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 Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:54 pm
Okay so i'm a goth who loves to read a LOT. Aside from Bram Stoker's Dracula I can't seem to find good peices of gothic liturature. Anything from supernatural to documents on serial murders. Anything someone can find me i'd be very greatful. I need the book name and the name of the author.
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:37 pm
If you have not read this already, I suggest "Interview With The Vampire" by a miss Anne Rice.
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:12 pm
the "Sandman" seiries by Niel Gaiman.. any book by Stephan King. Edgar Allan poe..Lord Byron..need i go on?
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:04 am
If you like things about serial killers, then look for Mindhunter and The Cases That Haunt Us, both by John Douglas. He's an FBI forensic profiler. Good reads
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:11 am
I have a great book of compiled gothic horror shot stories. It's called 'Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America'.
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood is damn awesome. God damn kick-a** book.
And 'Dracula's Diary' is pretty funny.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:44 pm
Hm, I didn't personally enjoy Dracula much myself, same with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. But for gothic litereature, there's quite a pile to choose from.
Anne Radcliffe, though she ends to explain away many of the supernatural elements of her novels, which some what spoils them - they seem a monumental cop out neutral
Northanger abbey - Jane Austen - 19th century satire
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
A picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde - Good story, execution lacked a little finese
Poetry:
Byron perhaps
Charles Beaudelaire
Paradise Lost - John Milton
Try some of the classics of you enjoy epic poetry:
The Illiad, The Oddesy
The Aenead
Dante's Inferno
(I'd reccomend reading these if you just want to seem intellectual xd It works!)
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:11 pm
If you are into Manga then you should read Godchild. Here's what it is about ((whats writen on the back))
Deep in the heart of 19th century London, a young nobleman names Cain walks the shadowy cobblestone streets of the aristocratic society into which he was born. Forced to become an earl upon the untimely death of his father, Cain assumes the role of head of the Hargreaves, a noble family with a dark past. With Riff, his faithfull manservant, and Mary Weather, his 10-year-old half sister, Cain investigates the mysterious cromes that seem to follow him wherever he goes.
Four gripping tales of murder and mayhem complete this chilling first installment from reowned author of Angel Sanctuary. Godchild is a manga series that gothic fans shouldn't miss!
It's very cool. I just got the first and second one Friday and I am obsessed with it
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:50 am
This may sound a bit silly, but go to antique bookshops and look around a bit. I've gotten many a giant complilation of horror stories there - GOOD compilations too, and not too expensive, one of mine's got about thirty different authors in it, including Poe, Algernon Blackwood, and Lovecraft. Not to mention books made around the turn of the century with schnazzy leather covers and buckles will definitely make you feel fancy and literate.
@ Akita Momo: Yes, Yes, A thousand Times Yes!
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:58 pm
For good Vampire Literature, I recommend:
Twilight- Stephanie Meyer
Vampire Kisses- Ellen Schreiber
Cirque du Freak- Darren Shan
Demon in My View- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Shattered Mirror- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Midnight Predator- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Silver Kiss- Annette Curtis Klaus
For Werewolf books-
Lord Loss- Darren Shan (also has to do w/ demons)
Blood and Chocolate- (I can't remember the author's name)
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:41 am
Nueromancer - William Gibson,
Do androids dream of electric sheep? - Philip K. d**k
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimen
May sound like odd choices I know, but trust me in this, they are good ones particular to goth culture as a whole, not just cyber-goth. Especially Nueromancer (Founder of the Cyberpunk genre) all have very dark undertones and very subversive natures. Though not to everyones tastes.
Just one more that popped into my head.
But with Gaimen, go into American Gods and Mirrormask aswell as Good Omens and Sandman.
Also the Vampire Hunter D books by Hideyuki Kikuchi, have now been translated by Dark Horse, I highly recommend them.
Oh and anything by James Herbert... I recommend starting with Haunted erm... I think thats it for now anyway, if I think of anything else I'll post it. :3
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:31 pm
I reconmend Wicked:Witch and curse by Nancy holder (not the wizzard of oz play) and Twilight and New Moon.
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:42 pm
There is a book actually called 'Gothic'. It doesn't have one specific author because it's a collection of morbid stories. I enjoyed it thoroughly, I recommend it.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:45 am
if you like ghosts and musicians then i suggest: "heart shaped box"
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:35 pm
theres a book called The Great And Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels. they arnt gothic but they're really good!!
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:51 am
goth anime...blood alone..godchild r really good smile
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