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Author:

Mathews, Patricia O'Brien.

Title:

Fang-tastic fiction : twenty-first-century paranormal reads / Patricia O'Brien Mathews.

Publisher:

American Library Association,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

ix, 258 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Paranormal fiction, American--Bibliography.
Paranormal fiction--Bibliography.
American fiction--21st century--Bibliography.
Monographic series--Bibliography.
Sequels (Literature)--Bibliography.
Fiction in libraries--United States.
Readers' advisory services--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Read-alikes : categorizing the series. Categorized by plot ; Categorized by protagonist's gender ; Categorized by protagonist's' type ; Categorized by level of violence ; Categorized by level of sensuality ; Categorized by level of humor -- Series descriptions -- Anthologies.

Summary:

Mathews uses a limited definition of paranormal, and examines works set, for the most part, in a relatively realistic modern world inhabited by both humans and paranormal beings.

ISBN:

0838910734 (alk. paper)
9780838910733 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)664114841

LCCN:

2010032647

Locations:

IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines)