Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Is Out Now

[Monkeyboy]

I love the bio for The Reprisalizer...

 

[ChristopherBloodAxe]

Kentish villian - "What about my rights?"

Reprisalizer - "What about your WRONGS?!"  #BANG#

[yakumo]

If I was rich like Bezos and Musk, I wouldn't be spending money going to space. Instead I be funding another season of Darkplace.

 

Hey that rhymed too.

 

 

 

[JohnC]

An interview with Garth

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/29/garth-marenghi-darkplace-terrortome-horror-comedy

 

And a story from his new book

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/29/type-face-by-garth-marenghi-read-the-exclusive-extract

[The Mighty Ash]

He's doing a signing tour! 

[K]

My (signed!) copy arrived today. I haven’t read much of it, but it seems pretty funny. The plot so far is basically the same as the story of Alan Wake, which if anything makes it even funnier. 

[earlymodernsteve]

Nearly finished it and it's pretty much exactly what I hoped it would be. The only ironic criticism I would make is that it's not badly written enough at times Some wonderful phrasing and proper laugh out loud Marenghi-isms. Going to have to dig out a conference paper I gave on Marenghi and Clive Barker and write it up I think.

[yakumo]

The audiobook is the superior option. So far so good.

[yakumo]

Better than the new Hellraiser. 

[Monkeyboy]

Searching for this on Amazon led me to a "Paperbacks from Hell" imprint with loads of seventies/eighties horror books by authors I'd never heard of, with lovely hand painted covers. Two examples...

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Sabreman]

Oh, that's fab! The kindle version of Paperbacks from Hell is £2.29 at the moment.

[earlymodernsteve]

2 hours ago, Sabreman said:

Oh, that's fab! The kindle version of Paperbacks from Hell is £2.29 at the moment.

Great spot, that's been bought

[Vimster]

Went for the audiobook what with Garth reading it. 

 

And that Paperbacks From Hell, is that Paperbacks from Hell: A History of Horror Fiction from the '70s and '80s: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction Paperback? That would be right up my street as I read tons of those as a teenager, probably partly why I love Garth Marenghi. Stephen King was too professional, I wanted no-nonsense tales of terror, gore, lust, slugs, rats, and the rest. 

[Tet]

Maggorts 

[Festoon]

Night of the Crabs, if you can find it. Awful, but brilliant.

 

Edit: Well whaddayanknow..?

https://books.google.ie/books/about/Night_of_the_Crabs.html?id=rkVlK8z_DxYC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&redir_esc=y

[Vimster]

Been ripping through Paperbacks From Hell and it's fantastic. If you have any interest in all those old horror paperbacks from the 70s and 80s or just like to read about trash culture generally then it's £1.99 well spent. The author has a knack for making anything sound like essential reading, pulling out all the lurid plus points, although he does have a tendency to run through the whole plot in a paragraph; I've had to skip some as there were a few books I fancied reading. Wouldn't mind the physical book as this has tons of illustrations of book covers that probably look better in real life. Should say it's from an American perspective but does mention some British authors like Brian Lumley and James Herbert. Not Garth though, hmm.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paperbacks-Hell-Twisted-History-Fiction-ebook/dp/B01NBO5GIH/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1668612198&sr=8-6

[Vimster]

Started listening to Terror Tome today, it's super stuff so far, 100% Marenghi. Surprised they'd not done anything like this sooner. 

[Plissken]

I haven't had time to dive into TerrorTome but I mean to before going to see The Master Himself (Garth, not the Doctor Who bloke) next week at the Lowry.

[Plissken]

Just back from The Lowry. Utterly hilarious night.

 

Then he signed my already signed book.

 

Before I asked him to sign one from his lessers.

 

[Vimster]

Got to the sex scene in Typeface and laughed out loud even though I was out on a walk at the time. Chuckling just thinking about it. 

[Sponge]

Quote

...demonic fictional alter-ego's...

 

Haha this is great.

[Chadruharazzeb]

Slightly OT but how the hell do you buy books on audible these days? Do you have to have a subscription now? 

[Monkeyboy]

It appears you can buy them outside of a sub. For a lot more money though. £19.24 for Terrortome!!!

 

edit: I personally don't listen to audiobooks, but would make an exception for this one I think, even at that price.

[Chadruharazzeb]

Jesus! Feck that, think I'll sign up for a trial again. 

[Capwn]

The full thing was on youtube for quite a few days. I was really enjoying it but to be honest I often struggle with audiobooks, not yet found a software that I can easily sync between pc and phone. Always end up losing where I am. Honestly, wish you could just get these on Spotify. I'm sure there is some service out there that does this but I just can't be bothered joining/installing something where there is typically only one audio book I listen to every few years.

[schmojo]

I can entirely recommend Xigxag for audiobooks. Everything is basically 7.99, including Terrortome, and they're seemingly much more ethical than Amazon.

[dumpster]

Audible free trials are available and if you cancel it early for the reason that it's too expensive they give you an extra credit.  Then you cancel.

[Stopharage]

 

[Pete]

Saw the live show the other week, the Q&A was impressive, really good evening.

[yakumo]

 

I need a live adaption please.