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Welcome to the official F. Paul Wilson message board. This is a place to gather to discuss the work of FPW and to make friends. On this forum we try to abide by the Golden Rule. This means speak kindly to and of your fellow forum participants, the admins/mods, and F. Paul Wilson. Our two main rules are: 1) No ad hominem attacks, either direct or implied, and 2) No discussion of political or government-related topics. If these rules are violated, the offending post will be deleted and/or the user will be suspended for 14 days, 30 days, or permanently, depending on past violations, at the discretion of the attending moderator. If you have any questions about this message board, you can send a Private Message to one of the administrators or moderators: Marc, Lisa, Tony, or rjack_fan.

I wanted to share more about how I stumbled upon FPW and his work. Now I don't remember exactly what happened, but what I do remember is stumbling across this Lovecraftian like synopsis for a book called Nightworld. The description of the creatures got me wanting to read the book so very much. After looking into it some more I find out I need to read some more books to really appreciate the novel. Now I had stopped reading for about 7 years. I used to have a bookshelf full of Stephen King, Koontz, and a nice varity of fantasy and sci-fi novels. Katrina took that away. Water under the bridge or water through my house, whatever.



POSSIBLE SPOILERS for THE KEEP ahead...














So I thought ok, The Keep, sounds fun. Maybe it will get be back into reading. I was so right; I loved it. What probably intrigued me the most was the background behind Glaeken and Rasalom. I found it interesting how Glaeken made it clear he was not a good guy, or rather that he didn't represent the force of good. The entire conflict between the two felt personal much unlike most good vs. evil battles which feel destined. Months later I got my hand on The Tomb and that was that. I don't know why I love this sort of supernatural mystery/horror approach to storytelling. It simply fascinates me. I am halfway through Legacies now and you can be sure I will let you all know how I feel about once I am finished.

I finished reading "The Tomb" and just wanted to share my favorite moment. It is Jack's reaction after stopping a Rakosh from climbing onto the elevator platform when escaping Kusum's ship with Kolabati. Here is the excerpt....








The creature reeled back, its arms outflung, its head ablaze. It spun, lurched crazily to the edge of the platform, and fell off. "Yes!" Jack shouted, raising his fists into the air, exultant and amazed at his victory. "Yes!"






When I read that I laughed for like 10 seconds. One moment you are experiencing a terrifying moment along with Jack, and when Jack is in the clear, what does he do? He raises his fists in the air and shouts, "Yes!" How unexpected, and yet so very much Jack.

I noticed there is no plot summaries for many of the RJ novel articles on Wikipedia. Maybe some of you guys would have some fun placing some on there. I may do The Tomb once I finish reading it.

Hello everyone. About half a year ago I bought The Keep(watched the movie too, Gabriel Byrne and the soundtrack were the only good things about it), read it and loved it and kept telling myself that at some point I would buy the rest of the adversary cycle novels and this month I did just that. After I ordered my copy of NightWorld I realized that it was an updated version that would be better understood if I read all the RJ novels. I was kind of frustrated because I did not want to have to read 14 more books! Then I starting reading The Tomb and yes I do want to read 14 more books haha! I ordered them all.

What do you guys talk about? Do you discuss your likes and dislikes about the RJ novels? I am late to the party but hopefully at some point I can join in once I start reading some more of these great books. RJ is a very interesting character, but with only being halfway through The Tomb, I am sure I have only scratched the surface of what is RJ.

for all you audio lovers: Brilliance just sent me new CDs and mp3s of The Tomb, Legacies, Conspiracies, All the Rage, and Cold City.

1/1 - And now austerity January begins: no booze and minimal carbs for a month to cleanse the system and shed the holiday bloat. (Not that I'm a whole lotta fun to begin with, but in January - fuhgeddaboudit.)


1/2 - "Mars Attacks Popeye" - Oh, I can't miss this! http://eepurl.com/s1zFn


1/4 - Lead levels and crime fascinating: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2...k-gasoline


1/9 - Rhodi Hawk and I just finished a draft of a story for the Chris Golden-edited DARK DUETS. Started as a short, now a novella and tons o' fun.


1/12 - This senseless copy-editor violence must stop! http://tinyurl.com/ba6s5g7


1/3 - My eyes! My eyes! How do I unsee Eddie Money in the GEICO commercial?


1/16 - I've had fun referencing Nikola Tesla in my fiction, but sometimes it's hard to separate truth from conspiracy theory. Here's a clear-eyed overview of the facts and myths around him - definitely worth a read: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4345


1/17 - I would be proud to call this boy my son: http://tinyurl.com/a74ugpn


1/17 - Yo! I'm up for an Edgar! (well, sort - I contributed to BOOKS TO DIE FOR) http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html


1/19 - Public response to private email: Yes, some of my characters engage in what you call "hate speech." BECAUSE THEY'RE RACISTS!


1/20 - I frequently suffer from #11. For #4, Americans have “butterface” http://tinyurl.com/cpkjjov


1/21 - Public response to a private email (#2): Yes, COLD CITY leaves a lot of loose ends. THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST BOOK OF A TRILOGY!!!


