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Anthony Masters (1940–2003)

Auteur de The Natural History of the Vampire

185+ oeuvres 1,235 utilisateurs 12 critiques

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Œuvres de Anthony Masters

The Natural History of the Vampire (1972) 85 exemplaires
Ricky's Rat Gang (2002) 47 exemplaires
Heroic Stories (1994) 46 exemplaires
Hot Air (2002) 38 exemplaires
Doughnut Danger (2003) 25 exemplaires
Roman Myths (1999) 24 exemplaires
Stalker (1999) 22 exemplaires
Tenko (1981) 20 exemplaires
Bicycle Blues (2000) 19 exemplaires
Bakunin, the father of anarchism (1973) 19 exemplaires
Tod in Biker City (2002) 18 exemplaires
Sad Song of the Whale (1990) 16 exemplaires
The Haunted Surfboard (2000) 16 exemplaires
Greek Myths and Legends (1999) 14 exemplaires
Minder (1984) 13 exemplaires
The Curse of the Frozen Loch (1999) 13 exemplaires
Freddy's Fox (2003) 13 exemplaires
Enemy Fire (1997) 12 exemplaires
Beware the Wicked Web (2000) 12 exemplaires
Day of the Dead (1998) 11 exemplaires
Finding Joe (2000) 11 exemplaires
Mountain Horror (2001) 10 exemplaires
Watersnake (Impact: Horror Set C) (1995) 10 exemplaires
Hunted (2003) 9 exemplaires
Joker (2001) 9 exemplaires
Cries of Terror (1976) — Directeur de publication — 9 exemplaires
Ocean Tomb (1997) 9 exemplaires
The Curse of the Ghost Horse (1999) 9 exemplaires
Minder - Back Again (1984) 9 exemplaires
Story Library: True-Life Stories (1997) 9 exemplaires
Rage! : A Play (2000) 9 exemplaires
The Horror of the Heights (2000) 8 exemplaires
Ravens' Revenge (2001) 8 exemplaires
Football Heroes (2000) 8 exemplaires
Klondyker (1992) 8 exemplaires
Haunted School (1996) 8 exemplaires
Terror at Sea (2000) 7 exemplaires
Tod and the Sand Pirates (2004) 7 exemplaires
Deadly Games (1996) 7 exemplaires
The Ghost Bus (1996) 7 exemplaires
Dead Man at the Door (1992) 7 exemplaires
Extreme Survival (1997) 7 exemplaires
Nancy Astor, a biography (1981) 7 exemplaires
Welcome Stranger (2002) 6 exemplaires
The Drop (2000) 6 exemplaires
Daring Escapes (2001) 6 exemplaires
Gorilla Mountain (1991) 6 exemplaires
Shark Attack (2003) 6 exemplaires
Minder - Yet Again (1985) 6 exemplaires
Dead Ringer (2000) 6 exemplaires
Fire Starter (2000) 6 exemplaires
Killer Instinct (2003) 6 exemplaires
The Rescue (2008) 6 exemplaires
Dancing with the Dead (1998) 6 exemplaires
Bullies Don't Hurt (1997) 6 exemplaires
In Search of the Boy King (2000) 5 exemplaires
Jed's Last Swim (1993) 5 exemplaires
Murphy & Co. (1983) 5 exemplaires
Dolphin's Revenge (1990) 5 exemplaires
The Haunted Lighthouse (1997) 5 exemplaires
Phantoms in the Fog (1998) 5 exemplaires
Napoleon (1981) 5 exemplaires
Web of Terror (2004) 5 exemplaires
Spinner (1993) 5 exemplaires
Hell on Earth (1993) 5 exemplaires
Shellshock (1990) 5 exemplaires
Poltergeist (1996) 5 exemplaires
Wicked (1997) 5 exemplaires
Sinking Sands (1996) 5 exemplaires
Ivy (1995) 4 exemplaires
Schrijvers als spionnen (1989) 4 exemplaires
Possessed (1998) 4 exemplaires
