- Paperback: 628 pages
- Publisher: Robinson Publishing; New edition edition (27 May 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1841199265
- ISBN-13: 978-1841199269
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,100,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The modern masters of the macabre bring the dead to life in this special 're-vamped' edition of the classic compilation every horror fan will want to sink their teeth into. Here is the very best in vampire fiction, from tales of tempting sirens to contemporary serial killers; from haunting doppelgangers to nefarious historical figures; from the dark origins of fairy tales to a modern reinterpretation of the King of the Undead himself, Count Dracula. This new edition includes over a dozen new stories from Tina Rath's A Trick of the Dark to Kim Newman's Andy Warhol's Dracula, as well as classic novellas such as Hugh B. Cave's Stragella, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Investigating Jericho.
About the Author
Stephen Jones is an award-winning editor and one of Britain's most acclaimed horror anthologists. His Mammoth Book of Best New Horror won the 2002 British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. He lives in London.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I rather like this...,
By The Owler (East Sussex, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Vampires (The Mammoth Book Series) (Paperback)
A pretty decent spread of vampire fiction; some contemporary, some 'classic', some subtle, some in-yer-face.
It is a meaty tome (27 stories, 2 poems = 553 pages), but well worth ploughing through. Like all collections, some stories will shake you harder than others. For me, the tales by F.Paul Wilson (Midnight Mass), Kim Newman (Red Reign), Les Daniels (Yellow Fog) and Howard Waldrop (Der Untergang Des Abendlandesmenschen) are well worth shelling out for on their own. If you like vampire stories, I think you will find something to your taste in here. Pretty good value, too.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Varied Vampire Stories,
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This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Vampires (The Mammoth Book Series) (Paperback)
Ranging from over 100 hundred years ago up to the early nineties, the stories selected are those from the top writers of the horror genre. They are all based loosely on Vampirism, more about situations where blood or the lifeforce is taken, more than the dark cloak and fangs type vampire, and none of the more modern version of he sympathetic erotic vampires. A great quick sample of learning about the many kinds of stories told around this theme, by great writers though. I greatly enjoyed it - and it only cost me a penny on top of postage so all good!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bloody good,
This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Vampires (Paperback)
With such a number of stories at this price, no fan of the genre could really complain. Of course, the quality varies, and the need to provide "something for everyone" means that very few people are going to enjoy it all, anyone who enjoys reading about vampires will get a lot of pleasure for a good price.
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