As nominated by our membership in the nomination round and then the semi-final, please vote now for the work you feel should win the award for Most Frightening Published Work.
1408
Desperation
Gerald's Game
It
Pet Sematary
'Salem's Lot
The Boogeyman
The Mist
The Shining
The Stand
As nominated by our membership in the nomination round and then the semi-final, please vote now for the work you feel should win the award for Most Frightening Published Work.
Should we give one of ours that we think should win or are you going to make a poll of certain ones?
Gotta go with It. It's the only book to ever really truly frighten me.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Should we abstain if we haven't read all of those?
I voted "It". The reason I voted so is that within all the available choices, "It" was the one that scared me the most. I can even remember the first time I finished the story. For nearly a week afterward, I could vividly picture the scene in the library when Pennywise smiles, showing razor-blade teeth, then chomps down. *shudders*
Elodin: "Tombs is for feckless twits who can't chew their own food. My boy's a Re'lar! He has the feck of twenty men!"
Kvothe: “Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
Simmon: ”It’s just ointment in case you get burned...but if you mix it with piss, it turns into candy.” Sim’s expression was deadpan. “Delicious candy.”
I voted for It.
J&Y, had I not read them all I would pick the most frightening of the ones I have read, but Pablo is right, there are arguments to be made either way.
I voted Desperation, that one was pretty scary to me
After careful consideration between IT and Pet Sematary, I had to choose the latter...for some reason, it really did just scare the crap out of me...That reason being Zelda...shudder.
Time spent with cats is never wasted.
all very good scary choices, but I had to go with The Shining. The moving creeping topiary was enough to send me into the corner and then I had to put the book in the freezer. *shiver*
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I'm with you maer, The Shining all the way.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
Super tough choice.
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But which one scared me most of all? *ponders deeply*It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
03-24-2009 12:11 AM #13
Pet Sematary.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
03-24-2009 12:51 AM #14Caution: eye irritant
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The Stand scares the hell out of me because it is the most plausable scenerio on the listAll that's left of what we were is what we have become.
03-24-2009 12:52 AM #15
The Shining is pretty plauseable....Sloth Love Chunk
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Haunting?All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
03-24-2009 12:57 AM #17
Crazy manSloth Love Chunk
03-24-2009 01:23 AM #18
Pet Sematary.
03-24-2009 05:40 AM #19
Go Pet Sematary!
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03-24-2009 11:01 AM #23
Do I vote for the one that scared me most as a read or the one that scares me because it is a terrifyingly real possibility?It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
03-24-2009 11:29 AM #24
I'd define "most frightening" as one that scared the shit out of you as you read it, causing you to whimper and walk up the stairs with all the lights on
03-24-2009 12:19 PM #25
the shining all the way, had to read this with a cushion to hide behind.