Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by arthur Slade. An excellent book and I highly recommend it. Derek Mah does an amazing job illustrating this book the character portraits are some of what you would expect but with a new and unique interpretation on them, and the smaller illustrations that add to the profiles are wonderful. Together they pack a better punch than Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolfman together. And of course if you read this book you will need to read the companion volume Villainology: Fabulous Lives of the Big, the Bad and the Wicked. Mixed and mingled with fact, lore, fictions and outright embellishments, the profiles will be fun for children of all ages. The Grim ReaperIn a very tongue-in-cheek fashion, Slade presents a short biography of each of these characters. Zack (Not the one from Saved by the Bell)
In this volume there are profiles of 15 monsters they are: His books are also written for a younger audience, but can really be enjoyed by readers of any age who like a good story. He is like a cross between Chuck Palahniuk, Christopher Moore, and Douglas Coupland but without the jaded cynicism, and with a great sense of humor. Lively black-and-white illustrations by Derek Mah make this a book that is sure to be a hit with every monster-loving reader.Īrthur Slade is an amazing author. Slade’s hilarious text presents delicious imagined gossip, favorite blood types, favorite movies, and even favorite haunts (you should pardon the expression) with character descriptions and thoroughly researched background information.
He provides facts, real history, imagined history, and lots of jokes to make these creatures come to life.
Governor General’s Award-winner Arthur Slade has gathered together fifteen scary critters, ranging from Dracula to Golem, from Frankenstein to Baba Yaga and even a zombie. Monsterology: Fabulous Lives of the Creepy, the Revolting, and the Undead is the most fun anyone can have with some of the nastiest creatures ever imagined! Who can resist morsels like the fact that “Drakul” means “son of the dragon” in Romanian, that the first Golem may have been Enkidu, who appeared in the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh, and that Frankenstein’s Monster was first inspired by Mary Shelley’s nightmare?
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