Comments on: Blackbriar, William Sleator

By: jennysbooks

jennysbooks — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:41:04 +0000

I actually haven’t read anything by Shirley Jackson – I have The Haunting of Hill House, so I’m going to read that when I’m in London later this month.

By: Nymeth

Nymeth — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:09:44 +0000

This sounds so so good! Hmm, all my favourite Gothic novels are ones you’ve probably read, like the ones by Du Maurier and Shirley Jackson. Oh, I know – have you read Tideland by Mitch Cullin? It’s southern Gothic and wonderful, and it doesn’t get enough love.

By: jennysbooks

jennysbooks — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:19:43 +0000

I love the sound of the one with the house full of stairways! I will be checking out more of his books soon.

Oh, yes, “A Rose for Emily” is creepy, and I have a soft spot for Poe as well. Have you read Shirley Jackson’s short stories? I haven’t read it in years, but I remember “The Possibility of Evil” being quite unsettling.

By: boxofbooks

boxofbooks — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:04:39 +0000

I read this for the first time when I was about ten, and it was so terrifying I couldn’t think about England without picturing it as chockfull of Mary Peachy ghosts. His other books never quite reach this level of Gothicness, but he’d worth checking out at the library – “Interstellar Pig” was pretty good, and then there’s one about a bunch of kids who wake up in a house full of stairways, and another interesting one about a boy who finds a way into a parallel universe where ketchup is a narcotic…

But, anway, Gothics are fab! I like American ones. “A Rose for Emily” is one of my very favorites, as is “Fall of the House of Usher”.