Ligotti Given Short Shrift on "The All-Time Greatest Horror Writers"?
 

The All-Time Greatest Horror Writers
The List.

The Bad News: Ligotti is ranked at #43 . . . below William Peter Blatty (?), below Joe Hill, below Whtley Streiber, below a half dozen people I've never heard of.

The Good News: It's an interactive site that updates the rankings based on user participation, so if you feel Ligotti deserves to be ranked higher on the list you can simply vote for him.

Re: Ligotti Given Short Shrift on "The All-Time Greatest Horror Writers"?
 

I was unable to vote for Ligotti. Everyone else, Ligotti no.

Re: Ligotti Given Short Shrift on "The All-Time Greatest Horror Writers"?
 

http://mmacrypt.com/forum/images/smilies/tinhat1.gif
The plot thickens.

Weird.
I voted for him and a couple others. Didn't down vote anyone though, because that just seems petty.

Re: Ligotti Given Short Shrift on "The All-Time Greatest Horror Writers"?
 

This reveals the horror that most people are oblivious to the deeply sinister dark things sleeping at the periphery of every moment.

Re: Ligotti Given Short Shrift on "The All-Time Greatest Horror Writers"?
 

I could vote for him (does that make me part of the conspiracy?). Seriously, I wouldn't take that list too seriously (no pun intended) as it is obviously not necessarily aimed at people who are weird fiction afficionados. It's jsut one of those list-things you find on the Internet ad nauseam. In addition to that the address doesn't say writers but novelists. So some of the authors are certainly out of place. :)

Re: Ligotti Given Short Shrift on "The All-Time Greatest Horror Writers"?
 

I vote for Ligotti, and make the mistake of downvoting anyone above him because I thought he'd move up if they've a lot of dislikes. :o

Re: Ligotti Given Short Shrift on "The All-Time Greatest Horror Writers"?
 

Well, he's number #39 now so at least he's sharing company with Fritz Leiber and Arthur Machen instead of sitting below Edward Lee(?) and Douglas Clegg (?).

I'll rest easier knowing that at least one internet injustice has been mildly corrected today.

Re: Ligotti Given Short Shrift on "The All-Time Greatest Horror Writers"?
 

Nevermind, I'd already voted for him. Damn old age creepin' up faster than...


damned autocorrect

Re: Ligotti Given Short Shrift on "The All-Time Greatest Horror Writers"?
 

Dean Koontz and ,gag, Richard Laymon ranking above Blackwood? Yes, this was my laugh for the day.

Re: Ligotti Given Short Shrift on "The All-Time Greatest Horror Writers"?
 

Well, he's beating V.C. Andrews. That ought to count for something.