heard of them. I never heard of these books before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reborn Outcast Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Wow have you gotten out into the world... Edgar Allen Peo wrote some of the greatest scary short stories ever, John Steinbeck wrote some of the most controversial books on slavery... man how can you not know about them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmjedi Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 I would have to say Edgar Allen Poe as well because franlky he's the only guy that I have read weird stuff from. The Tell Tale Heart and the House of Usher were just weird in my opinion. Farenheit 451 was also a weird book too. I expected alot more from the movie but then again it was made back in the day and they couldn't make all the visual stuff look good without making the movie seem funny. Oh wait. I just though of Stephen King. He has to be the freakiest author right now because his books just freak you out too. They are also scary too but if you think about it some of the stuff is also freaky in a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-s/<itzo- Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Originally posted by Chewbacco I don't know any of these authors or even heard of them. I never heard of these books before. people should read more nowadays. you guys are taking things for granted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Glorfindel Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 Originally posted by Ratmjedi I would have to say Edgar Allen Poe as well because franlky he's the only guy that I have read weird stuff from. The Tell Tale Heart and the House of Usher were just weird in my opinion. Farenheit 451 was also a weird book too. I expected alot more from the movie but then again it was made back in the day and they couldn't make all the visual stuff look good without making the movie seem funny. Oh wait. I just though of Stephen King. He has to be the freakiest author right now because his books just freak you out too. They are also scary too but if you think about it some of the stuff is also freaky in a way. DUH!!! I forgot Stephen King. He is another freaky author that I forgot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylic Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Stephen King is nothing compared to Edgar, that is 1 thing for SURE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Monk Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Orwell, because "1984" is a prophetic dystopia that everybody should read and take into account. Total information awareness here in the States is creating a Big Brother. Seems like 1984 has come about twenty years late. And "Animal Farm" is a parable on the rise of Communism--"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others." Poe's definately freaky, but the things in Orwell's novels are still possible and still very relevant in our world today, and the ramifications of their coming about now would have an effect on every single person on earth. That said, Fahrenheit 451, another dystopia, is my favorite book on that list, though it isn't really "freaky". It's an excellent book about the dangers of censorship and the dumming-down of a culture. Another prophetic volume that everyone should read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylic Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Jedi_Monk told us all this info: That said, Fahrenheit 451, another dystopia, is my favorite book on that list, though it isn't really "freaky". It's an excellent book about the dangers of censorship and the dumming-down of a culture. Another prophetic volume that everyone should read. Well, isnt it banned or was that just on Jett Jackson? I want to read it, I heard it was good. Just wondering if it was banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reborn Outcast Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Last time I checked it wasn't banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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