The Most Unsettling Sci-fi Books | The Horrors of Science Fiction
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Күн бұрын🎃 Get ready for a spooky journey into the darkest corners of science fiction and horror literature on Quinn's Ideas! This Halloween, join us for a special episode where I into the eerie and mysterious world of sci-fi horror to make some recommendations for you guys. From classics to contemporary gems, we've got a bone-chilling selection of books that will have you reading with the lights on!
In this, my third Halloween special, I recommend an array of terrifying tales to set the mood for your spooky night:
🌫️ Stephen King's "The Mist" - Enter a world enveloped in a sinister fog, where unknown horrors lurk in the shadows. Will you escape the terror that awaits?
🧟 "Frankenstein" - Delve into the roots of science fiction with Mary Shelley's groundbreaking masterpiece. Witness the birth of a literary genre and the creation of a monster that still haunts our nightmares.
🌌 "Book of the New Sun" by Gene Wolfe - Immerse yourself in the mind-bending world of Severian the Torturer. This complex and beautifully written series is a must-read for any sci-fi enthusiast.
🌕 AND MORE!
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@steveo20007 6 ай бұрын
Interesting fun fact: Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein during “the year without a summer” which was a 3 year stretch where a volcanic eruption pushed the earth into a frozen red-sky hellscape.
@SomeGuyInAWaistcoat 6 ай бұрын
Yup. Was at a cabin retreat with Byron when it happened too. It inspired a lot of the bleak imagery for the both of them. The idea to write a horror wasn't from the weather though - a few campfire readings of German ghost stories prompted Byron to suggest a writing challenge where they'd dabble in penning a tale of the supernatural. The result was a short story Shelly would later expand and turn into Frankenstein, and Byron's Manfred (which Byron tells us is totally not based on Faust. What's Faust? Certainly never came up at all during the German storytelling sessions....)
@eventhorizon2264 6 ай бұрын
Love Frankenstein and Mary Shelly
@_Lust_ 6 ай бұрын
Probably has something to do with why the book ends with death in a frozen waste land
@theworldsays4264 6 ай бұрын
Nice atmosphere for horror writing
@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan 6 ай бұрын
3 years? That's crazy. I remember a few years back that Iceland volcano mucking up for a few weeks and it was chaos because airplanes couldn't fly
@LimeofTheLord 6 ай бұрын
Ooh! Man made horrors beyond my comprehension!
@Neoentrophy 6 ай бұрын
Ahh you don't need fiction for that, each and every news cycle brings you something new to be utterly horrified to the core by 😅
@ben-ty9jo 6 ай бұрын
Beyond YOUR comprehension. I for one get the unfathomable horrors just fine
@unavela 6 ай бұрын
@@ben-ty9jothen they're fathomable
@Teethmafia 6 ай бұрын
Actually Id call this “man-made horrors available for my comprehension”
@no_problem8023 6 ай бұрын
Like 4 indictments! Inconceivable!
@extrantice 6 ай бұрын
possibly the worst thing, for me, about Hyperion, was subsequently learning that the Shrike was named after a real life bird with a very particular set of behaviours D=
@ichmich9324 6 ай бұрын
Come one..... It is now even a civilization bird because some of them start to prefer fences over prickly trees or bushes
@FunkyFyreMunky 6 ай бұрын
I knew beforehand, but only because of half-repressed memories of the British animated show "The Animals of Farthing Wood". Talk about childhood trauma!
@SpacenSpooks 6 ай бұрын
If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.
@GodOfWindSikar 6 ай бұрын
Funny thing is that in the czech translation, Shrike is called Scorpion, because czech word for shrike is ťuhýk, which is extremelly goofy sounding word.
@Haruspex528 6 ай бұрын
@@GodOfWindSikarthat's interesting haha, can you spell the word out phonetically so I can get an idea of how it sounds?
@RichardWelter 6 ай бұрын
My favourite creepy sci-fi Stephen King is The Jaunt, not knowing what happens during a jaunt except that it is horrific enough to drive you mad is a terrifying idea.
@tolitzrosel Ай бұрын
I think it's because NOTHING happens... it's like being locked in seeing nothing... being conscious for billions of years in limbo, seeing nothing, never dying from old age, no sights, no sounds, can't move... just blackness... anyone will go insane.
@dalesajdak422 Ай бұрын
Isn’t it just a horrifically long-lasting empty stasis where you’re conscious the whole time?
@decayedparadigm Ай бұрын
I thought another author created the term the Jaunt when dealing with teleporting..I don't remember at all and I've read most of his books and short stories. Yet it's been awhile. I can almost remember detail by detail for everyone for his books.
