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By Ethan Reid | Wednesday,
March 11, 2015 -= Off the Shelf
Our friend Ethan Reid published The
Undying in October 2014. We recently asked him to pick his seven
favorite sci-fi/horror books, most of which still give us the heebie-jeebies
in a really good way. Enjoy!
For decades writers have mixed science fiction and horror to
create haunting stories. Frankenstein.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
These crossovers take us to the edge of the galaxy, or pin us to our seats
when outer space comes to us. Alien.
The Thing. In the last few decades videogames have even followed
suit, melding the two to nail-biting effect. Dead Space. System Shock. The quality that
makes meshing sci-fi with horror so unnerving is that it touches on the
unknown. That fear that, as much as we want to use science to define the
universe, there are some things beyond our comprehension.
The Mist, by Stephen
King
I nearly led with King’s brilliant novel It, and those who’ve
read the book know there are... READ
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