Annal:2005 International Horror Guild Award for Nonfiction
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Results of the International Horror Guild Award in the year 2005. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- International Horror Guild Award for Nonfiction
- Horror books
- Horror authors
- Speculative Fiction books
- Speculative Fiction authors.
Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia
S.T. Joshi, Stefan Dziemianowicz
- 2005 IHG–Nonfiction winner
- Score: 10.55
Read widely and studied at all levels, supernatural literature is one of the most significant and enduring types of writing. Comprehensive in scope, this encyclopedia provides thorough coverage of literature of the supernatural. The most exhaustive work of its kind, it includes entries on authors, works, and numerous topics, including alien abduction, drama, ghouls, and Latin literature. Entries draw on current scholarship, with special attention to recent writers.
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 it’s received by a new market of readers. Horror: Another 100 Best Books will be the definitive guide to the tremendous library of horror fiction available today—a reference that no fan can live without.
Mad, Bad and Dangerous?: The Scientist and the Cinema
- 2005 IHG–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 6.55
From Victor Frankenstein to Dr. Moreau to Doc Brown in Back to the Future, the scientist has been a puzzling, fascinating, and threatening presence in popular culture. From films we have learned that scientists are either evil maniacal geniuses or bumbling saviors of society. Mad, Bad and Dangerous? puts this dichotomy to the test, offering a wholly engaging yet not uncritical history of the cinematic portrayal of scientists.
Christopher Frayling traces the genealogy of the scientist in film, showing how the scientist has often embodied the predominant anxieties of a particular historical moment. The fear of nuclear holocaust in the 1950s gave rise to a rash of radioactive-mutant horror movies, while the possible dangers of cloning and biotechnology in the 1990s manifested themselves in Jurassic Park. During these eras, the scientist’s actions have been viewed through a lens of fascination and fear. In the past few decades, with increased public awareness of environmental issues and of the impact of technology on nature, the scientist has been transformed once again—into…
- 2005 IHG–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 6.55
On its release in Japan, Ringu (The Ring) heralded a hugely popular new horror style. Successfully blending science fiction and the supernatural to chilling effect, the film’s story interweaves the “urban myth” of a cursed videotape with the mysterious death of a psychic girl.
This in-depth companion to The Ring examines the phenomenon from the original novels, through their film adaptations and remakes, including the blockbuster movie starring Naomi Watts. Placing the films in their cultural context and examining their cross-cultural appeal, this is the definitive guide to The Ring in all its incarnations.
