The line in my head between thriller and horror is fairly simple...
Legolas Send a noteboard - 14/09/2010 06:28:36 PM
I'd argue that it's not a thriller, since it doesn't rely quite as heavily on certain specific thriller tropes - but the lack of certain horror tropes makes it harder to be fanatical about it.
If the scary comes purely from people, without any suggestion of something supernatural, I call it a thriller. If not, horror. Though admittedly that leaves me with movies like "Scream" that one would be inclined to call horror even though it's all just people. But people wearing that freaky inhuman mask, so it still kind of works.
What thriller tropes would you say are missing?
Read it anyway, Rebekah, and make sure Tim's around to give you hugs after!
Indeed.
Who's up for a wee challenge?
12/09/2010 06:11:38 PM
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I'm in!
12/09/2010 06:46:40 PM
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Suggestions
12/09/2010 11:07:45 PM
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Sounds interesting. I'm mainly a fantasy boy. *NM*
12/09/2010 08:31:38 PM
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Sounds good. Sci Fi / Fantasy *NM*
12/09/2010 10:34:31 PM
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I don't need a new challenge. I've already reviewed a yaoi
12/09/2010 10:39:00 PM
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I'll do it, as long as it's a book I can find easily.
13/09/2010 03:00:02 AM
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Got one for ya.
13/09/2010 01:38:38 PM
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Sci-Fi/Fantasy
13/09/2010 05:45:26 AM
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A short book for you, then.
13/09/2010 06:29:41 PM
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I'll see if I can find it in the library/for free and find/make the time to read it. *NM*
24/09/2010 07:29:42 PM
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Sure, could be fun.
13/09/2010 03:39:19 PM
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I think you could try reading some older, orientalist fantasies
13/09/2010 03:59:43 PM
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Interesting, alright. Might be tricky to get my hands on, though... let's find out. *NM*
13/09/2010 04:26:14 PM
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I think I'm officially reading more history now than I am fantasy...
13/09/2010 06:41:55 PM
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I'm willing to CONSIDER it...but what would people recommend for me?
13/09/2010 09:54:32 PM
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I should join in too.
13/09/2010 10:13:58 PM
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I realize this is the cliché suggestion, but there's a good reason for that...
13/09/2010 10:18:17 PM
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Oh yes. I've read that.
13/09/2010 10:19:50 PM
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Oh, I know the perfect sort of book for you then
13/09/2010 10:18:54 PM
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Pffft! Reading stuff other people haven't heard of isn't outside my comfort zone!
13/09/2010 10:26:13 PM
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Re: Stephen King's Misery.
14/09/2010 05:37:51 PM
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Good call. Great book.
14/09/2010 06:17:21 PM
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Re: It is scary. Scarier than most of his others.
14/09/2010 06:21:48 PM
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The line in my head between thriller and horror is fairly simple...
14/09/2010 06:28:36 PM
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OK then
14/09/2010 02:55:58 AM
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How romance is romance?
15/09/2010 06:13:21 PM
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You tell me.
15/09/2010 08:57:58 PM
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I don't read them either, but I did once read a Danielle Steel book
23/09/2010 11:51:52 PM
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Alright, I'm in. I read mostly Fantasy with a smattering of Sci-Fi.
15/09/2010 07:09:26 PM
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Two options, then.
21/09/2010 06:30:38 PM
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I've begun Holmes. Read the first two or three "Adventures" so far. I've been liking it. *NM*
28/09/2010 06:53:38 PM
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That's fabulous.
29/09/2010 04:50:34 PM
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I've completed my assignment.
04/10/2010 08:57:49 PM
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Re: I've completed my assignment.
04/10/2010 11:42:46 PM
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I might just do that. As long as it doesn't lead to any more 3 digit expenditures. *NM*
05/10/2010 07:29:03 PM
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3 digit expenditures?
05/10/2010 07:30:17 PM
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Ah, you didn't read my previous post.
05/10/2010 08:52:31 PM
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On level ground with no wind I'd say six to eight feet. Maybe farther if I really strained.
22/09/2010 12:33:06 AM
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I (can?) barely read
22/09/2010 08:48:00 PM
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Hmmm.
22/09/2010 11:37:18 PM
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Swedish literature?
23/09/2010 03:35:04 PM
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Depends
23/09/2010 04:26:56 PM
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Guillou?
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Re: Guillou?
23/09/2010 09:01:34 PM
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Of course you must.
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Re: Of course you must.
23/09/2010 09:33:10 PM
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A warning, then.
24/09/2010 06:43:17 AM
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Also
24/09/2010 11:31:49 AM
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