Bibliograph

The horror readers' advisory, the librarian's guide to vampires, killer tomatoes, and haunted houses, Becky Siegel Spratford, Tammy Hennigh Clausen

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The horror readers' advisory, the librarian's guide to vampires, killer tomatoes, and haunted houses, Becky Siegel Spratford, Tammy Hennigh Clausen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-147) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The horror readers' advisory

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

53847137

Responsibility statement

Becky Siegel Spratford, Tammy Hennigh Clausen

Series statement

ALA readers' advisory series

Sub title

the librarian's guide to vampires, killer tomatoes, and haunted houses

Summary

It's a dark and scary world. Fans are rabid. Blood, guts, and gore are the norm. Welcome to the horror genre. Horror classics have been scaring people for years. Nowadays, who doesn't know about Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Dean Koontz? Profiled in a special section, the "Big Three" have turned horror into best-sellers. For all the horror fans that haunt your library, this is the must-have guide. Readers' advisors and reference librarians will appreciate the key tools provided to expand upon this genre, including listings of top books, authors, and award winners within eleven horror subgenres-like mummies, biomedical, monsters, and splatterpunk. Clear descriptions of characteristics within subgenres are provided throughout. To further help you engage new readers, expert horror mavens Spratford and Clausen draw a savvy connection between film and horror as a potent reminder that the scariest movies have been adapted from novels. Their classic and contemporary recommendations like Rebecca, The Shining, and Rosemary's Baby reinforce activities between readers' advisors and library programming and open up the (cellar) door for further patron involvement. Readers' advisors and reference librarians will also learn: The art of the readers' advisory interview for horror Strategies to develop, and tools to market, the horror collection Tactics for introducing non-horror readers to the genre Where to go for more details and resources Horror may be an acquired taste, but under the guidance of two passionate aficionados, any librarian can master the basics to add horror into readers' advisory services

Table Of Contents

Evolution of horror literature and film -- Readers' advisory interview: Matching horror novels with readers -- Classics: time-tested tales of terror -- Ghosts and haunted houses: Home, scream, home -- Mummies, zombies, and goblens: Walking dead under wraps -- Vampires: Dracula will never die -- Werewolves and animals of terror: Beast walks among us -- Maniacs and other monsters: Killer lurking in the corner -- Black magic, witches, warlocks, and the occult: Double, double, toil, and trouble -- Demonic possession and Satanism: Devil inside -- Scientific and biomedical horror: Doctor will see you now -- Psychological horror : mental mayhem -- Splatterpunk or extreme horror : horror's cutting edge -- Horror resources: how to hunt for the haunted -- Collection development: cultivating the seeds of fear -- Marketing your horror collection: Make them come back to your lair of horror

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