[Zsinj]

Okay, so we have recommendation threads for the best vampire novels, the best werewolf novels, the best zombie novels, so I thought I would start a thread for recommendation of another famous horror staple; the mummy. So what are some good horror novels involving mummies and dark egyptian occult stuff. The only ones I know of are The Jewel of the Seven Stars by Bram Stoker, Dead Souls by Michael Laimo, and The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers, but that is more fantasy.

[AuntiePam]

I'm in the minority, but I really liked The Mummy by Anne Rice. It's a bit romancey, but it doesn't suffer from the rambling bloat that describes Rice's later novels and it had some nice chills.

I've been trying to think of the title/author of an older book that I read not too long ago. It starts with excavation of an Egyptian tomb (duh -- don't they all?) which releases a curse or a demon. One of the excavating team kills all the others. That's all I remember. I think it was set in the 1930's or 40's.

ETA: The book is Werewolves of London by Brian Stableford. I remember now. I didn't finish it because of all the repetition in the early chapters. Uber annoying.

But here's a link -- http://www.egyptomania.org/aef/EgyptSFF.html#Hist-F-Anc -- to hundreds of titles of novels and short stories that have a connection to Egypt and/or mummies.