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Title: Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead by J. Gordon Melton ISBN: 1-57859-071-X Publisher: Visible Ink Pr Pub. Date: December, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.28 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Vampire Resource book!
Comment: There are two books I use most when looking up vampire facts and this is one of them! I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to research vampires and vampire lore.
Rating: 4
Summary: A very godd reference
Comment: This book is certainly worth the money. It is a very helpful reference book on vampires and covers everthing from the origins of the vampire myth to the Dracula Convention of 1997. It does have, as another reviewer pointed out, a whole lot of of entries on popular culture. I think that's okay, becaue this book covers EVERYTHING that has to do with vampires, past and present. Besides vampire myths from around the world, the book covers vampire novels, poetry, plays, movies, music, television shows, games, and much more. The book is full of everything, and is over 800 pages long. The "Chronology of the Vampire" is very interesting and the cross referance is excellent. The indexes in the back are very helpful.
Unfortunatly, there are some inconsistencies between the entries. I probably wouldn't have noticed this if I hadn't read the book cover to cover. Some entries aren't as interesting as others, but this is because of the wide range the book covers. Another complaint I had was that the author had entries on Lestat and Armand from Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles but didn't have an entry on Louis. While I love Lestat and understand he is more popular, I think Louis deserves an entry too. This is, of course, a minor complaint, but I wanted to mention it. All in all, this book is extreamly helpful and I would recomend it to any one who is interested in vampires. This book is a must for Vampire fanatics.
Rating: 5
Summary: Possibly the best vampire book in existence.
Comment: This book provides an A to Z, completely thorough guide to all things relating to vampires. From aconite, to Dark Shadows, to the Vampire Lestat Fan Club, to vampire characteristics.
This book also seems to talk about two aspects of vampirism. The Hollywood side, and the real side - including myths, legends, historical accounts, authors of fiction novels, vampirologists, vampire researchers, poets, etc. The Hollywood side of this book covers television shows (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark Shadows), movies (Interview with the Vampire, Blade, those old 70s porn flicks, Bela Lugosi, etc. even stuff I've never heard of), famous vampire actors and actresses, film directors. While it does seem that the book is dominated by the Hollywood aspect of the vampire, it does talk about everything you can think of relating to the vampire in every culture and legend. Vampires in Africa, Australia, Russia, China, Spain, Bulgaria... The book discusses in length about fangs, blood, skin, methods of killing the vampire, immortality, flying, so many to list.
It's quite a heavy book, too. It contains a timeline of real vampire events, when books were published, when historical vampire figures (Vlad, Bathory, to name the obvious) were around, when vampire criminals did their crimes and were punished, all this dating back to the 1400s atleast. Its about 2.5 to 3 inches tall, and has a giant reference in the back, including websites to visits, theatrical plays to see, works of fiction to read, businesses that sell vampire memorabilia or occult items, magazines to subscribe to, or who to write to.
It is definately worth the price. This book is my best vampire book on my shelf. Anyone who has ever loved the vampire needs to get this book!
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Title: The Vampire Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson ISBN: 0517162067 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings by Brad Steiger, Franklin Ruehl ISBN: 1578590787 Publisher: Visible Ink Pr Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits by Carol K. Mack, Dinah Mack ISBN: 080506270X Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Vampires and Vampirism : Legends from Around the World (Classics of Preternatural History) by Dudley Wright ISBN: 1590210026 Publisher: Lethe Press Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Complete Book of Vampires by Leonard R. N. Ashley ISBN: 1569801258 Publisher: Barricade Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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