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Mass Market Paperback Encyclopedia of Monsters Book

ISBN: 038071485X

ISBN13: 9780380714858

The Encyclopedia of Monsters

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1992 1st edition hardcover. Tight straight spine! Honestly, looking at this book, it's hard to tell if it's ever been read! Pages and boards in overall near mint condition - a few light markings to outer pages edges. Dustjacket in overall excellent condition - some light surface/edge impressions/markings in spots, light color fading to spine. Jacket protected in brand new, clear plastic brodart protective cover! This description may be from another edition of this product.

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4 customer ratings | 4 reviews

Rated 5 stars
The legends and truth behind historical and modern mystery creatures

This book is a wonderfully engaging survey of legendary monsters and modern cryptozoolgy specimens, written in a factual but entertaining style. It presents a rational summary of the evidence or story behind each. Great read for anyone interested in mythical (or not so mythical) monsters and an easily digested scientific explanation of the real story. I loved this book when I checked it out of our elementary school library...

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Rated 5 stars
Mythology and cryptozoology.

One of the better cryptozoology books I've seen so far. (Some crypto- books are so awful you're embarassed that you even looked at them.) Writing style is skeptical, but nonetheless well-researched. Along with the really well-known cryptozoological oddities such as a variety of Bigfoot and Nessie clones, it also has many obscure (and specific) creatures of modern mythology of which I haven't heard before, often because they...

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Rated 5 stars
Creepy ain't the half of it...

I must agree with Mister Moczygemba (see below). This book gave me the willies too. Does Goatman exist? Does Gef the mongoose really talk? Do phantom lions really haunt the English countryside? Perhaps we'll never know...

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Rated 4 stars
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Tonight on "Moczygemba On..." I will be reviewing the book Daniel Cohen's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MONSTERS. Though not as comprehensive nor as obscure as William Corliss's INCREDIBLE LIFE (see under INCREDIBLE LIFE) which I reviewed some time ago, it covers a different territory, so what are you complaining about?!? Divided up into individual sections pertaining to certain sub-categories, this book delves (huh...huh... I said "delves")...

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