08-14-2008, 10:12 PM
readertim Wrote:What horror Gothic books do you recommend? Can you say what they are about?
While these aren't books, the short stories of Algernon Blackwood (1869 - 1951) have Gothic elements (as well as, often, supernatural subject matter). Blackwood was a master of atmosphere and many of his stories really do seem to cast a strange spell over the reader. From Wikipedia: " . . . his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe." I recommend "The Pikestaffe Case" as a good introduction to Blackwood for any who have not read him.
Again, Blackwood's stories can't really qualify as "Gothic novels" but I mention them because readers of Gothics may enjoy them.