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Author:

Spratford, Becky Siegel.

Title:

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

Publisher:

American Library Association,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

x, 161 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Readers' advisory services--United States.
Fiction in libraries--United States.
Libraries--United States--Horror tales.--Horror tales.
Horror tales--.--.

Other Authors:

Clausen, Tammy Hennigh.

Notes:

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

Contents:

The evolution of horror literature and film -- The readers' advisory interview : matching horror novels with readers -- The classics : time-tested tales of terror -- Ghosts and haunted houses : home, scream, home -- Mummies, zombies, and golems : the walking dead under wraps -- Vampires : Dracula will never die -- Werewolves and animals of terror : the beast walks among us -- Maniacs and other monsters : the killer lurking in the corner -- Black magic, witches, warlocks, and the occult : double, double, toil, and trouble -- Demonic possession and Satanism : the Devil inside -- Scientific and biomedical horror : the 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.

Series:

ALA readers' advisory series

ISBN:

0838908713 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780838908716 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Locations:

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)