Blood, Bedlam, Bullets, and Badguys A Reader's Guide to Adventure/Suspense Fiction

Subjects:

• Library & Information Science » Reference -- General
• Library & Information Science » Adult Services -- Readers' Advisory

Reviews:

• [A]n important addition to the growing range of readers' advisory handbooks....a necessary purchase.
  —Library Journal June 1, 2004
• Anyone working with teens who need suggestions of new suspense and thriller authors will find this resource useful.
  —VOYA Clueless? December 2004
• Readers and librarians alike will find it a helpful tool in locating more books with similar plots, characters, locales, and settings to books previously read.
  —Reference reviews December 2004
• Youth librarians will find plenty of titles here to recommend for teens.
  —VOYA December 2004
• With each volume, the Genreflecting Advisory Series becomes more valuable. Blood, Bedlam, Bullets, and Badguys is an essential tool for public libraries.
  —Booklist/Mystery Reference Shelf May 1, 2004

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Definition, Brief History and Appeal of Adventure/Suspense
• Subgenres
• "Licensed to Kill"Spies & Secret Agents
• What Else Can Go WrongDisasters
• "War is Hell"Military Fiction
• Man, Woman and MachineTechnothrillers
• "Order in the Court!"Legal Thrillers
• The Buck Stops HereMaking a Killing in the World of Big Business and High Finance
• Stalking the Predators. Maniacs, Murderers, Psychopaths and Serial Killers
• "Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume": Science Gone Awry
• From the Ridiculous to the SublimePolitical and Religious Thrillers
• Things That Go Bump in the NightAdventures in the Alien and Paranormal
• Locales and Themes
• On the High SeasSea Adventures
• From the Ashes of the Third ReichNazis
• Land of the Silken DragonAsia
• Communist Comrades and Capitalist CriminalsRussia
• Exploding SandsThe Middle East
• Male Heroic Adventure Series (Paperback Originals)
• Professional Resources
• Appendix A: Film & Television Movie Versions
• Appendix B: Authors for the Core Collections
• Glossary
• Author/Title Index
• Subject/Character Index

PDF Catalogs:

LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf