Hooked on Horror: A Guide to Reading Interests in Horror Fiction
Anthony J. Fonseca
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The volume is organized into four parts. "Introduction to Horror Fiction" provides a history of the genre and information on how to use the book. "An Annotated Bibliography of Horror Short-Story Collections" lists both anthologies and collections by single authors. In the longest section, "An Annotated Bibliography of Horror Novels and Films," chapters are organized by 13 subgenres such as "Telekinesis and Hypnosis: Chaos from Control"; "Small-Town Horror: Villages of the Damned"; and "Splatterpunk: The Gross-Out." Each chapter begins with an introduction (which repeats verbatim some of the statements in the general introduction), followed by a list of books, a few films, and "Our Picks." Entries for books consist of bibliographic information, a brief description of plot, and a list of related subject headings. Award-winning titles are noted. The final part, "Ready Reference, Criticism, and Other Helpful Information," lists periodicals, organizations, and Web sites, among other things. The volume concludes with a short story index, a subject index, and an author/title index.
The decision to limit the list to in-print titles published from 1994 to 1998 weakens the book. A number of the titles listed are later titles in a series, and some series description should have been provided for these later titles to make sense. Omen IV is here but not one, two, or three; three books based on the undead, revenge-seeking character the Crow are included but not the original title, nor any explanation about the origins of the character. A few "classic" horror authors are represented even if their books are out-of-print or between editions, but coverage of classics is spotty--Mary Shelley can be found but not Harlan Ellison.
Other recently released titles on the horror genre include St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost and Gothic Writers [RBB My 1 98] and Fantasy and Horror: A Critical and Historical Guide to Literature, Illustration, Film, TV, Radio, and the Internet [RBB N 15 99]. The St. James volume is a fairly scholarly bio-bibliographical resource, while Fantasy and Horror is a selective critical guide that surveys the genre from 1762. Hooked on Horror, like other titles in the Genreflecting Advisory series, is intended more as a reader's advisory tool and is recommended for high-school and public libraries.
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