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Joined: 2/28/2011
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I'll start this one off. I write a lot of horror and thriller type of stories, not to mention editing anthologies. I was wondering what sort of topics you would like to see more of? A different kind of monster (like Scarecrow or something more legendary)? Or a specific setting like Ancient Rome or alternate history where the Roman empire survived to modern day? What tickles your fancy and gets your heart racing?
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Joined: 2/28/2011
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Ok. Alternate history thrillers. That's a good one. Let me toss some setting ideas for anthologies at you:
1. Roman empire surviving to the modern day--complete with gladiators and slavery.
2. Mongul Empire in modern day Europe.
3. Vikings colonized America - now modern day.
Any of these interest anyone?
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Joined: 3/11/2011
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I'm all about serial killers, or under the veil situations.
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Joined: 3/13/2011
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I like a good programmed man as monster thriller. Sometimes in a literal sense, my favorite thriller is Crighton's the Terminal Man.
I'd like to see option 2 Gaaneden. Look at Piers Anthony's The Steppe for a good how to on that!
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Joined: 3/14/2011
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Alternate history is good- I also like time-travel (please tell me I'm not alone) I also like a little paranormal thrown in with my thrillers- and I don't mean vamps- I'm talking fringe-like stuff- Pyschics, telekinetics, that kind of thing-
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Joined: 3/12/2011
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Alt history and paranormal both have attraction for me. More the former than the latter.
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Joined: 3/7/2011
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I love alternate history - it's what I like to create the most.
I am also a time travel fanatic. (YANA)
Am a fan of genetic experiment gone bad, too, like Koontz and Crichton.
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Joined: 3/16/2011
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I usually like revenge type of thrillers that is relatable
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Joined: 2/28/2011
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In what way would you to relate to the revenge thriller?
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Joined: 3/13/2011
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common reasons for wanting revenge, perhaps?
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Joined: 4/26/2011
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I would dearly love to see a new paladin, somebody like Robert B. Parker's Spenser or Lee Child's Jack Reacher. And I would take a second on my soul to read him in an SF setting.
Two things I hope to see before I die are non-human intelligent life and a really really good SF movie with aliens who are not men in rubber suits or glowing balls of light.
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Joined: 3/12/2011
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Re - the Revenge thriller, two types really get me. The first is the justified revenge against some unassailable entity (Count of Monte Cristo). The second is the completely unjustified 'revenge' against an innocent (Hide and Seek).
The first is more fun, the second more tense. Toss up which I like more.
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Joined: 11/17/2011
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I am always intrigued by the hero against seemingly impossible odds trying to do what is right -- less revenge than simply trying to rectify a bad situation. As for true revenge stories? Mickey Spillane's The Deep or John D. MacDonald's Fear is the Key always held my attention. I am often reminded that the evil around us is less in the supernatural than in mankind's inherent flaws.
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