Just finished this book. I am going to be so scared of clowns for the rest of my life! This is my first King book, and if he can do better than this I'll definately be impressed. My favorite part was the early chapeters, where the monster and just how scary it is are introduced little by little. Anyone who likes horror stories (and I imagine many people on a Ravenloft website do) should definately read this book.
For those who are interested, here are some similarities to RL that I noticed, not that I think it was intentional.
The town seems to be full of sinkholes of evil, tainted by the It frequenting these places, or some horrible event that happened there (probably both). The ones that come to mind off the top of my head are The house on Neilblot Street, The exploded factory, the canal, and the sewers. It could be considered the darklord of derry, except that it seems like It can leave if It wants. It has a great deal of influence over the inhabitants of Derry, and half the down is destroyed when It is.
Stephen King's It *Spoilers*
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Stephen King's It *Spoilers*
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I think IT was probably my favorite King book, and yeah I have often spent time drawing both IT and Ravenloft together. I hope you read his other books as well because while he kind of is suffering the backlash of being popular he is a really good author.
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If you are looking to Stephen King for RL insperation, I can definatley give a few more stories , mostly shorts,to add to the list.
I am a huge King fan and love to show it, lol.
1408 from the collection of short stories titled Everything's Eventual By Stephen King.
This is probebly by far, my favorite short story of his. It is basically about a writer who visits a haunted hotel in New York. I won't say any more.
The Mist from the collection of short stories Skeliton Crew By Stephen King. This is of course the more obvious entry due to it's title. This one is a favorite amongst alot of my closest friends and was formerly mine until I read 1408.
Thinner By Stephen King(writing as Richard Bachman). This is a great tale of the gypsie curse. A great resource when detailing any sort of Vistani vengence.
Thats all I got for now, gotta go, but I hope I have helped corrupt another innocent being towards the path of all things King, Because as Desertrising said, he truly is a good authour, and is my favorite guilty pleasure.
I am a huge King fan and love to show it, lol.
1408 from the collection of short stories titled Everything's Eventual By Stephen King.
This is probebly by far, my favorite short story of his. It is basically about a writer who visits a haunted hotel in New York. I won't say any more.
The Mist from the collection of short stories Skeliton Crew By Stephen King. This is of course the more obvious entry due to it's title. This one is a favorite amongst alot of my closest friends and was formerly mine until I read 1408.
Thinner By Stephen King(writing as Richard Bachman). This is a great tale of the gypsie curse. A great resource when detailing any sort of Vistani vengence.
Thats all I got for now, gotta go, but I hope I have helped corrupt another innocent being towards the path of all things King, Because as Desertrising said, he truly is a good authour, and is my favorite guilty pleasure.
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Oooh!
Forgot another good one
Black House By Stephen King and Peter Straub.
This book is actually a sequel to The Talisman By Stephen King and Peter Straub, which is mostly about travelling between two worlds. Black House on the other hand, gives some wonderfull examples of what could be powerfull sinkholes of evil. There is actually a short bit in the story which describes a small town with a distinct taint of evil hanging over it.
Forgot another good one
Black House By Stephen King and Peter Straub.
This book is actually a sequel to The Talisman By Stephen King and Peter Straub, which is mostly about travelling between two worlds. Black House on the other hand, gives some wonderfull examples of what could be powerfull sinkholes of evil. There is actually a short bit in the story which describes a small town with a distinct taint of evil hanging over it.
Yes, you are right. It is very creepy. But it seems to take a wierd turn into science fiction near the end. Still has a lot of ideas to offer for Ravenloft
For Ravenloft inspiration besides those already mentioned, I would also recommend Bag of Bones. A great ghost story, that can me thinking of Ravenloft the entire time I was reading it.
For Ravenloft inspiration besides those already mentioned, I would also recommend Bag of Bones. A great ghost story, that can me thinking of Ravenloft the entire time I was reading it.
Only two things scare me and one is former back-up dancers for Christina Aguilera.
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Oh my god! While I was reading the new Gaz I realized how this was particularly similar to Zherisia (I hope I spelled that right 
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A cycle of horrible murders
A monster that can change form
A monster from the sewers
In Zherisia the cycles are closer together, and there is more than one monster, but that seems errily similar.
I think I realized this when it was talking about how people tend to ignore nearby murders in Paridon or something.
)A cycle of horrible murders
A monster that can change form
A monster from the sewers
In Zherisia the cycles are closer together, and there is more than one monster, but that seems errily similar.
I think I realized this when it was talking about how people tend to ignore nearby murders in Paridon or something.
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Hmmm. I will definatly have to check that out. In all honesty, the joint works he did with Stephen King are the only words I have read of his.order99 wrote:As long as you mentioned Straub-
Floating Dragon. One of Peter Straub's masterworks. Basic plot-Darklord tries to invade city and turn it into a Domain...read the book to find out more!
Thanks for the recomendation, sounds interesting.
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I really appreciated the first half of this book. So long as the action was centered on the children it was all very interesting, but the book shifted direction and began focusing on the adults it fell apart. I had to literally force my way through the last half of the book - since I was reading it on a bet - and barely made it to the end. Pah ... I'm glad for those who can find enjoyment in King's works, but I'm not really one of them.