Vanishing Point (Hippo fiction) (1991) 4 exemplaires
War at Sea (World War II Stories) (2004) 4 exemplaires
Murder is a Long Time Coming (1991) 4 exemplaires
Dark Tower (1998) 4 exemplaires
Frog (1989) 4 exemplaires
Held to Ransom (1997) 4 exemplaires
The Black Dogs of Doom (2001) 4 exemplaires
The seahorse (2013) 4 exemplaires
Nobody's Child (1989) 4 exemplaires
Ghost Blades (1997) 4 exemplaires
Raven : The First Bird of Prey (1995) 4 exemplaires
Bedlam (1977) 3 exemplaires
Monsters on the Beach (1990) 3 exemplaires
Biker! (1997) 3 exemplaires
Travellers' Tales (1990) 3 exemplaires
All the Fun of the Fair (1989) 3 exemplaires
Murder is a Pretty Business (2000) 3 exemplaires
The Mystery of the Shadow Caves (1996) 3 exemplaires
Deathtrap (2003) 3 exemplaires
Night of the Toxic Slime (2000) 3 exemplaires
Ghost Blades (All Aboard) (1997) 2 exemplaires
The Seventh Stream (1990) 2 exemplaires
Taking Root (1989) 2 exemplaires
The Mystery of Bloodhound Island (1996) 2 exemplaires
ROADKILL : The Beginning (1995) 2 exemplaires
Death Day (2000) 2 exemplaires
Badger (1988) 2 exemplaires
The Men (1997) 2 exemplaires
The Newall Murders (1994) 2 exemplaires
Dream Palace (1990) 2 exemplaires
Badger Boy (1999) 2 exemplaires
Mel's Run (1991) 2 exemplaires
The Confessional (1994) 2 exemplaires
Spirit of the Condor (1991) 2 exemplaires
Nightmare in New York (1990) 2 exemplaires
Ghost Stories to Tell in the Dark (1996) 2 exemplaires
White Out (1994) 2 exemplaires
Cloning Me, Cloning You (1997) 2 exemplaires
Bypass : The Earth Fights Back? (1996) 2 exemplaires
Storyworlds: Stage 11 (1999) 2 exemplaires
Deadly Dodgem (2001) 2 exemplaires
Boon (1986) 1 exemplaire
Tunnel Terror (1992) 1 exemplaire
Stories by Anthony Masters (2002) 1 exemplaire
Blood Orange : A Play (2001) 1 exemplaire
The Black Dog (1996) 1 exemplaire
African Queen (1990) 1 exemplaire
Hidden Gods (2011) 1 exemplaire
Burn : A Play (2002) 1 exemplaire
Asylum (2003) 1 exemplaire
The Return of Murphy's Mob (1984) 1 exemplaire
A LUCE SPENTA 1 exemplaire
Y Bws Ysbryd (1998) 1 exemplaire
Hero (1999) 1 exemplaire
Lights Out (1997) 1 exemplaire
Dead Man's Fingers (1999) 1 exemplaire
Bully! (2000) 1 exemplaire
The Song of the Dead (1990) 1 exemplaire
The syndicate (1971) 1 exemplaire
Lifers (2001) 1 exemplaire
Streetwise (1988) 1 exemplaire
Death's Door (1995) 1 exemplaire
I Want Him Dead (2013) 1 exemplaire
Black Rot (1998) 1 exemplaire
A Literary Lion (1968) 1 exemplaire
Mind Map (1980) 1 exemplaire
The Dark Side of the Brain (1997) 1 exemplaire
Conquering Heroes (1969) 1 exemplaire
The Good and Faithful Servant (1999) 1 exemplaire
Doing a Runner (1997) 1 exemplaire
Shock Waves (2000) 1 exemplaire
Playing with Fire (1992) 1 exemplaire
ROADKILL : The Alliance (1995) 1 exemplaire
Crab (1992) 1 exemplaire
Cat Burglars (1989) 1 exemplaire
The Taking of Doug Fox (1997) 1 exemplaire
Seige (1990) 1 exemplaire
Dead End (2003) 1 exemplaire
Traffic (1991) 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

