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The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead | 
 enlarge | Author: J. Gordon Melton
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 22466
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 960
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.3 x 2.3
ISBN: 157859071X
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2103
EAN: 9781578590711
ASIN: 157859071X
Publication Date: November 1, 1998
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Amazon.com Review
J. Gordon Melton has the credentials: he's a religious historian, author of 25 books about religion and vampires, president of the American chapter of the Transylvania Society of Dracula (founded in Bucharest, Romania), and chairman of the committee that put on Dracula '97: A Centennial Celebration in Los Angeles. iThe Vampire Book/i is meticulously researched and well organized. Included are an article on the cultural history of the vampire; a historical timeline; addresses of vampire societies all over the world; a 55-page filmography; vampires in plays, opera, and ballet; a 13-page list of vampire novels; and an extensive index. The A to Z entries, each with a short bibliography, include vampire lore in more than 30 different geographic regions and a comprehensive "who's who," and cover topics ranging from fingernails to sexuality, the Camarilla to Szekelys.
Product Description
"Re-staking" its claim as the most complete and authoritative source on the subject, this fully revised, expanded edition of "The Vampire Book" features more facts, more photos (including a color insert) and new features that are certain to quench the thirst of even the most die-hard fan of the undead. 200 photos.
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 The definitive vampire reference book October 26, 2008
trashcanman (Hanford, CA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2C2YXI17RRRQY"Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2C2YXI17RRRQY/a 852 pages of wall-to-wall vampire knowledge. It must be yours. With the ever-increasing never-shrinking internet only a click away, it's easy to abandon our old friend the book. But I'm here to tell you right now that there is always room in your home for these troves of excellence. There is no replacement for the satisfaction of turning that last page of a massive volume like this and knowing that you now possess all of the information within in your mind. With the internet, there are too many distractions (porn: always just a click away!), search engines, and other shortcuts that have you cherry-picking tidbits of information rather than gaining a comprehensive understanding of a given subject. In the hands of the lazy, the internet is dumbing down our society. br / br /"The Vampire Book" is an absolute godsend for anybody with an unhealthy obsession for the undead. [raises hand] I've been fascinated and terrified by the notion of the dead rising from their grave and commanding power over the living, subsisting on their blood, seducing their women, gathering minions, and spreading their plague -all right under the noses of their unsuspecting prey- for as long as I can remember (I blame Bela Lugosi). There's something just so COOL about the notion. This book compiles all the films you should watch, the books and stories you should read, the comics you should check out, the role-playing game you should be playing, and all the history and folklore you could ever hope for from all over the world, psychological analysis, and more: all in you hands. What more do you want? If you have a thirst for horror knowledge, then latch onto this vein and suck it dry and you will achieve immortality. Okay, not really, but chicks dig vamps. For further research into my favorite things, seek thee the sequel to this musty old tome, The Werewolf Book (Pssst. That one's about werewolves).
 Wow October 19, 2008
Megan D. (L.A, CA)
I was looking for something different and just checked out the back cover to see what it was all about. Seemed intresting and saw that Angel of the Buffyverse lore was featured. I decided to stop and read it real quick. br / br /I cannot recommend a book that could easily fix it's faults, of which there are apparently many. I got about a paragraph into the book. I stopped when it said the character of Angel was from Greece. Not only wrong, but for some reason this word, Greece, was in bold. I decided that I would not continue reading to see what other screw ups lie within the pages, not when apparently the fact checkers of the book cannot be bothered to call at least and entry level Angel fan, who would know the correct information. br / br /I wouldn't but much stoke in this book, it's filled with information, but like wikipedia, how much of it is actually credible?
Very interesting and Informative July 23, 2008
Christie N. Daniels
Although I haven't read this entire Encyclopedia yet, I can say that it covers almost everything one can desire in researching vampires through history and pop culture/media. It touches upon many different theories, myths and beliefs of vampires and demonstrates how we see them past present and future. If you are fascinated by vampires and enjoy learning more about them and their prescence in the human world, I would recommend investing in this book.
Vampires Dictionary August 10, 2007
R. Soria Caceres (Spain)
When this book arrived at home, I found a big package, really I didn't expect such measures!. It is one of the most biggest and complete book i have about vampires (an I have more than 20). br / br /There are more than 1000 definitions about vampire-terminology like stack,garlic, Bathory, Strigoi....All of them taken from classical novels like Dracula, Vampire of Polidori, Carmilla..., from Classical and Modern Vampire movies and also from anthropology and folklore. br / br /Highly recommended.
 still looking for a good book on vampires May 3, 2006
Sheila
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you don't know much about the subject, this is an ok book. If you want boring biographies of every author, actor and fictional character that ever had anything to do with vampires, you'll love it. If you were hoping to learn something new about vampires, TOO BAD! The author is obsessed with fictional portrayals of the vampire, and really doesn't know or care much about vampires. The research is very spotty- he somehow got hold of some good stuff about Malaysian vampires and padded the book by repeating it verbatim in various entries ad nauseam, but he ignored ALL the info available about Japanese vampires and assigned vampirism to a different monster instead. sheesh. As if that sort of laziness weren't bad enough, most of the folklore and historical information is presented without references-he's fond of quoting sources that he didn't bother to include in the bibliography, leaving the impression he got most of this stuff out of other books just as bad as this one. Too many trees died for this book, unfortunately.
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