tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post1661933813807033876..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: The Kind of Face You SLASH!!! - Day 18: Gonads Small and Large!bill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-73326661158374173872009-10-19T16:05:40.570-04:002009-10-19T16:05:40.570-04:00I have not; the simplistic titles alone put me off...I have not; the simplistic titles alone put me off. Little was on the rise when I was losing interest in contemporary horror. He seemed less like a Clive Barker or Thomas Ligotti than another John Saul or RL Stine. Your comments about him jibed with what I *imagined* his stuff would be like: trite, simplistic, sophomoric, and the samples of his prose you provided confirm my gut instinct.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-79752287197754593312009-10-19T15:09:11.057-04:002009-10-19T15:09:11.057-04:00Have you ever read his stuff, Will? Everybody see...Have you ever read his stuff, Will? Everybody seems to love this guy, and I don't get it.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-86594119223551576492009-10-19T09:56:25.817-04:002009-10-19T09:56:25.817-04:00Great stuff, love reading how awful this guy is. I...Great stuff, love reading how awful this guy is. I always "knew" Little was terrible, but now I <i>know</i> he's terrible.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-81411827240854153392009-10-19T09:29:54.765-04:002009-10-19T09:29:54.765-04:00King loves the guy. But King loves Jack Ketchum, ...King loves the guy. But King loves Jack Ketchum, too, so what're you gonna do?bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-30590764544272044072009-10-19T02:11:00.727-04:002009-10-19T02:11:00.727-04:00I'm finding it really hard to believe that mac...I'm finding it really hard to believe that macaroni-boiling-as-literary-inspiration anecdote isn't an obvious parody of the most inept extremes of horror writing.<br /><br />But then I think I read something by this guy called "The Store" and... now it suddenly seems all too believable.<br /><br />And no less than Stephen King, it seems, considers him A MASTER OF THE MACABRE, to go by the blurb on that cover there.<br /><br />Sweet Jesus.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364322006357208797noreply@blogger.com