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| User: | disturbingbooks (13843340)
Disturbing Books...
...the ones that never leave you.
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| Name: | Disturbing Books |
| Theme: | A place to recommend or compare notes on the books that haunt you! |
| Website: | Our Memories/Archives Section |
| Location: | Canada |
| About: | When searching for a community where recommendations for good, dark, disturbing reading material could be found, I was shocked to see there was no LiveJournal community for such a thing!
Well...now there is.
Come and post about the books (or stories) that haunt you, regardless of the subject matter. Fiction or non-fiction, whatever the genre, if it's a dark tale that's gotten inside your head and won't get out, it's a book worth mentioning here.
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
- We're a friendly group - feel free to post a little intro about yourself with your first recommendation. :)
- If you're posting a recommendation, please include the full title and the author's name. A link to where the book might be found (such as on Amazon.Com etc.) would be helpful, too, but isn't necessary.
- Posts including the text of disturbing/freaky short stories are also welcome!
- Please put anything that might be construed as PLOT SPOILERS behind an lj-cut!
- For ease of use, please put the title(s) of the book(s) you're recommending into the subject line of your post.
- As the community grows and more recs are posted, there will be a Memories section created, so there'll be a place to look and see if a particular book has been mentioned before. [ ETA: There is now a solid Memories section, featuring entries sorted alphabetically by both author and title (it's alphabetical by first name for authors, unfortunately, but is still quite easy to navigate). ]
- Any and all genres are welcome, as long as the book/story disturbed you! Everyone's opinion is welcome; please remember that, while disagreeing on a book is fine, personal attacks are not. Members who troll/flame/get personal will be banned.
- Any material (i.e. screenshots of book covers, passages from a story etc.) that has the potential to be offensive should be put behind an lj-cut. Use your own discretion.
- Making a post to ask other members if they can help you identify a book whose title or author you've forgotten is fine, and welcome.
- Should you have any questions, comments, concerns or suggestions for the moderators/maintainers, you may contact them directly or you might want to comment at the official Suggestion Post! All comments there are screened for your privacy, and will only be unscreened at your request.
- You can search for books by general subject using our TAGS feature, or you may choose to search by author name or book title in our MEMORIES section.
A good way to introduce/recommend a book is by following this basic format:
TITLE:
AUTHOR:
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?:
Optional information could include why you found it disturbing, and a link directing interested members to a place where they can buy the book.
This community is meant to be a place for information exchange and entertainment, so have fun & recommend as many twisted tales as you like!
Other communities you might find interesting:
Other entertaining & possibly relevant links:
- Laurell K. Hamilton @ Fandom Wank (see also: Anita Blake)
- Anne Rice @ Fandom Wank
- Feel free to suggest any other links/sites that relate to the authors & books we discuss here!
[ Newly created September 2007 by ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) prettyh ]
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| Memories: | 53 entries |
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