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9781563087325

Blood, Bedlam, Bullets, and Badguys

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  • ISBN13:

    9781563087325

  • ISBN10:

    1563087324

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-02-28
  • Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc

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Summary

Hooked on adventure and suspense fiction? This comprehensive guide of over 2,000 annotations addresses the genre and its subgenres and includes titles published between 1941 and 2004. Each annotation describes and evaluates the best and most popular titles in the genre indicating the titles that are highly recommended and providing icons denoting the books that have been turned into films. A concise history and detailed guidelines for advising readers are included, along with subgenre definitions and related critical literature. Indexes let readers browse and search by author and title, subject, main character, page-turner, and works-to-film. Grades 6-Adult.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
1. "Licensed to Kill"
1(30)
2. What Else Can Go Wrong?
31(18)
3. War Is Hell
49(16)
4. Man, Woman, and Machine
65(24)
5. Order in the Court!
89(26)
6. The Buck Stops Here
115(10)
7. Stalking the Predators
125(30)
8. "Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume"
155(30)
9. From the Ridiculous to the Sublime
185(22)
10. Things That Go Bump in the Night 207(10)
11. On the High Seas 217(24)
12. From the Ashes of the Third Reich 241(20)
13. Land of the Silken Dragon 261(12)
14. Communist Comrades and Capitalist Criminals 273(14)
15. Exploding Sands 287(12)
16. Male Heroic Adventure Series 299(20)
17. Professional Resources 319(8)
Appendix A: Film and Television Movie Versions 327(10)
Appendix B: Authors for Core Collections 337(4)
Glossary 341(8)
Author/Title Index 349(32)
Subject Index 381

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