Talk:Richard Laymon

Magnum opus
I removed Flesh as Laymon's magnum opus in the infobox. I haven't seen a work pegged as his standout anywhere; if anything, I'd give the nod to The Cellar and its sequels. (If it does end up being Flesh, note that flesh isn't talking about the book...) -- JHunterJ 18:47, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


 * fair enough.. i do agree i tentatively put Flesh as that recieved quite a critical lauding upon its release.. for me his masterwork is island anyway. --Soot and stars 21:40, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Would a section on the type of horror Laymon writes be appropriate? He writes in a very adult style with graphic descriptions of sex in violence in the works I've read of his. Not Stephen King type material suitable for everyone. Endy9 (talk) 16:09, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

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List of works
Q: is it just me or should the books be in order of year released it makes no sense having them as they are now

A: All the books and Fastbacks are now listed in chronological order according to publication date, though the short stories are still listed alphabetically.

Fastbacks?
Question: A number of his works are in a list titled Fastback. What in the world is a "Fastback"? 24.90.172.109 (talk) 07:33, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Answer: Fastback is the term Pitman Learning, an American publisher of educational materials, uses to denote the one-story booklets that it publishes for use in elementary and secondary schools. The publications are aimed at kids who have poor reading habits or who have a negative attitude towards reading, the theory being that such kids are often intimidated by larger works but might be more willing to read something like a booklet and, after doing so, will ultimately be encouraged to read more challenging pieces. When Laymon talks about the booklets in his nonfiction autobiographical work A Writer's Tale, Laymon refers to the pieces as Fastbacks, and since many of his hardcore fans also know them by that name, it seems appropriate to enumerate them under that moniker on Laymon's Wikipedia page. —Michael R. Gates 14:40, 20 Sept 2012 (UTC)