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Werewolf Book Encyclopedia Of Shape Shifting Beings (Paperback)

by Brad Steiger (Author)

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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Visible Ink Press (Jan 1 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1578590787
ISBN-13: 978-1578590780
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.5 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 853 g

Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #22,137 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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With 250 entries, this filmography and resource is the encyclopedic guide to all things lycanthropic and a fascinating compendium of comparative mythology and folklore. Delving into the 15th century to uncover the origins of the werewolf legend, it is an eye-opening, blood-pounding tour through the ages, landing on the doorstep of creatures like hirsute mass-murderer Charles Manson and canine-directed Son of Sam. A helpful chronology of lycanthropic activities dates back 140,000 years, to the first mixing of human and lupine blood.

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From movies like An American Werewolf in London to the best-selling game, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, to folklore and case histories, The Werewolf Book is the encyclopedic guide to all things lycanthropic. In this spectacular first edition, Brad Steiger takes you back to the 15th century to uncover the origins of the werewolf legend. From there he leads you on an eye-opening world tour through the ages to the modern-day monstrous duality of creatures like cannibalistic serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

Does the wolf live within each of us? Learn how the legends of the werewolf can mirror the animal that exists in each and every one of us. Some have given in to these primal animal urges. Find out why. The answers lie within....

The Werewolf Book, the perfect companion to Visible Ink's best-selling Vampire Book, is the eagerly anticipated work resulting from Mr. Steiger's lifelong studies. It contains nearly 250 entries, a filmography, and a resource guide with web sites. More than 125 photographs (including 16 pages in color), ranging from folk art to movie stills, will have you hair standing on end. Shape-changing topics include:

* Classic werewolf movies
* Slaying the werewolf
* Children raised by wolves
* Serial killers
* Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde
* Incubus
* Lon Chaney, Jr.
* The Moon and Mars
* Eddie Munster and Wolfie
* Marquis de Sade
* Loup-garou and other creatures from around the world
* Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman

The Werewolf Book, Brad Steiger's homage to the beast within, provides a full moon of fact and fiction for the lycanthrophile in all of us.

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1.0 out of 5 stars The word is blah, May 26 2004

By	Dr. J. Rupert Bailey (Canada, Belize, France and most recently Ohio) - See all my reviews

Blah, padded, bloated, vague, rambling and pointless are all words that readily jump to mind after reading Steiger's attempt at penning a werewolf encyclopedia. Steiger has pulled exactly the same trick that inadequate students use on term papers. He substitutes length for research, and he does it by adding extraneous sentences, paragraphs, and adjectives, as well as randomly bringing up every topic that might possibly be seen as related to the assignment, and then subsequently rambling on about that subject. Even when Steiger is discussing werewolves, cat people, coyote people, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde or other shape-shifting beings, he regurgitates a handful of the simplest facts concerning said subject and then plays a game of seeing how long he can ramble on without adding any new facts to the mix. The writing varies in quality, but too much of it is either terribly vague or rambling yet pompous without actually saying much. At 397 pages in length, one would expect that the subject would eventually be covered adequately, but such is far from the case. It seems that everything other than shape-shifting beings ended up being irresistible fodder for Steiger's research agenda.
Let us examine one section and the nature of this tome shall readily show itself. In the "A" section alone, out of twelve entries, Steiger includes six highly questionable entries, namely three paragraphs about an English Abbot who claimed he found a demon corpse (it was all black and twisted because it had been struck by lightning, but nobody said it had shape-shifted), three pages about the "Abominable Snowman" (a subject that is redundantly brought up no less than five times in the remainder of the book under alternative names such as yeti, yet Steiger fails to establish any link, however slight, to prove, as he states, that "Folklore has cast these mysterious monsters as werewolves..." [this quote from page 4]), two pages about aliens, three pages about the almasti (a Russian yeti), a three-paragraph biography of Evelyn Ankers (an actress who played a minor part in one werewolf movie), and two paragraphs about Anubis (the jackal-headed Egyptian god, whom Steiger rambles about in an exceptionally pointless way). Thus, fully half of these entries for the "A" section have so little to do with werewolves that one wonders why Steiger even bothered. Ah, yes, because he was being paid!
A short perusal of the table of contents brings to mind many other entries that made me desire that this was a term paper, and I Steiger's professor, that I might give him an "F." The entry on blood is terribly pointless. It would be more appropriate to a treatise on vampires, yet a more dedicated author could have done a better job with this topic choice than Steiger did. His rambling jumps from one subject to another, including the historical tale behind the Jewish Passover, Native American rituals to appease blood-shedding, and Steiger's own (completely unfounded) ruminations about fossil evidence, ancient humans, green leaves, and wolfskin-wearing cannibals. I shall spare you the exact details. The next galling entry that leaps out at my eye is titled "Dahmer, Jeffrey." Despite the fact that this famous serial killer was never labeled a werewolf, Steiger emphatically states that he indubitably was one. The evidence? Dahmer was unusually quiet during his trial, therefore he was possessed by a demon-beast, and ergo he was a werewolf. The entry itself contains nothing more than a hurried summary of the basic facts and Steiger's bizarre rambling. Numerous entries on other cannibals and serial killers all follow the same line.
I could go on, but I being to sicken myself as I look over this waste of a book, and I believe you have the point. Don't buy this piece of trash unless you are a dedicated fan of this author or you absolutely must have every single book that is published on this topic. Looking over the irresolutely cheerful reviews below mine, spaced evenly every few days, each praising this book as highly as I have ever seen a book praised and using the same style and phrases, I cannot help but conclude that Steiger himself has been writing these reviews in volume so as to push his book in this venue. I regret that little can be done to impede such cheating, and can only hope that my review will stay on top for a week or two before a new flood of phony reviews submerges it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on Werewolves and shapeshifters you can buy, Feb 17 2005

By	Deimos "Rock Fan" (Alberta) - See all my reviews

this book has everything about everything this is to know and protect yourself against werewolves and shapeshifters with actual real life accounts, amazing book!! worth every cent!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well researched and interesting, Jun 22 2004

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I found Brad Steiger's book to be very informative and well-written, I like the fact that he did not just research werewolves but other types of shapeshifters as well. The glossary in the back with information on movies and books featuring werewolves was also a good addition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the money.
I have been looking for a book like this for a LONG time, and it was worth the wait. Steiger did an excellent job on the research and showing every aspect of werewolves and shape... Read more

Published on Mar 29 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resources and information.
Not only does this book have great resources for shape-shifter movies and books but lots of legends from all over the world! Read more

Published on Mar 29 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource
"The Werewolf Book" is a comprehensive and exhaustive study on were creatures and other shape-shifting beings. Read more

Published on Mar 17 2004 by SereneNight

5.0 out of 5 stars Steiger pens perfect Werewolf Encyclopedia!
Aahwroooo! Beware - werewolves are everywhere! Especially betweenthe pages of Brad Steiger's new howler, "The Werewolf Book. Read more

Published on Mar 17 2004