ANTHONY J. FONSECA is Instructional Services Librarian at the Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. He has taught many college level courses on horror literature.
JUNE MICHELE PULLIAM is Instructor of English and Women's and Gender Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge where she teaches horror literature. She also is editor of Necropsy: The Review of Horror Fiction, an online journal.
?A seminal work of impressive scholarship (on first
edition).?-Midwest Book Review
?An essential source for both horror fans and libraries.... If you
are looking for lively, critical summaries of the best
horror...look no further than Hooked on Horror.?-Canberra Sunday
Times
?Public librarians as well as horror fans will enthusiastically
welcome this gold mine of information.?-VOYA
?Recommended. Public, secondary school, and undergraduate libraries
that own the earlier edition or support strong readership in
popular horror fiction.?-Choice
?There are some fabulous reference books about horror for teens.
Among the most indispensable guides. (Reviewed with Teen
Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests, Second Edition (2003);
Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, Sixth Edition
(2005))?-School Library Journal
?An excellent resource....highly recommended.?-Reference
Reviews
?An excellent resource....highly recommended.??Reference
Reviews
"An essential source for both horror fans and libraries.... If you
are looking for lively, critical summaries of the best
horror...look no further than Hooked on Horror."-Canberra Sunday
Times
"An excellent resource....highly recommended."-Reference
Reviews
"Public librarians as well as horror fans will enthusiastically
welcome this gold mine of information."-VOYA
"There are some fabulous reference books about horror for teens.
Among the most indispensable guides. (Reviewed with Teen
Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests, Second Edition (2003);
Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, Sixth Edition
(2005))"-School Library Journal
"�p�ublic librarians as well as horror fans will enthusiastically
welcome this goldmine of information."-VOYA
"�A�n essential source for both horror fans and libraries.... If
you are looking for lively, critical summaries of the best
horror....look no further than Hooked on Horror."-Canberra Sunday
Times
"�A�n excellent resource....highly recommended."-Reference
Reviews
"�T�here are some fabulous reference books about horror for teens.
Among the most indispensable guides. (Reviewed with Teen
Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests, Second Edition (2003);
Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, Sixth Edition
(2005))"-School Library Journal
"[T]here are some fabulous reference books about horror for teens.
Among the most indispensable guides. (Reviewed with Teen
Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests, Second Edition (2003);
Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, Sixth Edition
(2005))"-School Library Journal
"[p]ublic librarians as well as horror fans will enthusiastically
welcome this goldmine of information."-VOYA
"[A]n excellent resource....highly recommended."-Reference
Reviews
"A comprehensive, annotated reader's advisory, the only one to
focus solely on the genre....A useful tool for librarians
unfamiliar with the literature.""-Library Journal (on first
edition)
"A seminal work of impressive scholarship (on first
edition)."-Midwest Book Review
"Recommended. Public, secondary school, and undergraduate libraries
that own the earlier edition or support strong readership in
popular horror fiction."-Choice
"[A]n essential source for both horror fans and libraries.... If
you are looking for lively, critical summaries of the best
horror....look no further than Hooked on Horror."-Canberra Sunday
Times
?A seminal work of impressive scholarship (on first
edition).?-Midwest Book Review
?An essential source for both horror fans and libraries.... If you
are looking for lively, critical summaries of the best
horror...look no further than Hooked on Horror.?-Canberra Sunday
Times
?Public librarians as well as horror fans will enthusiastically
welcome this gold mine of information.?-VOYA
?Recommended. Public, secondary school, and undergraduate libraries
that own the earlier edition or support strong readership in
popular horror fiction.?-Choice
?There are some fabulous reference books about horror for teens.
Among the most indispensable guides. (Reviewed with Teen
Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests, Second Edition (2003);
Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, Sixth Edition
(2005))?-School Library Journal
?An excellent resource....highly recommended.?-Reference
Reviews
?An excellent resource....highly recommended.??Reference
Reviews
"An essential source for both horror fans and libraries.... If you
are looking for lively, critical summaries of the best
horror...look no further than Hooked on Horror."-Canberra Sunday
Times
"An excellent resource....highly recommended."-Reference
Reviews
"Public librarians as well as horror fans will enthusiastically
welcome this gold mine of information."-VOYA
"There are some fabulous reference books about horror for teens.
Among the most indispensable guides. (Reviewed with Teen
Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests, Second Edition (2003);
Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, Sixth Edition
(2005))"-School Library Journal
"Ypublic librarians as well as horror fans will enthusiastically
welcome this goldmine of information."-VOYA
"YAn essential source for both horror fans and libraries.... If you
are looking for lively, critical summaries of the best
horror....look no further than Hooked on Horror."-Canberra Sunday
Times
"YAn excellent resource....highly recommended."-Reference
Reviews
"YThere are some fabulous reference books about horror for teens.
Among the most indispensable guides. (Reviewed with Teen
Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests, Second Edition (2003);
Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, Sixth Edition
(2005))"-School Library Journal
"[T]here are some fabulous reference books about horror for teens.
Among the most indispensable guides. (Reviewed with Teen
Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests, Second Edition (2003);
Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, Sixth Edition
(2005))"-School Library Journal
"[p]ublic librarians as well as horror fans will enthusiastically
welcome this goldmine of information."-VOYA
"[A]n excellent resource....highly recommended."-Reference
Reviews
"A comprehensive, annotated reader's advisory, the only one to
focus solely on the genre....A useful tool for librarians
unfamiliar with the literature.""-Library Journal (on first
edition)
"A seminal work of impressive scholarship (on first
edition)."-Midwest Book Review
"Recommended. Public, secondary school, and undergraduate libraries
that own the earlier edition or support strong readership in
popular horror fiction."-Choice
"[A]n essential source for both horror fans and libraries.... If
you are looking for lively, critical summaries of the best
horror....look no further than Hooked on Horror."-Canberra Sunday
Times
The first horror novel was Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, published in 1764. Horror fiction gradually developed to include such writers as Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Anne Rice, and Stephen King. Yet it's a genre that "can't get any respect," often grouped with fantasy and sf or relegated to brief reviews in the library periodicals. The authors, both of whom have taught college-level courses on horror, seek to remedy that situation with this comprehensive, annotated reader's advisory, the only one to focus solely on the genre. They classify some 1000 titles into 13 subgenres (vampires and werewolves, small-town horror, etc.) along with a list of related films for each subgenre. There are also bibliographies of notable authors, listings of periodicals, horror-related organizations, major awards, publishers, and horror web sites. A useful tool for librarians unfamiliar with the literature.--WW Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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