1/22 - "The Hour" - really liked season 1. Loved the mid-1950s look. Sussed out the mole early on (the clues were there). Will watch season 2.


1/22 - Now THIS is cool: Tax Planning - Repairman Jack Style http://tinyurl.com/bj7k9w9


1/23 - amazing death scene: The only thing missing is for the girl to say at the end, "Is he dead?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36BDxBEQ2jM …


1/24 - You need this book, even if you live in Kansas. And you must read the reviews RT http://tinyurl.com/d6q33r


1/24 - Comparing my "Sex Slaves of the Dragon Tong" to Rohmer's Fu Manchu: http://dark-towhead.livejournal.com/284278.html


1/25 - Biden says to speak out about guns. Okay... http://tinyurl.com/aj2eab9


1/28 - I wanted this to be the takeaway for the grunts from the Borderlands Boot Camp pic.twitter.com/ZUl3hQD5


1/31 - off to Chicago for Love is Murder

12/1 - This is that rara avis known as critical thinking [video=youtube;7pL5vzIMAhs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pL5vzIMAhs[/video] …


12/2 - "Get Fuzzy" and the curse of a literal mind http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2012/12/02


12/4 - emblazoned on a carpenter's pickup: "Appetite for Construction."


12/5 - What an amazing universe we inhabit: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121205.html


12/7 - Yogi Berra's intellectual mentor? "When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results." -- Calvin Coolidge


12/7 - A little piece on researching the Mob for COLD CITY: "Surviving the Mob: What I Didn’t Learn from The Godfather" - http://tinyurl.com/d8n9bv4


12/10 - The Toughest Part of Writing Cold City - http://tinyurl.com/bv38t7a


12/11 - always nice to hear: "Due to high demand for your book, we have proactively ordered copies to supply Amazon with inventory" - http://tinyurl.com/6nra26m


12/11 - STORY BUNDLE - a clutch of six books (incl THE SELECT by yrs trly) for whatever you want to pay. http://storybundle.com/


12/13 - Collaborating with a Brit (Sara Pinborough) is fascinating: both writing in English but the same words have divergent nuances and even different meanings. Take "sod" (the verb), for instance: In the US you do it to your front yard. In the UK, it's something quite other. Same for the noun.


12/18 - "Pigeon Impossible" - great! http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=jEjUAnPc2VA …


12/18 - Reporter looking for shooting interview gets response she deserves - http://tinyurl.com/czq2o2f


12/20 - The world explained in two cows (received in email - very clever) - http://tinyurl.com/cdqx2ex


12/21 - A chart to settle all your friends' arguments over how short that actor is - http://tinyurl.com/clq8n36


12/24 Okay...this trailer pushes all my buttons. Hope the show lives up to it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d8Kmus_T6o


12/27 - I've been hearing about this for a months, now it's almost here. Can't wait: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d6KuiuteIA


12/28 - Murphy's Other 15 Laws - Not new but still good: http://tinyurl.com/cjnrlr2

11/1 - Some Kinda Wonderful Dept: Pacman is Lovecraft via Kafka http://killscreendaily.com/headlines/pac...aft-story/


11/2 - Just submitted the script for issue #2 of the SECRET HISTORIES adaptation. Frankly, I'd rather be writing something new.


11/2 - Literary Consolation Prizes http://tinyurl.com/dykg4hm


11/3 - For all you Catholics out there (especially the lapsed ones) http://uncrate.com/stuff/whisky-advent-calendar/ …


11/4 - Confessions of a cloud nerd: Love those lenticulars http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121104.html …


11/5 - Confessions of a grammar nerd: I learned something here -http://wn.com/flat_adverb


11/6 - Disaster porn: Wipe the black line back and forth for the Jersey Shore before and after Sandy http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/hurr...ter-photos …


11/7 - “I’m so glad we had that storm last week." (Chris Matthews) Really, you son of a bitch? Really?


11/7 - Congrats to the Republicratic victor for winning approval of 51% of the 57% of eligible voters who went to the polls.


11/7 - "Dude, Where's My Vote?" - a few hundred quick, angry words on being disenfranchised. http://tinyurl.com/acbqg9p


11/8 - WHO'S TO BLAME? Snow at the Jersey Shore last night - up to 12 inches in places still recovering from Sandy. I'm beginning to think someone around here has offended a cosmic entity. Whoever you are, please make amends.


11/9 - World War Z trailer - Holy crap! [video=youtube;HcwTxRuq-uk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HcwTxRuq-uk[/video] …


11/15 - sent off the contract for "The Dead World," my Pellucidar novelette for the ERB anthology. Pub date in 2013.


11/16 - Johnny Sartre's blog - read it or be shown the exit: http://tinyurl.com/c5j33yz


11/21 - 5 BOOKS/ ALBUMS/MOVIES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE


11/24 - loooook what iiiiii got! pic.twitter.com/uZBYj8GK


11/28 - No-no-no! My eyes! This can't be real! http://tmblr.co/ZIBKwvYDiU5t


11/28 - The Qwillery: Interview with moi http://bit.ly/QLuGUz