tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post8907900957504519902..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: Slugs by Shaun Hutson (1982): It's Not Good Bad, It's Just StupidWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-85641888021687608012023-04-08T07:59:43.236-07:002023-04-08T07:59:43.236-07:00I had a creative writing teacher at college. The s...I had a creative writing teacher at college. The stories I'd written were all humorous fantasy, involving magic, crossbowmen, talking squirrels into cocaine etc. One day, she brought me a printed interview with an author she thought would be right up my street called Shaun Hutson, had I heard of him? I couldn't hide my reluctance and said thanks for the interview and I'd read it but ICellHearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143789707102776145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-71040237425338632302022-11-07T14:26:04.899-08:002022-11-07T14:26:04.899-08:00"I know writers who use subtext and they'..."I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards."-Garth Marenghi. Author. Dream Weaver. Frightman. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02746117038148605010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-10674445891577794452022-07-30T12:28:07.399-07:002022-07-30T12:28:07.399-07:00I once had what I thought/hope was a signed copy o...I once had what I thought/hope was a signed copy of Breeding Ground - wish I knew where I put it, or whether I re-donated it.mercedes.amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429965977329340856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-49681679247490785652019-04-25T10:15:54.168-07:002019-04-25T10:15:54.168-07:00And why does he always thank Sam Peckinpah & s...And why does he always thank Sam Peckinpah & say how much his 'loss is still felt' when he didn't know Peckinpah personally, he stopped making films in 1983 & you can watch any of his films whenever you want on dvd or blu ray? dgmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06392482127066197220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-76349666310907217932019-04-15T00:44:32.353-07:002019-04-15T00:44:32.353-07:00Hutson is the worst author I’ve read, the most sel...Hutson is the worst author I’ve read, the most self indulgent, the least talented, the most cringeworthy (thanking Yamaha drums in his acknowledgments, simply why?), the most unimaginative. And I’ve had to endure Finnegan’s Wake. I suspect that Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace takes aim (at least indirectly) at the puerile onanism that Hutson tugs our. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-53372055330841373222019-02-09T15:10:28.563-08:002019-02-09T15:10:28.563-08:00Hutson has mentioned that he read the Pan Books Of...Hutson has mentioned that he read the Pan Books Of Horror Stories growing up & that he may have been influenced by 'The Snail Watcher', included in the 7th volume. Of course Hutson being Hutson, he 'doesn't remember' who wrote it, Patricia Highsmith being one of those 'pretentious' writers & all. dgmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12869824662348343780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-73742194476299904342014-10-04T08:12:18.985-07:002014-10-04T08:12:18.985-07:00I want to say Roald Dahl wrote a giant snail story...I want to say Roald Dahl wrote a giant snail story...Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-47223711053879073022014-09-23T23:28:25.906-07:002014-09-23T23:28:25.906-07:00I read a giant snail story in an Alfred Hitchcock ...I read a giant snail story in an Alfred Hitchcock collection that I enjoyed. (Maybe giant creatures fall into a different genre?) I am pretty sure there was another very good story in that book called They Bite.<br /><br />The first story appears to be The Quest for Blank Claveringi (1967) by Patricia Highsmith, from a cursory google searching.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755393226640706872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-33780561993252598002010-06-11T19:48:15.765-07:002010-06-11T19:48:15.765-07:00Anonymous, you may be right. But I really hated th...Anonymous, you may be right. But I really hated the giant-size typeface in this paperback; it made me feel like a kindergartner holding one of those big red pencils w/o erasers.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-61620378196207186002010-05-29T03:59:49.694-07:002010-05-29T03:59:49.694-07:00Really enjoy your blog but I think you have approa...Really enjoy your blog but I think you have approached this book from the wrong direction. I read Slugs last year and I loved it! Granted, it's not 'challenging' or 'intellectual' but it's not supposed to be is it. Just look at it! What it is is very funny, very gross and very entertaining. And that cover is awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-32693184607486645772010-05-17T10:29:16.446-07:002010-05-17T10:29:16.446-07:00Gotta agree with Richard and Joe...that cover abso...Gotta agree with Richard and Joe...that cover absolutely slays me!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-29571751757497106882010-05-12T18:11:41.542-07:002010-05-12T18:11:41.542-07:00I'm sorry, but that cover IS funny as hell! Th...I'm sorry, but that cover IS funny as hell! This is the type of book that I would pick up immediately from the shelves. It looks so inanely ridiculous that you can't help but want to find out what's creeping inside. I'll have to dig into this one when I find it. Do you advise taking this one with a grain of salt?Jose Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18152405075039057304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-70289473799133789132010-05-12T06:51:01.311-07:002010-05-12T06:51:01.311-07:00That cover is hilarious!That cover is hilarious!Richard of DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15009346741909948722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-78812546148514759352010-05-11T20:27:25.633-07:002010-05-11T20:27:25.633-07:00Thanks for reading, guys. I actually did notice th...Thanks for reading, guys. I actually did notice this cover was not on Hutson's site, nor on Amazon. What?!Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-85282834055862604842010-05-11T19:43:32.888-07:002010-05-11T19:43:32.888-07:00This cover is terrible. I much prefer the Mark Tay...This cover is terrible. I much prefer the Mark Taylor cover. In fact, I don't even think the cover you have up is even acknowledged by Shaun on his Official site. <br /><br />Great find. I love this blog. <br /><br />And to answer The White Wolf's question about creature books: YES!!! There are good 'creature' books. Check out Jeff Strand's Dweller. It is more than worth it.a paperback horrorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09805029608223585566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-74111090855999515882010-05-11T13:51:41.230-07:002010-05-11T13:51:41.230-07:00I was doing research on a creepy-crawly type novel...I was doing research on a creepy-crawly type novel I had planned on writing when I came across SLUGS and it's sequel BREEDING GROUND. <br /><br />After I 'tried' to read both books, I came away depressed that the idea was stupid to begin with. <br /><br />Sigh. Is there such a thing as a well written 'creature' book?Rusty Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16143817211151177797noreply@blogger.com