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The Complete Vampire Companion: Legend and Lore of the Living Dead
A chronicle of the origins, legends, and habits of the world's vampires, including Southeast Asia's viscera suckers and Eastern Europe's walking dead, explores the evolution of the vampire of folklore into the compelling anti-hero of literture and film. Original.
258 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1993
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Rosemary Ellen Guiley
141 books208 followersRosemary Ellen Guiley is a leading expert on the paranormal, and is the author of 45+ books, including ten single-volume encyclopedias. Since 1983, she has worked full-time in the paranormal, researching, investigating and writing. She has done extensive field work investigating haunted, mysterious and sacred places, and has had numerous strange and unexplained experiences. When she is not on the paranormal road, she is working on new books and writing for TAPS Paramagazine, FATE magazine, and the Journal of Abduction-Encounter Research. Rosemary lives in New Jersey, and spend much of her time traveling the spooky byways of one of the most haunted states in America, Pennsylvania."
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May 7, 2013
The Complete Vampire Companion: Legend and Lore of the Living Dead by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and J. B. Macabre (J. B. Macabre's role in writing the book was primarily that of researcher.)
The book really leaves no stone unturned. While it does not include the recent string of popular Hollywood Blockbusters, such as; Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, and more this book is a valuable resource. If you are a; Vampire Enthusiasts, Writer's of Vampire Literature, Fan of Vampires, or just Vamp Curious you need this book on your bookshelf!
When I was younger, living in California, and throwing caution to the wind I volunteered some of my free time to an underground organization named The Vampire Research Center *. The organization, now disbanded, opened my eyes to a world of things most people never get to see. One of those things was a vast collection of books and information unavailable anywhere else in the world! The Complete Vampire Companion: Legend and Lore of the Living Dead offers a small glimpse of some of the information unattainable by most outside the center. For that reason alone, it is worth a slot on your reference shelf.
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* The Vampire Research Center was founded by Sebastian VladKroy and Daja Eretik, although many accounts of Stephen Kaplan founding the organization surfaced after the original organization disbanded. It is thought this occured to assist Kaplan in marketing his books.
The book really leaves no stone unturned. While it does not include the recent string of popular Hollywood Blockbusters, such as; Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, and more this book is a valuable resource. If you are a; Vampire Enthusiasts, Writer's of Vampire Literature, Fan of Vampires, or just Vamp Curious you need this book on your bookshelf!
When I was younger, living in California, and throwing caution to the wind I volunteered some of my free time to an underground organization named The Vampire Research Center *. The organization, now disbanded, opened my eyes to a world of things most people never get to see. One of those things was a vast collection of books and information unavailable anywhere else in the world! The Complete Vampire Companion: Legend and Lore of the Living Dead offers a small glimpse of some of the information unattainable by most outside the center. For that reason alone, it is worth a slot on your reference shelf.
Get Your Copy of The Complete Vampire Companion: Legend and Lore of the Living Dead by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and J. B. Macabre on Amazon Now!
* The Vampire Research Center was founded by Sebastian VladKroy and Daja Eretik, although many accounts of Stephen Kaplan founding the organization surfaced after the original organization disbanded. It is thought this occured to assist Kaplan in marketing his books.
August 4, 2014
This book has its strength's, namely its treatment of pop culture vampires. The lists of movies books, music and other vampire related entertainment is great.
The weakness is in it's treatment of vampire lore. The book has the common vampire enthusiast's penchant for making EVERYTHING a vampire. Anything in any kind of mythology that is in anyway associated with blood becomes a vampire here and it stretches credulty to the point of making you question the scholarship.
If you're interested in pop culture vampirism, check this book out. If you want folkloric roots, look elsewehere.
The weakness is in it's treatment of vampire lore. The book has the common vampire enthusiast's penchant for making EVERYTHING a vampire. Anything in any kind of mythology that is in anyway associated with blood becomes a vampire here and it stretches credulty to the point of making you question the scholarship.
If you're interested in pop culture vampirism, check this book out. If you want folkloric roots, look elsewehere.
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