@RichardWelter Ай бұрын
@@decayedparadigm I also read somewhere that jaunting was used for transportation in a 50s or 60s story, don't remember the writer though.
@9kyuu Ай бұрын
@@decayedparadigmthe term “jaunt” or “jaunting” in reference to teleportation originates from Alfred Bester’s 1957 novel “The Stars My Destination”.
@jlshel42 6 ай бұрын
Quinn, I was excited/scared when you said 1984. Read it in high school, again in college a few times…didn’t become terrifying until I worked in the US federal government for 14 years. The more life experience you have, the more some books just hit.
@trashjash 6 ай бұрын
I'm just amused that he thinks we're not already at thoughtcrime levels. We don't have the mind-reading technology, but western governments have declared some basic forms of political beliefs as taboo and evil and if you side with anything not within their accepted political parameters, you're literally the result if Hitler and Satan had a baby. Might be due to the social conditioning, something he also states fearing. The scary thing about social conditioning is you don't really know it's happened to you unless you get a massive, reality-shattering kick in some manner, or just are accutely introspective and hungrier for truth than anything else.
@CrossfitSW 15 күн бұрын
The Gunslinger is one of my favorite books! The first line is perfect: "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed"
@KHAT0VAR 6 ай бұрын
My personal favorite from Skeleton Crew was "The Jaunt." Very sci-fi and ultimately creepy. Might even hint at Todash Space.
@thing_under_the_stairs 6 ай бұрын
Yes! I think "The Jaunt" might just be Stephen King's most underrated short story.
@MySerpentine 6 ай бұрын
Longer than you think, dad! Longer than you think! (Longer than you think it is, or so long that you run out of thoughts? I always wondered.)
@thing_under_the_stairs 6 ай бұрын
@@MySerpentine Still creeps me out thinking about it, whichever it is, which is what makes it such a great story.
@hollychavezgalleryandposts 6 ай бұрын
The Jaunt and The Raft are my favorite short stories by him
@thomash8079 6 ай бұрын
Survivor Type was his creepiest story for me, he did it without a single monster or supernatural event
@spacebees86 6 ай бұрын
Was expecting a Three-Body shout-out but you've already talked a lot about it, and are the reason I read it. Death's End in particular was scary for me. Just,,, all of it. Existentially horrifying.
@AdamGrier 6 ай бұрын
Same! Three Body Problem freaked me out.
@anduril38 6 ай бұрын
Everything about the dimension strike scenes was freaky and chilling, such a great read.
@spacebees86 6 ай бұрын
@@anduril38 We're in spoiler territory but it's one's own fault for opening the thread this far... The Fairy Tales freaked me out, because you feel the desperation in trying to explain something so complex through layers of metaphor. The false alarm was a hard read. What people are willing to do to each other to save themselves. But yeah, the "when will it stop?" "why would it stop" got to me. Like oh damn. Oh oh shit. And it's already happened before.
@anduril38 6 ай бұрын
@@spacebees86 Yeah I probably should have thought that through :D loved the false alarm chapter as it was a rough sequence... then the real thing and everyone is standing there, broken and defeated... that was powerful.
@spacebees86 6 ай бұрын
@@anduril38 People who don't want spoilers don't watch Quinn's videos until after they've read the books anyway. At least that's how I am. But yeah the collapse was intense, I had to go back and re-read some parts multiple times to try to picture it. Love the detail that, given the system's layout, they'd just use a different thing to get anyone hiding. Starry Night will never look the same to me
@summerkagan6049 6 ай бұрын
As horror goes " I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream" by Harlen Ellison is memorable. " A Colder War" by Charles Stross and "The Ones Who Walked Away From Omelas" by Ursula K LeGuin and "Empire Star" by Samuel R Delaney all have elements of horror that have stuck with me.
@slz987 Ай бұрын
"I have no mouth and I must scream" for me is the scariest story I ever read in my entire life.
@davidkleinman5002 6 ай бұрын
Ive been reading scifi for 50 plus years. I grew up in a house full of the classics from the 40s, 50s and 60s. Its great to have a literate and well read fellow to give me a network of books and ideas I havent come across. You and your channel are a great resource.
@Sidtheriser07 6 ай бұрын
That sounds wonderful! I've had a fondness for the genre because of how it stretches human imagination. What books would you recommend, what stood out to you? So far I've read Hyperion, Dune, 1984, Children of Time
@davidkleinman5002 6 ай бұрын
@@Sidtheriser07 definetly "The Three Body Problem" it epic.
