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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jonathan Lethem, Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Christian Matheson, and many more venture into the darkest corners of the human psyche in this compilation of wicked acts of payback. From Shakespeare to Poe, revenge has always been one of the great themes in literature. This anthology contains eighteen stories of ruthless vengeance. A philanderer spends a night with one nameless woman too many. A second-rate music video talent turns down a chance at superstardom...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
CBS's The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) remains a benchmark of serious telefantasy and one of the most iconic series in the history of American television. Barry Keith Grant carefully situates The Twilight Zone within the history of broadcast television and American culture, both of which were changing dramatically during the five seasons the series originally aired. At the same time, the genres of science fiction, horror, and fantasy were moving from...
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A World of Demons: The Villains of Doctor Who""One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel"--Jean-Antoninette ("Reinette") Poisson, aka Madame de Pompadour, "The Girl in the Fireplace"What a world of demons Doctor Who has presented us with over the past seven decades: from Daleks and Cybermen to Weeping Angels and the Silence, the greatest villains of the Who-niverse have achieved an iconic status all their own, cementing themselves...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
... the definitive guide to what properly messes us upages' - SFX Magazine 'Glasby anatomises horror's scare tactics with keen, lucid clarity across 34 carefully selected main films - classic and pleasingly obscure. 4 Stars.' - Total Film The Book of Horror introduces you to the scariest movies ever made and examines what makes them so frightening. Horror movies have never been more critically or commercially successful, but there's only one metric...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A war hero, a mass murderer and a Gothic legend the world has never forgotten
Vlad the Impaler is one of history's most compelling and brutal characters, with a bizarre afterlife as a cult horror sensation. A hero to his countrymen, Vlad Dracula is a byword for dread. Not just for generations of Western fans of Gothic fiction and film, but also for an appalled and fascinated 15th-century readership, for whom contemporary accounts of Dracula's atrocities...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The official companion to HBO's blockbuster fantasy series features 100s of photos, storyboards, costume designs, insider stories, and much more.
One of the highest-rated cable series of all time, HBO's Game of Thrones was a major cultural phenomenon. In this official companion book, executive story editor Bryan Cogman gives fans new ways to enter this expansive fantasy world and discover more about the characters and electrifying plotlines....
One of the highest-rated cable series of all time, HBO's Game of Thrones was a major cultural phenomenon. In this official companion book, executive story editor Bryan Cogman gives fans new ways to enter this expansive fantasy world and discover more about the characters and electrifying plotlines....
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English
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The complete critical companion to The X-Files, covering every episode and both films and featuring interviews with screenwriters and stars.
In Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files, TV critics Zack Handlen and Emily Todd VanDerWerff look back at exactly what made the long-running cult series so groundbreaking. Packed with insightful reviews of every episode-including the tenth and eleventh seasons and both major motion...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"An official guide to the crazy science of Orphan Black. Delve deeper into the scientific terms and theories at the core of the Peabody-winning, cult favourite show. With exclusive insights from the show's co-creator Graeme Manson and science consultant Cosima Herter, The Science of Orphan Black takes you behind the closed doors of the Dyad Institute and inside Neolution. Authors Casey Griffin and Nina Nesseth decode the mysteries of Orphan Black...
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Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The star of the legendary sci-fi franchise shares the ultimate "Captain's Log" in this classic behind-the-scenes memoir.
A living pop culture legend and one of Hollywood's most enduring stars, William Shatner will forever be associated with the role of James T. Kirk, captain of the starship Enterprise and hero of the sci-fi series Star Trek. Beginning in 1966, Star Trek offered something entirely new to prime time TV audiences. Though it...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Part series scrapbook, part Southern cookbook, this collection will satisfy the appetite of any fan of the hit HBO paranormal series.
True Blood, HBO's blockbuster paranormal drama, enthralled a diverse audience of thirteen million viewers (and counting). Menus at the now-famous Fangtasia and Merlotte's Bar and Grill play a key role in the series, providing sustenance for its human characters, evoking memories of a bygone life for...
True Blood, HBO's blockbuster paranormal drama, enthralled a diverse audience of thirteen million viewers (and counting). Menus at the now-famous Fangtasia and Merlotte's Bar and Grill play a key role in the series, providing sustenance for its human characters, evoking memories of a bygone life for...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Vampires have walked among us for thousands of years. These reanimated corpses survive by draining and consuming the blood of the living, and their threat to humanity cannot be ignored. Throughout the centuries, professors and peasants have offered their own vampire-fighting tips, but these were often old wives' tales, based more on superstition than on fact. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive vampire-fighting guide for the twenty-first...
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