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The Book of Lists: Horror: An All-New Collection Featuring Stephen King, Eli Roth, Ray Bradbury, and More, with an Introduction by Gahan Wilson | 
 enlarge | Authors: Amy Wallace, Del Howison, Scott Bradley
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 16128
Media: Paperback
Pages: 432
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0061537268
Dewey Decimal Number: 700.4164
EAN: 9780061537264
ASIN: 0061537268
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Product Description
The phenomenally popular Book of Lists series has sold millions of copies from coast to coast, enthralling trivia aficionados with fascinating infobits about simply everything! Now the latest edition turns an evil eye toward the strange, the blood-curdling, and the macabre with spine-tingling fun facts from the dark side of entertainment. Chock-full of creepy information from the netherworlds of movies, TV, literature, video games, comic books, and graphic novels, The Book of Lists: Horror offers a blood-feast of forbidden knowledge that horror fans are hungry to devour, including: - Stephen King's Ten Favorite Horror Novels or Short Stories—learn what scares the master!
- Top Six Grossing Horror Movies of All Time in the United States— which big shocks translated into big bucks?
- Top Ten Horror-Themed Rock 'n' Roll Songs—maybe it is `devil's music' after all!
- And much, much more!
Drawing on its authors' extensive knowledge and contributions from the (living) legends and greatest names in the horror and dark fantasy genres, The Book of Lists: Horror is a scream—an irresistible compendium of all things mysterious, terrifying, and gory . . . and so entertaining, it's scary!
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Loving it! October 11, 2008
Peter Harrison (TAMPA EFF ELL A)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
love books of lists, love horror genre....mix 'em together and you get a winner! FIVE HUGE STARS!
This book rocks !!! October 5, 2008
Clyde Wesoloski
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is the best Ive read for movie information. Its has a large selcetion of lists ranging from the best deaths in a horror movie to what are Stephen Kings favorite horror stories. The number of horror stars is amazing. There are writers, mucians, directors and actors. I highly reccomend this book to any fan of horror or just movie information.
If you love the horror genre and trivia then this book is for you September 23, 2008
A. Gragg (ohio)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a huge fan of the horror genre and lists so i knew i would love this book. It is interesting on many levels. Many familiar faces of the genre created lists in the book that are both entertaining and informative. I guarantee you will be making lists of your own after reading this book with movies, books, or music that sound appealing to you. It is also great to hear what people involved with the genre think. All the lists are given generous description so even the most diehard genre fans will learn something new. I highly recommend this book, whether you are a fan of the horror genre itself, a lover of lists, or you simply enjoy entertainment related trivia. Just trust me this book is for YOU!
Darkness abates in THE BOOK OF LISTS: HORROR ... and creative light shines September 21, 2008
Kent Allard (US - SoCal Megalops)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Have been thumbing through the book this past evening. I dig it deep.
Darkness abates in THE BOOK OF LISTS: HORROR ... and creative light shines. Beyond the editors' sublime choice picks, the deft contributors rise, both placing this volume above ephemera and rendering a needful and quirky historical pop-document for an oft maligned genre.
Required reading for the horror buff ... and a walking-like-it's-talking checklist tour of sharp minds and multimedia curios for the horror curious.
THE BOOK OF LISTS: HORROR scents blood, and begs a second volume.
Get some.
A GREAT RESOURCE AND GREAT FUN! September 17, 2008
Peter J. Giglio
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Book of Lists: Horror is the latest addition to the Book of Lists series that has spanned four decades. This time Amy Wallace, Book of Lists veteran and daughter of the legendary Irving Wallace, receives a strong assist from Scott Bradley and Del Howison, two experts in all things horror. The result is very special!
If you love lists, you will not be disappointed. If you love horror in films, books, music, poetry and art, you will not be disappointed. If you want to celebrate your love of the macabre, then look no further. If you want to expand your list of movies to watch and books to read, then you will find this book to be an amazing resource.
The book is filled with fun facts, great lists (be sure to check out James Gunn's NINETEEN FAVORITE REASONS GOD MADE HUMANS SO SQUISHY on page 38), great style (I love that Chapter 2: The Literature of Dread, starts with 20 great openings in horror fiction and closes with 20 great endings in horror fiction) and a fantastic fan section (do not miss Jim Gerlach's list on page 405). This tome does a wonderful job of expanding the scope of horror, particularly with Jack Ketchum's TEN BEST HORROR NOVELS THAT DON'T CALL THEMSELVES HORROR NOVELS and Ramsey Campbell's THIRTEEN NOVELS ON THE EDGE OF HORROR. Bentley Little has a great list dealing with one hit wonders although I would disagree with his contention that MAGIC was William Goldman's only horror novel. But that's part of the greatness of this book - it offers so many viewpoints, that it is likely to start some arguments!
The quality of contributors is amazing, particularly in the field of literature. The book is creative, fun-loving, well organized, informative and well written. Add this one to your shelves today!
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