@williamhelgeland5762 6 ай бұрын
He is to me what oil is to murica 😂. (No offence). Quinn should be a mandatory YT channel to listen to weekly for all mankind. I could get deeper on that hill.
@John-cf5im Ай бұрын
It is a blessing to grow up in a home where literature is important.
@michaelstearns7544 6 ай бұрын
I think "Blood Child" the short story by Octavia Butler, was the most scary and gruesome story i have every read! Truly unbelievablely frighting!
@helmutstransky3761 6 ай бұрын
Just read it, and liked it. So thank you for the recommendation!🙂
@thing_under_the_stairs 6 ай бұрын
Oh yeah, that one's great! Octavia Butler wrote some brilliantly twisted stuff.
@frododododo Ай бұрын
Well that was gross
@Severian1 6 ай бұрын
Glad you mentioned Gene Wolfe's masterpiece. Hopefully more people will give it a try. Definitely not for everyone but man, what a book. I love it so much.
@jasonrhome710 6 ай бұрын
Seconded. This series gets better with each revisit. Some semi-spoilers to help accelerate the revelations jusssst a touch for new readers below. You can suss these out on your own, but it is a bit obfuscated. Still fun to puzzle out if you want. ... ... -This book is being translated by a manuscript "found" by Gene Wolf. There's some language usage that will need to be figured out through context, using both contemporary language and kinda proto-latin. Similar to the nadsat from A Clockwork Orange, There are appendixes at the end of the novels where Gene Wolf addresses his thought processes in the translation work that may recontextualize some passages. -Time dilation is important. -The "towers" Severian lives in at the beginning are defunct space rockets. That's how far into the future we're talking. -Severian is likely not as reliable a narrator as he says he is. And this probably a just me thing, but the main character's name is Sev-air-ee-en, not Sever-an. It got in my head incorrectly at some point and realizing I had been reading it wrong for a couple of years did some weird things to my connection with the book
@kredonystus7768 6 ай бұрын
Urth is definitely a part of the original set and The Long Sun and the Short Sun are both excellent too.
@dalellll 6 ай бұрын
it has everything. mad scientists, aliens, sword and sorcery, travelling performers, curses, witches, an animated empty spacesuit man... pure Halloween sci-fi.
@louieBlaster 6 ай бұрын
@@dalelllldon't forget time travel, multi dimensions and breaks tbe 4th wall
@owensthilaire8189 6 ай бұрын
First tried to read it back in the '80s but I couldn't get into it. Bought it second hand about ten years ago and it is a very good book. Stuck with me a bit like a PKD tale would.
@TheReaper1 6 ай бұрын
Production quality is insane! Another great video! Thank you for this Halloween Special!
@chrisspleit 6 ай бұрын
Halloween is my favorite season and with you providing some of my favorite content on KZfaq, this made my day. Thanks Quinn!
@joeclerkin2653 6 ай бұрын
The Dark Tower series is one of my all time favorite book series. The layers that King puts into it along with how it links to his other novels is well worth the time it takes to read all of them.
@monsignorerasmus.6441 6 ай бұрын
I can say this reading the last dark tower books was one of the best things in my life.
@narbwow8168 6 ай бұрын
@@monsignorerasmus.6441Because you were finally done with it, or because they were all so good? lol
@monsignorerasmus.6441 6 ай бұрын
@@narbwow8168 both actually, the last book in the series took so long and took so much of my attention that when I finally finished I had no idea Michael Jackson had recently died. 🤣
@ayevee90 2 ай бұрын
I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it here, but as a woman living through current events I think The Handmaid's Tale is an absolute horror story and everyone needs to read it.
@nannywhumpers5702 6 ай бұрын
The Mist. When I read that one I lived on the coast in a small town where we had fog a lot. I have an active imagination and when I read that as a teen, let me tell you, I used to wander in the fog and listen and listen hard. I lived near a government facility...
@PC-ni6bp 6 ай бұрын
Love the Frankenstein shout out. Solid contender for my favorite book ever, no matter how much analysis and rereading I do with it, it always leaves me with more to think about
@mymthegreyful 6 ай бұрын
I was so satisfied with " Gun Slinger " that it was years & years before i read the rest of the million and a half words of the story. Bonus ; usually when i look for a copy of The Gunslinger i use the ISBN of the first paperback edition so i can avoid the update to the story. It's his best work.
@bobafettjr85 6 ай бұрын
What changes did he make from the original,
@mymthegreyful 6 ай бұрын
@@bobafettjr85 the changes are listed in the introduction prolog to the updated versions. He aged Jake up a bit for one.