Poissons, coquillages et crustacés (cuisiner mieux) (1979) — Contributeur — 77 exemplaires
Haunting Christmas Tales: An Anthology (1630) — Contributeur — 54 exemplaires
Vampire and Werewolf Stories (1998) — Contributeur — 20 exemplaires
Seriously Spooky Stories (9-in-1) (2007) — Contributeur — 19 exemplaires

Étiqueté

Partage des connaissances

Nom légal
Masters, Anthony Richard
Date de naissance
1940-12-14
Date de décès
2003-04-04
Sexe
male
Nationalité
UK
Pays (pour la carte)
England, UK
Lieu de naissance
Esher, Surrey, England
Lieu du décès
Hastings, Sussex, England
Professions
writer
Courte biographie
In 1964, married Robina Farbrother (two sons, one daughter).

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A survey of the history of the vampire, both as a mythological legendary creature and as a literary figure. The first part of the book deals with the various human psychological developments in ages past that led to various beliefs about blood which the author feels contributed to the rising of superstitions about such beings. These include cannibalism and ancestor worship. There is then a survey of the different countries or areas of the world and the vampire like creature there and the protections believed to work against them. This also touches on werewolf, witch and ghoul beliefs where those overlap.

Later sections dealt with the vampire as a literary character and its use in productions brought to the stage or screen. Because this is an old book, it doesn't cover, for example, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, because the Hammer films starring Christopher Lee were the most influential at the time this was written. Despite that, I found these sections more interesting than the earlier ones which were more of a dry catalogue interspersed with extracts from old travellers tales or Victorian and Edwardian studies of the subject. For this reason therefore I am awarding this only an OK 2 star rating.
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kitsune_reader | 1 autre critique | Nov 23, 2023 |
Enjoyable "novelisation" of 3 unnconnected episodes from the series, plus a shorter tale that looks like it might have been from an unfilmed script and is all a bit perfunctory. Fun to spot the differences between the book and TV versions e.g. Sorry Pal Wrong number doesn't feature DS Chisholm's amusing "goodbye Sprotty" dismissal of a corrupt colleague, and Sprott himself is a much more peripheral figure than he was on TV. I'd guess this was down to Masters being given draft scripts which changed prior to shooting. I'd happily read some more in this series. I think there's at least two, not including series creator Leon Griffiths' own novel which is a much harder edged affair than Masters' adaptations.… (plus d'informations)
 
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Linden_Dunham | Mar 16, 2022 |
The Hands of Mr Ottermole by Thomas Burke: While rather different in plot, the atmosphere of the story suggests Hitchcock's silent film, "The Lodger", and Lang's "M". A city in the grip of terror during the deadly reign of The London Strangler! Hitchcock did adapt it for his TV show, and in 1949, the tale was voted the best crime story ever!
Burke was already famous for his Limehouse stories of London's Chinese immigrants, banned in some quarters for shocking bourgeoisie sensibilities by referring to intimate relations between Chinese men and white British women 😱
Interesting that in "Ottermole", the panicked Londoners cannot believe an Englishman could commit such heinous and baffling crimes, and therefore suspicion descends on Eastern European and Middle Eastern immigrant scapegoats: plus ça change...
A wonderfully executed non-supernatural chiller. 4/5🌟
The Open Window by Saki:A slight, somewhat amusing tale. Teenagers! 🙄 3/5🌟
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½
 
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Michael.Rimmer | Feb 23, 2020 |
se trata de un chico que muere ahogado en un río y no va a descansar hasta que los culpables que lo mataron sean atrapados .
 
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LectoresLN | Oct 12, 2016 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
185
Aussi par
4
Membres
1,235
Popularité
#20,793
Évaluation
3.0
Critiques
12
ISBN
385
Langues
6

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