Paperbacks from Hell
The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
Seiten
2017
Quirk Books (Verlag)
978-1-59474-981-0 (ISBN)
Quirk Books (Verlag)
978-1-59474-981-0 (ISBN)
Celebrating the weird, gory, freaky, amazing horror fiction of the 70s and 80s. With vintage art, hilarious commentary, recommended reading, and poignant creator biographies.
SEE the amazing vintage book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, knife-wielding killer crabs! READ the shocking plots involving devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate! LEARN the stories of long-forgotten creators as well as familiar names like V.C. Andrews and Anne Rice. Horror author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next Exorcist or Rosemary s Baby. It s an affectionate, nostalgic, and unflinching tour through the horror fiction boom of the seventies and eighties, complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles. Plus recommendations for which of these forgotten treasures are well worth your reading time and which should stay buried.
SEE the amazing vintage book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, knife-wielding killer crabs! READ the shocking plots involving devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate! LEARN the stories of long-forgotten creators as well as familiar names like V.C. Andrews and Anne Rice. Horror author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next Exorcist or Rosemary s Baby. It s an affectionate, nostalgic, and unflinching tour through the horror fiction boom of the seventies and eighties, complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles. Plus recommendations for which of these forgotten treasures are well worth your reading time and which should stay buried.
Grady Hendrix s first novel, Horrorstor, an illustrated novel about a haunted IKEA, was named one of the best books of 2014 by NPR. Horrorstor was translated into 10+ languages; television rights were optioned to producer Gail Berman of Fox Networks Group. His most recent novel, My Best Friend s Exorcism, explores the friendship of two high school girls growing up in the 1980s, one of whom becomes possessed by a demon. Grady and his wife own and operate the acclaimed vegetarian restaurant Dirt Candy in New York City.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Philadelphia |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 179 x 253 mm |
| Gewicht | 970 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-59474-981-7 / 1594749817 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-59474-981-0 / 9781594749810 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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