@METALFREAK03 6 ай бұрын
The dark tower is also a film.
@cristiankinzel9529 6 ай бұрын
@@METALFREAK03 nah
@davidtatro7457 6 ай бұрын
@bobafettjr85 no good changes, l promise you.
@tiduswhiteblade8535 6 ай бұрын
Quinn- I’ve commented before telling you that you’ve really turned me on to sci-fi reading. It started with the Three Body Problem. I read that based on one of your videos and absolutely loved it. Now I’m starting the first half of the Book of the New Sun. Thank you for having such awesome book recommendations. It came at just the right time. I’ve been wanting something new to read and now im jumping in. Thanks, mate. Keep up the awesome work. You’re spreading the good word about awesome books!
@jake2011rt 6 ай бұрын
You cited Fascism here, but I think Orwell was speaking of totalitarianism in all of its forms. In fact, Stalin’s propaganda and information machine (and ideological suppression) would have been his easiest citation of the situation in the book playing out in real life.
@dgage1776 16 күн бұрын
Leftists refuse to accept that the left is capable of tyranny
@mr.dirtydan3338 5 күн бұрын
This has nothing to do with what you said really, but obviously in America you learn about the propaganda of Stalin and how he controlled information, but by far the country with the greatest propaganda and information machine is the United States. A Soviet spy and a CIA agent meet up in a bar for a friendly drink "I have to admit, I'm always so impressed by Soviet propaganda. You really know how to get people worked up," the CIA agent says. "Thank you," the Soviet says. "We do our best but truly, it's nothing compared to American propaganda. Your people believe everything your state media tells them." The CIA agent drops his drink in shock and disgust. "Thank you friend, but you must be confused... There's no propaganda in America.""
@dgage1776 5 күн бұрын
@mr.dirtydan3338 yeah, but we also have the highest standard of living, so you win some, you lose some. We're doing a lot better than most countries, most likely because of our violently overextended national security
@mr.dirtydan3338 4 күн бұрын
@@dgage1776 right, well we don't have the highest standard of living, we actually place 18th. It's not "win some lose some". we have been losing some and losing even more. Saying we are doing "alot better than other countries" means nothing when the USA is a big reason a lot of countries are doing so poor right now anyway
@dgage1776 4 күн бұрын
@@mr.dirtydan3338 whatever list you're referring to is likely created by radical leftists, seeing as that makes up 98% of media and scientists
@ryanlathotep 6 ай бұрын
I just wanna say I love your channel! I've read many of the books you've covered (not here particularly but on your channel in general). You have awesome recommendations that I look forward to getting into. Thank you, Quinn!
@jmarshal 6 ай бұрын
I’m not really a horror fan but I like to hear about the books out there. I like your opinions on the genre, that the scariest things are the unknown and the unfathomable, not just…a killer on the loose and slasher movies. Thanks for the great video!
@TheMountainDemon 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the Skeleton Crew nod! I also enjoyed how most of your choices evoke existential dread. That stuff is always fun. Thanks, Quinn!!!
@hochebriones2 6 ай бұрын
The most disturbing story for me is not the “The Mist”. That one is a Winnie The Pooh adventure compared to the “Jaunt”. Imagine trapped without a body, just your thoughts in an endless field of white, fully conscious, for an eternity. Nothing Mr. King wrote is scarier than that. And nobody seems to realise it.
@TheCaptnHammer 6 ай бұрын
I have read the entire dark tower series at least 7 times now. It is one of the best and most epic series I have ever read. Thanks so much for your videos. They are well thought out, narrated with eloquence and above and beyond what I expect from KZfaq. You should be a literature professor. Happy Halloween!
@christopherciolko2401 6 ай бұрын
"Longer than you think Dad!"
@williamhelgeland5762 6 ай бұрын
Well, I've has. A comercial in Norway had a guy in a waitingroom that, had just came out of an elevator and was told to sit down and wait for his turn. He looks up at the demon behind the desk and asks for a newpaper called VG (Norways most popular newspaper). The demon shakes its head and the guy realise this is hell, always waiting blablabla. It would actually be worse than physical torture. I think maybe. Hope I wont find out.
@davidkleinman5002 6 ай бұрын
It sounds like a vacation to me...
@riamcsween4846 Ай бұрын
Absolutely love your content, especially your Dune coverage so I'm beyond ecstatic that you mentioned the gunslinger...hoping to one day see an Ultimate Guide to the Dark Tower Series 🙏😊...keep up the awesome work!
