What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Field Guide to Monsters
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Scholastic fair book about a journey to the center of the earth style adventure looking for monsters, dark tone, possibly horror but perhaps adventure, lots of illustrations some of which were almost body-horror, fiction written as non-fiction
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Feb 22, 2023 07:54AM
Book would have been in the scholastic book fair about 2010-2011, I remember it was a large book, similar to the "spiderwick's guide to the fantastical world around you" that was recently published. Book had a very dark tone, the opening involved an article about the narrator going missing, I think his name had "Heart" or "Love" in it? There were really creepy illustrations (full color), one of an imprint of a six fingered hand that set the narrator on his lifelong quest to prove monsters exist. He built a submersible similar to Captain Nemo's vessel, I believe even following in his footsteps. There was an underground petrified forest with a plant creature that absorbed everything it came across, incorperating them into it's form much like the thing in John Carpenter's "The Thing". The book had a code hidden in the pages, with a decoding device in the back that revealed "they're real" or "they're here" should you use it on the correct pages.
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Update: I think I located the book, but I can't be 100% sure as I can't find any illustrations to verify. The book would be "Field Guide to Monsters" by Darren Zenko, and it sadly appears to be out of print. If anyone has a copy or can get a snapshot of a few pages, I'd be greatly appreciate it as google brings up nothing helpful.
You might try contacting the one guy on here who left a review for Field Guide to Monsters? :) Maybe he still has it? Review dates to 2015..https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...
(otherwise, if you can find it offered on Abebooks or similar, you can often request photos. Bookfinder.com is my go-to)
There’s a paperback available on Amazonhttps://a.co/d/4X6pxuR
One of the comments says the illustrations are in black and white though
If it's not Field Guide to Monsters, it might be World of Monsters - Edgar Wishbone by Marc McBride - it has colour illustrations and the premise is that it's the journal of a monster hunter who has gone missing.Edit: This ebay listing has a couple of pictures of the insides - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275458439643
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