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What Was Your First F. Paul Wilson Book? - t4terrific - 08-10-2009 I read The Tomb because Lance Storm (a former pro wrestler) chose it as a book club selection. I read the reviews from his website, as well as FPW's response to the reviews. It sounded interesting, so I read it, loved it, then continued with the series. Eventually I started reading other fpw works (Black Wind, then The Keep). I visited this site after reading a reference to it on one of the RJ books (I think it was Legacies). What Was Your First F. Paul Wilson Book? - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 08-10-2009 Srem Wrote:I was just curious (and perhaps other forum members are, also) as to which F. Paul Wilson book was your first? Who's Paul Wilson? Isn't this the NORA'S FRIENDS board? What Was Your First F. Paul Wilson Book? - Tyler Edwards - 08-11-2009 A couple of years ago I was wandering through a bookstore and immediately ran to the horror scifi section. I grabbed a collection of Lovecraft stories. As I was walking away I turned back because I dropped my phone and as I rose back up I saw HOSTS. That title shook me. I looked it over and it seemed fantastic. After that harbringers then the tomb and the rest is history. What Was Your First F. Paul Wilson Book? - Wapitikev - 08-11-2009 Tyler Edwards Wrote:A couple of years ago I was wandering through a bookstore and immediately ran to the horror scifi section. I grabbed a collection of Lovecraft stories. As I was walking away I turned back because I dropped my phone and as I rose back up I saw HOSTS. That title shook me. I looked it over and it seemed fantastic. After that harbringers then the tomb and the rest is history.Welcome, Tyler. You'll like it here. Nice to see another board member that can give insomniacs like me a little company by posting at 12:24AM. Harbingers was a violent work of art, as was the "Subway Saviour" scene in Hosts. With those two as your intro to Jack, you had little choice but to become an addict. Like us. ...or is that "a member of the Unity" Heh. -Wapitikev What Was Your First F. Paul Wilson Book? - Weatherford - 08-11-2009 HEALER - when i first came out back in '77 (?). I had been struggling to understand my personal philosophy for a long time, and when I read the description of Tolive, I had the same reaction as the Healer... yikes... then, wow... For me, an epiphany! I've read every book since, and try to always buy the first editions (and the other editions) to make sure the boss' publishers still like him. There was a period when it was REALLY HARD to find his books - especially the laNague Chronicles... Thank goodness that is no longer the case!!! What Was Your First F. Paul Wilson Book? - Scott Miller - 08-12-2009 Mine was The Keep, the first paperback edition in 1982. I was 16 or 17 and was reading the most god-awful books as long as the carnage was maxed out. Something about that light in the window struck a chord within me and so I bought it. It was by far the most sophisticated book I'd read and it produced enough corpses for my teen-addled mind so that when I stumbled upon The Tomb a couple of years later I picked it up and when Jack took out the cinder-block thrower I was hooked for life. What Was Your First F. Paul Wilson Book? - Scott Hajek - 08-12-2009 Started with Soft and Others. Followed by Black Wind. Then, history.... Soft and Others was a shiny, new book on a shelf in a new Used Book store. It called to me, though I didn't realize what that meant at the time. I've never been one for short fiction before. Bought it; read it; loved it. Found Black Wind on a clearance rack in a K-Mart. Wow! Went back to the used book store only to find it out of business only a few weeks after I bought Soft. It's always seemed to be one of those cliched destiny things. What Was Your First F. Paul Wilson Book? - Alvin Fox - 08-12-2009 I used to pick up books at garage sales because the nearest bookstore (new or used) was around 20 miles away. And when you're a kid you don't have all that much money. So I'd go to garage sales and load up. One day I noticed that I bought The Keep and The Tomb at different garage sales. I read them (The Keep first) and later found that they were the first two books in The Adversary Cycle. So I went out and got the rest. This was in '95. What Was Your First F. Paul Wilson Book? - texasx96 - 08-13-2009 The Touch. When I was around 12 I found it on my Dad's bookcase. Scarred me for life. What Was Your First F. Paul Wilson Book? - scrappyblue - 08-13-2009 I read the Tomb and the Keep back in the 80's ... my boyfriend at the time was into them and I read whatever he was reading, then I just didn't follow up and read the rest. Then in 2007 we got back in touch with each other and I asked him if he had any suggestions of books to read and he listed off the RJ series. Since fall of 2007 I've read just about every book FPW has put out to date at least once, I'm currently working my way through the RJ series again, just finished reading the Tomb for the 3rd time now (took 4 days, and I only read at night before bed). |