Annal:2005 Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Bram Stoker Award in the year 2005. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction
- Horror books
- Horror authors
- Nonfiction books
- Nonfiction authors
- Speculative Fiction books
- Speculative Fiction authors.
Horror: Another 100 Best Books
- 2005 Stoker–Nonfiction winner
- 2005 IHG–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 16.55
Horror: Another 100 Best Books features one hundred of the top names in the horror field discussing one hundred of the most spine-chilling novels ever written. Each entry includes a synopsis of the work as well as publication history, biographical information about the author of each title, and recommended reading and biographical notes on the contributor. Author Ramsey Campbell also offers a new foreword to the book describing the evolution of horror over the past two decades — from the way it’s written by a crop of new and exciting writers to the way…
The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury
- 2005 Stoker–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 6.55
Ray Bradbury is an American literary icon, an architect of wonders whose life has been as fascinating, momentous, and inspiring as his fiction, which has enthralled millions of readers the world over for more than six decades.
Born Rae Douglas Bradbury on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois, he displayed an affinity for the fantastic at an early age—spending hours at the local movie theater, fighting his fear of the dark to escape into glorious made-up worlds. Though he once dreamed of becoming an actor, writing was his true calling, and he remained…
Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- 2005 Stoker–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 6.55
Rhonda Wilcox is the world’s foremost authority on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, its characters, and its themes. Wilcox argues that Buffy is enduring as art by exploring its excellence in both long-term story arc construction and in producing individual episodes that are powerful on their own. She examines the larger patterns that extend through all seven seasons: the hero myth, imagery of light, naming symbolism, Buffy’s relationship with Spike, sex, and redemption. Wilcox also focuses on acclaimed and noteworthy episodes, including the musical “Once…
- 2005 Stoker–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 6.55
Called “The learned person’s approach to all things dark and lovely” by the Azrael Project Newsletter, Morbid Curiosity magazine presents true, first-person accounts of unusual experiences.