@Ou_phrontis 6 ай бұрын
A good post-apocalyptic book is “The Second Sleep” by Robert Harris. There’s no magical or supernatural elements, but damn does it have plenty of horror. 😳
@napoleonfeanor 6 ай бұрын
What horror? That Yorkshire became the Northern Caliphate? While the general idea was good, parts of the story was dumb like main character turning against the church to protect technology and science. He was a young priest who wouldn't have turned against the church if he knew that the church isn't destroying old knowledge but collecting it to examine wĥat can be used. Also: why would all countries blame technology and forbid research. Makes no sense, especially because there seem to be many wars
@asdfasdf-dd9lk 6 ай бұрын
wow, i've never heard anyone else mention it before! And yeah, it somehow gets across this absolutely hopeless, bleak vibe moreso than anything else I've read, without even anything that overtly "horrifying" in the grand scheme of things.
@markpitt2474 6 ай бұрын
Cormac McCarthy's The Road is Awesome as well.
@xXBranflakeXx 6 ай бұрын
It makes me so happy to see The Passage get some attention. It is such a good trilogy!
@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN 6 ай бұрын
Always enjoy your videos. I can't be asked to read any of these, but I like to hear even some brief synopsis of the stories, or their elements, what you took from them, etc
@CubensisEnjoyer Ай бұрын
Came here for some recommendations and it made my day to see The Gunslinger as the first rec! So many great things to say about this book but my favorite quality is how perfectly the action parts flow. I always ended up reading more than I planned because if I hit an intense part, it felt unnatural to just put the book down. It gave me the same feeling I get when I play my favorite game of all time, Bloodborne. Completely surrounded by horror but you almost can't even fully take it in because your #1 priority at all times is staying alive. Such a satisfying read.
@christopherallan4298 6 ай бұрын
Quinn, I actually picked up _Hyperion_ at your suggestion maybe a year or so back, and i was awestruck! Thanks for the great recommendation!
@Flacopro40 6 ай бұрын
Knowledge is knowing Frankenstein is not the monster. Wisdom is knowing Frankenstein IS the monster.
@Statience 6 ай бұрын
Just started reading Hyperion for the first time. Loving it! I had never even heard of the series before I saw that you had made several videos on it. Now of course I understand that this is a very well known and appreciated series, it just happened to pass me by. But thank you for helping me find it!
@helmutstransky3761 6 ай бұрын
All 4 books are great, sadly Dan Simmons could not hold the very high level after them.
@Statience 6 ай бұрын
@@helmutstransky3761 C'est la vie Four great novels are more than plenty from one person. Dan Simmons really put his whole foot in when he wrote this
@thing_under_the_stairs 6 ай бұрын
@@helmutstransky3761 I quite enjoyed "The Terror", apart from the fact that Simmons can't seem to write a realistic female character to save his life. But his semi-supernatural twist on what might have happened to the Franklin Expedition was quite good, and the miniseries with Jared Harris was excellent.
@johnbray7887 6 ай бұрын
Quinn mentions the Gunslinger My reaction: 😫 Yessssssssssssssssss This series is WORTH IT!!
@GabrielVictor-wj9ke 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the recommendations! I'll definitely check some of them out. I noticed that you have a very interesting collection of books, it would be really cool if you did a bookshelf tour:)
@whitemagus2000 6 ай бұрын
I like Steven Kings books of short stories the best. You can write about a single concept without having to explain everything in the world and doing a bad job in some parts that breaks the reader's suspension of disbelief.
@jessemahoney9740 6 ай бұрын
I was so keen to read The Passage when you described it, it's right up my alley, so I went to get it only to realise that I already read the whole series not long after it came out!
@IzzyMarrie 6 ай бұрын
So hyped to watch this! Also, great intro. Digging the getup
@BendingGrid 5 ай бұрын
Quinn, your Halloween special is giving me all the spooky vibes! 🎃 Your exploration of sci-fi horror literature is as captivating as ever. The Gunslinger's blend of western, horror, and sci-fi is intriguing, and the Dark Tower series' interconnected universe sounds like a mind-bending journey. The misty horrors unleashed by the Arrowhead project in "The Mist" are the stuff of nightmares - truly a chilling tale. Your recommendations cover such a diverse range of themes, from dystopian futures in "1984" to the existential horror in "Frankenstein." It's fantastic how you delve into the deeper layers of these classics. Now, speaking of immersive experiences, I couldn't help but notice you diving into the cosmic realms of Alistair Reynolds' "Revelation Space." The way he weaves horror into the vastness of space is pure genius. Keep enchanting us with your content, Quinn! Looking forward to more spine-chilling recommendations. Cheers! - synthwave music artist BENDING GRID
@hollychavezgalleryandposts 6 ай бұрын
A call out to Berni Wrightson's Frankenstein at 15:09. Great artist! He also did concept art for The Mist (movie) which was discussed here, too.
