The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead | 
| Author: J. Gordon Melton
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 996589
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 792
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.8 x 1.4
ISBN: 0810322951
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.45
EAN: 9780810322950
Publication Date: September 1994
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J. Gordon Melton has the credentials: he's a religious historian, author of 25 books about religion and vampires, president of the American chapter of the Transylvania Society of Dracula (founded in Bucharest, Romania), and chairman of the committee that put on Dracula '97: A Centennial Celebration in Los Angeles. The Vampire Book is meticulously researched and well organized. Included are an article on the cultural history of the vampire; a historical timeline; addresses of vampire societies all over the world; a 55-page filmography; vampires in plays, opera, and ballet; a 13-page list of vampire novels; and an extensive index. The A to Z entries, each with a short bibliography, include vampire lore in more than 30 different geographic regions and a comprehensive "who's who," and cover topics ranging from fingernails to sexuality, the Camarilla to Szekelys.
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 Very interesting and Informative July 23, 2008
Although I haven't read this entire Encyclopedia yet, I can say that it covers almost everything one can desire in researching vampires through history and pop culture/media. It touches upon many different theories, myths and beliefs of vampires and demonstrates how we see them past present and future. If you are fascinated by vampires and enjoy learning more about them and their prescence in the human world, I would recommend investing in this book.
Vampires Dictionary August 10, 2007
When this book arrived at home, I found a big package, really I didn't expect such measures!. It is one of the most biggest and complete book i have about vampires (an I have more than 20).
There are more than 1000 definitions about vampire-terminology like stack,garlic, Bathory, Strigoi....All of them taken from classical novels like Dracula, Vampire of Polidori, Carmilla..., from Classical and Modern Vampire movies and also from anthropology and folklore.
Highly recommended.
 still looking for a good book on vampires May 3, 2006
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you don't know much about the subject, this is an ok book. If you want boring biographies of every author, actor and fictional character that ever had anything to do with vampires, you'll love it. If you were hoping to learn something new about vampires, TOO BAD! The author is obsessed with fictional portrayals of the vampire, and really doesn't know or care much about vampires. The research is very spotty- he somehow got hold of some good stuff about Malaysian vampires and padded the book by repeating it verbatim in various entries ad nauseam, but he ignored ALL the info available about Japanese vampires and assigned vampirism to a different monster instead. sheesh. As if that sort of laziness weren't bad enough, most of the folklore and historical information is presented without references-he's fond of quoting sources that he didn't bother to include in the bibliography, leaving the impression he got most of this stuff out of other books just as bad as this one. Too many trees died for this book, unfortunately.
Thorough August 7, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Well this book has quite a bit on vampires.. but mostly it has information related to vampires, like what actor played "Blackula", information on Batman, Actors of all kinds that have played vampires in movies, TOO MUCH on Bram Stoker's Dracula, Vlad, Elizabeth Bathory, etc.. But considering how much is in here, you'll probably still find lot's of interesting stuff and since it's an encyclopedia format, you can find things with ease.
Very Well Researched Reference Book - Highly Enjoyable. March 1, 2004
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
The Werewolf Book is a very well researched reference book on Werewolves and Shape shifting. It covers everything from the origins of the Werewolf myth to the Wolf Man movies. It does have, as another reviewer pointed out, a whole lot of entries on popular culture. I think that's wonderful, because this book covers EVERYTHING that has to do with Werewolves, past and present. So, what others see as immaterial data, I see as icing on the cake.This book covers many aspects of Werewolves, but primarily two; the Hollywood side, and the real side - including myths, legends, historical accounts, authors of fiction novels, Werewolfologists, researchers, etc. The Hollywood articles of this book covers television shows, movies, and even stuff I've never heard of. While this book covers the Hollywood aspect of the Werewolves very well, it does cover about everything you can think of relating to the Werewolves in every culture and legend. Some may not like the `encyclopedic' format, but I do as I can find what I want quicker and more efficiently.
It is definitely worth the price, and easy and enjoyable to read. This book is my best Werewolf book on my shelves of over 50 covering Werewolves and Vampires. Anyone who has ever loved the Werewolf's myths needs to get this book! Being an avid reader and collector of books, this is the first one people pick up and thumb through when in my large study. The book is full of everything, and is over 400 pages long and 8" X 10" size. The indexes in the back are very helpful. All in all, this book is extremely helpful and I would recommend it to any one who is interested in Werewolves. This book is a must for Werewolf fanatics. I have been a fan of Steiger's works and have read these best-selling books by the author which I highly recommend; `Philadelphia Experiment', `Alien Rapture', `The Star People', and `Project Blue Book'. I also recommend `Vampire Book' by Melton, and `A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits', by Mack.
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