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Title Fang-tastic fiction : twenty-first-century paranormal reads / Patricia O'Brien Mathews.
Author Mathews, Patricia O'Brien.
Publication Info. Chicago : American Library Association, 2011.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  R 016.813 MAT    Lib Use Only
Description ix, 258 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Mathews uses a limited definition of paranormal, and examines works set, for the most part, in a relatively realistic modern world inhabited by both humans and paranormal beings.
Contents Introduction -- Read-alikes: categorizing the series. Categorized by plot ; Categorized by protagonist's gender ; Categorized by protagonists' type ; Categorized by level of violence ; Categorized by level of sensuality ; Categorized by level of humor -- Series descriptions -- Anthologies.
Subject Occult fiction, American -- Bibliography.
Supernatural -- Fiction -- Bibliography.
American fiction -- 21st century -- Bibliography.
Monographic series -- Bibliography.
Sequels (Literature) -- Bibliography.
Fiction in libraries -- United States.
Readers' advisory services -- United States.
Added Title Fangtastic fiction
ISBN 9780838910733 (alk. paper) : $49.50
0838910734 (alk. paper)