@becc8617 2 ай бұрын
I've only just stumbled across your channel this morning (and have already added 10 books to my Goodreads list since) but my god your library looks insanely packed with quality stuff, -do you have a library tour video / are you planning on making one?
@fetmar 6 ай бұрын
New Quinn for Halloween!! Christmas came early!!
@HMTVBrian 6 ай бұрын
Book of the New Sun seems right up my alley. Cool video, dude.
@Bulletzen1000 6 ай бұрын
Good shout out on Hyperion, some classic horror in there. Also recommend the Stephen King short story "The Jaunt". King doing some Sci-Fi and horror which is rare from him.
@Mg_Gamil Ай бұрын
The creepy haunting music in the background of this video is the best setup for this topic
@narr3ntanz 6 ай бұрын
I am SO happy you mentioned Revelation Space
@Kumanitan 6 ай бұрын
Always a good day when a new video from you comes out! Appreciate your work!
@selina3974 6 ай бұрын
Another certified banger from Quinn. Thank you for spookifying my Halloween🎃🦇
@Carnefice 6 ай бұрын
Great video! I'm not a big horror fan, but I do like sci-fi horror. I loved your Neuromancer video and I'm looking forward to you doing videos on the rest of the Sprawl trilogy. If those novels get you into cyberpunk as a subgenre, I also highly recommend Hardwired and Voice of the Whirlwind by Walter Jon Williams. It's another take on the subgenre, with a lot more flash and violence than Gibson's work, but no less interesting and still very much cyberpunk.
@bunkersnail9531 6 ай бұрын
I read Frankenstein a while back. Truly a great book. I was blown away by how it wasn't just some lumbering monster but more akin to a younger man who had been abandoned by both father and society. When he finally makes a friend, only to lose them. It breaks my heart.
@clarkf3666 6 ай бұрын
Also wanna shout out “The Jaunt” which is in Skeleton Crew as well. Great Sci Fi elements and a truly horrific ending!
@wicky4473 6 ай бұрын
I’ve read Frankenstein about four or five times over the years. Absolute classic science fiction/horror. And when you think about when it was written? Phew
@kellythomas545 6 ай бұрын
Your videos are getting better! What are your thoughts on Clive Barker?
@jonnybarnard8578 6 ай бұрын
Hell yea dude! The Dark Tower series has been one of my favorites since high school. Even though King kinda jumped the shark with a few aspects in the last couple books, it still works and I love it all!
@ar0010 6 ай бұрын
YYYYAAAAASSSSSSS! I read Three Body and Hyperion because of you. Moving on to Children of Time today, then Blindsight and Dune.
@studentjohn 6 ай бұрын
Alastair Reynold's inhibitors, and the melding plague, are some of the scariest sci-fi creations I've run across.
@anticlaassic 3 ай бұрын
Definetly
@DarthCalculus 6 ай бұрын
Your channel is one of the best corners of KZfaq. Happy Halloween and the rest of the holiday season!
@slizgi86 2 ай бұрын
What worth mention is the book called "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin, that inspired Orwell to write 1984, it is very similar, just set in kind of Soviet Union s-f dystopia.
@aresh004 6 ай бұрын
Knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein was not the monster. Wisdom is knowing that he was.
@cosmictsunami 6 ай бұрын
Very cool. Thanks again for the video, my man. Keep these comin. We need this stuff
@dylanmonstrum1538 6 ай бұрын
Came back to watch this again, and man I love this channel so fucking much. You're SUCH a legend bro, I adore you. I've been watching for a while, but I rarely comment... there's hundreds of thousands of us! You're amazing, never stop!
@user-gr7wd4kg3e 6 ай бұрын
Urth of the New Sun is amazing! _Shadow of the Torturer_ introduced me to so many things, from Sapir-Whorf to The Acts of Paul (Paul & Thecla). Amazing book... Gene Wolfe was a hell of a storyteller.
@Blynat 6 ай бұрын
Well now I have to go read all 4 Hyperion books again. It's definitely my favorite sci-fi series. The tree of thorns is really terrifying to think about. Like the shrike could just torture you forever if it's so inclined...
@trakiul5556 6 ай бұрын
oh i LOVE to see Alistair Reynolds recommended. Chasm City and House of Suns are two of my favorite books. he's amazing 🙌
@tomasverner5354 6 ай бұрын
Reynolds is awesome. I liked the Poseidons children trilogy a lot. I think it is as good as the revelation space stories. Not quite as bleak though. I hope you read them.
@anticlaassic 3 ай бұрын
Chasm city is amazing but i‘ll admit i never caught on to house if the suns
@anticlaassic 3 ай бұрын
@@tomasverner5354revelation space can be scary af. The while concept of hypometric devices, which are so advanced they defie comprehension but still induce a deeply unsettling feeling in anyone who gets too close to them because some part of them knows the universe is being violated to an extreme degree is bad, i would say the attempt to go ftl by skade is worse. It feels like the universe is maliciously striking back at the humans and they got off lightly, considering we know inertia suppression can just delete objects and people out of the universe… They technology in these books just feels alive and like ita own entity
@727Phoenix 6 ай бұрын
*1984:* One prediction George Orwell could never have made is that _we_ would be the ones buying the cameras. And our biggest fear is that no one will be watching us.
@thesinfultictac5704 6 ай бұрын
Nah Brave New World did that
@TopSmoka 6 ай бұрын
You are by far the best science fiction reviewer in KZfaq history
@ziplockbaggies8707 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for the recommendations! I'm always on the look for great scifi stories and will definitely check some of these out on Audible :)
@andrewbatts7678 6 ай бұрын
FINALLY!!!! I've been waiting for what seems like forever! Where u been????
@loszhor 6 ай бұрын
Very interesting! I hope you do videos on all of these some day!
@bconwe6420 6 ай бұрын
I wuuv u Quinn! Thanks for introducing me to lots of new cool stuff. Your voice and candor are to DIE FOR HAHAHA!
@jedewitz 6 ай бұрын
Oh man. Halloween week provides. New Nerd Cookies, new Quinn. I'm here for it.
@ShadowDrakk 6 ай бұрын
Great video man. Recommend Brian Lumleys Necroscope saga. The first 5 books in particular. Also the Psychomech trilogy by the same author. Necroscope is my personal favourite horror book series.
@jessefurqueron5555 6 ай бұрын
Grew up on sci-fi/sci-fantasy/horror books - movies the whole mix. After more decades than I care to mention of horror sci-fi and other - both books/movies just don’t “get” me anymore. The last jump scare I really remember was going to see Alien by myself (friends were still underage or didn’t want to see it) when it first came out, in an extremely dark theater - not so many “safety” lights back then. BTW, you haven’t seen horror till you’ve seen it at a drive-in..think Hotel Hell..hot summer night…tons of friends hanging In and around the back of the truck. Yep those were the days. Now I will say, horror and what disturbs someone varies a lot from person to person. My point is, nothing really gets to me anymore. With one exception. A book that’s not on this list and is actually quite hard to find. There’s two books written together, they are a series of short stories. Read them decades ago when they first came out. The first book is ok. The second one Scarred me for life. The author is better known for his sci-fi mercenary series Hammer’s Slammers; David Drake. His style is gritty military sci-fi writing. The two books of his I’m referring to here are 1) Men Hunting Things and 2) Things Hunting Men. The second one hit me somewhere deep inside, no spoilers. But for me, it hit hard. Nothing else has ever come close. Thanks David!
@sidepunch 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the recommendation mate, I'll definitely check them out If you got more recommendations, I'd love you them
@nikpad5822 6 ай бұрын
The Dark Tower series is my favorite set book series from Stephen King. No lie happy to see it mentioned. A lot of cosmic/eldritch horror goes down in this series. One hell of a tale, though that ending hurts my heart lol
@anticlaassic 3 ай бұрын
Revelation space does one thing incredibly well: it makes technology scary. From the arcane workings of conjoiner drives to the demented machine minds and the alien technologies like hypometric and inertia manipulating devices everything is a black box and sometimes scary things come out of these boxes and no one knows why or how. It honestly scares me to think about how Skade‘s FTL drive backfired…
@ambermcdade2919 2 ай бұрын
Oh my GOD YOUR LIBRARY IS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE MINE. it started reading King and Lovecraft around 10 years old, and I tell EVERYONE they must read the gunslinger series. When I try to get myself to sleep at night I imagine being in that world!! I think you are amazing with your (strangely identical to mine) favorite books and topics!!!!
@phatalphd5402 6 ай бұрын
So glad you talked about Gunslinger.....that series is Amazing, and ive been gearing up to reread it all again.
@FrankieSteele 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for introducing me to foundation I never read through a series so quick before I couldn't put it down! 🙏🙏
@scottabc72 6 ай бұрын
The most sci-fi story in Skeleton Crew is 'The Jaunt' and in my opinion the creepiest. All great selections
@duotone69 6 ай бұрын
Dude, your production skills are matched perfectly with your imagination. Well done!
@bigsarge2085 6 ай бұрын
I just finished "Book of the New Sun" series. Wild!
@aappaapp6627 6 ай бұрын
Always love to hear about new possible scary books!!
@Blacklighting24 6 ай бұрын
The Terror by Dan Simmons also great, it’s a Historical horror fiction. Thanks for the recommendations.
@jaredsturt8626 19 күн бұрын
Thank you for all the recommendation over the years. Easily the person I trust the most when I'm looking for something the delve deep into.
@altrimnell 3 ай бұрын
The Jaunt is one of my favorite and one of the first King short stories. The Mist is a solid recommendation.
@mattb4251 6 ай бұрын
Just used an audible credit for The Passage. Has high praise from King, apparently. Can't wait. Also, pretty sure it's "toe-dash". Every narrator I've heard says it like that instead of "2-dash."
@TheoStimac 6 ай бұрын
See, I remember the audiobooks saying "TOAD-ash", but I'm starting to think I just projected the way I read it in my head at 14. Gotta love the reliability and universality of perception. Guess I have to go back and check.
@zintosion 6 ай бұрын
1984 is not suppose to be a manual !
@disastermidi1990 6 ай бұрын
I love the dark tower series so much, there are so many strange ideas that fit perfectly together to be a gripping and terrifying story
@oreodawg4186 6 ай бұрын
Best youtuber for you books ive watched! I could listen to you talk about any book, man😂. Do you read fantasy like brandon sanderson to???
@LiteraryStoner 6 ай бұрын
I love Frankenstein, it's my favorite book! Because of everything you said. I've also read 1984, just in 2020 (i'm 34 but never had to read it for school) and omg that is the scariest book i've ever read, and i've loved horror my entire life, but as you said it seems to be coming true more every year. I think it was supposed to be a warning and people are using it as an instruction manual.
@wicky4473 6 ай бұрын
Just listening to King’s latest book now on Audible. I go way back with his books. I remember being scared witless when reading Salem’s Lot as a teenager
@MosHighChadro 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for giving us some Stephen King, I found this channel viewing a Song of Ice and Fire videos. You have great insight my friend. Thanks for making these.
@annaboo27 6 ай бұрын
I was itching for a Halloween Quinn video!! Yay!! Thank youuu🧡🧡🧡
@sneakyking 6 ай бұрын
The scariest element in modern sci fi movies...the catering for short attention span of the audience
@Tom_Fuckery 6 ай бұрын
fr.... give 3 hour minimum
@wmpx34 6 ай бұрын
Maybe in sci-fi…not sure about that. But movies in general are getting slightly longer. People were complaining about the length of Oppenheimer recently, for instance.
@sneakyking 6 ай бұрын
It's not about the length of the movie, it's about the short cut length of each scene. 80s 90s even 00 had much longer periods of the same short.
@lexieburnafteruroll 6 ай бұрын
Love when you post hope you’re family is doing great!
@razieldumas 3 ай бұрын
Dude, I loved your review of The Sparrow, as well as your thoughtful analysis of it. I recently read Ship of Fools, and it seriously fucked me up. The final third of the book, from the point where they find the old woman all the way to the end was just about traumatizing. Please please PLEASE give it a full length analysis, I haven’t found a single one!
@thombly5772 4 ай бұрын
I'm more scared by brave new world than 1984. The brutal nuances are horrific. I'm definitely going to check out book of the new sun. Great video. Thank you, kind sir.
@BubbyBold 6 ай бұрын
I was just looking for a list of good scifi horror novels, thanks for delivering
@Mewobiba 6 ай бұрын
You might also want to check TheShadesOfOrange who's made several videos with specifically scifi horror recommendations! Her presentation isn't as dramatic as Quinn's, but I've gotten great value from her recs before.
@BubbyBold 6 ай бұрын
@@MewobibaI'll be sure to check her out, thanks for the heads up
@marinoceccotti9155 6 ай бұрын
Burning candles in a library is the true horror scenario.
@digitalbookworm5678 6 ай бұрын
I've read and reread the Book of The New Sun series. It is a hard read due to Wolfe's use of archaic words and phrases. Something horrifying that has stuck with me since I first read it back in the 70s is Philip Jose Farmer's Blown / Image of The Beast. It gives an extraterrestrial explanation for all the horrors of myth and legend in a very adult format.
@helmutstransky3761 6 ай бұрын
Sounds interesting, will look into it.
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