Pete Von Sholly's History of Monsters is a glorious look at the phenomenon of monsters as they figure in pop culture as well as from the anthropological, psychological and societal angles. This unprecedented illustrated pageant shows the actual history of monsters from man's earliest fears of the darkness beyond the fire to today's nightmares to see how these terrors found expression in myth, legend, and entertainment. But whatever the time or medium it's always in the unknown where the monsters lurk and fester and wait. Step into Pete Von Sholly's History of Monsters and experience the story as never before. "This astounding work traces the evolution and proliferation of monsters through all human history and many cultures, with over 1,100 different examples intertwined into a colorful, informative and fascinating book on a scale that has never before been attempted. Take a guided tour through the dark side of legend, myth, superstition, fiction, animation, film, television and even cryptozoology, and meet every monster that has haunted your nightmares - and quite a few that haven't (yet) - in this fantastic panorama wrought with the skills of a mature master of the genre." - Richard Milner, former editor of Natural History magazine and author of Charles R. Knight - The Artist Who Saw Through Time and Darwin's Universe

Pete Von Sholly's History of Monsters

Pete Von Sholly

Vonshollywood/Archive Editions, LLC

ABOUT THIS BOOK A collection of essays by leading genre writers The "Fictioneers project" which has culminated in these two wonderful books has a long history but mainly I just wanted to celebrate a special group of men and women who made indelible marks on our collective and individual consciousness and whose works stand as milestones in the history of fiction in culture. It couldn't be just my personal lesser known favorites, if it was going to be a history so there were obligatory entries like Walt Disney, Steven Spielberg, Ursula LeGuin, Rod Serling, Gene Roddenberry and so on. Pete Von Sholly

The PS Book of Fantastic Fictioneers [Volume 1]

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

PS Publishing

ABOUT THIS BOOK 
A collection of essays by leading genre writers 
The "Fictioneers project" which has culminated in these two wonderful books has a long history but mainly I just wanted to celebrate a special group of men and women who made indelible marks on our collective and individual consciousness and whose works stand as milestones in the history of fiction in culture. It couldn't be just my personal lesser known favorites, if it was going to be a history so there were obligatory entries like Walt Disney, Steven Spielberg, Ursula LeGuin, Rod Serling, Gene Roddenberry and so on. Pete Von Sholly

The PS Book of Fantastic Fictioneers [Volume 2]

SYNOPSIS Lovecraft s masterpiece of age-spanning beings, a modern man s experience in their prehistoric realm and the soul-shattering revelation of humanity s true place in the cosmos. CONTENTS Introduction by S. T. Joshi The Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft The Vanity of Existence in The Shadow out of Time by Paul Montelone The Shadow out of Plastic by Pete Von Sholly The Shadow out of Time as Lovecraftian Horror by W. H. Pugmire

Lovecraft Illustrated Volume 4 - The Shadow Out of Time

S.T. Joshi

Paul Montelone

W.H. Pugmire

H.P.Lovecraft

SYNOPSIS A New England town with hideous secrets lurking in its darkened houses and a dreadful connection with an undersea race whose blood they share. CONTENTS Introduction by S. T. Joshi Foreword by Brian Yuzna The Shadow over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft The Shadow over the Shadow by Pete Von Sholly The Harbor-Master by Robert W. Chambers Fishhead by Irvin S. Cobb Fish Schticks by Robert M. Price

Lovecraft Illustrated Volume 5 - The Shadow Over Innsmouth

ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

Robert M. Price

Irvin S. Cobb

Brian Yuzna

Cosmic horror broods and festers in the unexplored frozen wastes while a doomed expedition into a crumbling metropolis stirs the things still lurking in the caverns below. CONTENTS Introduction by S. T. Joshi At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft Frozen Horrors by Pete Von Sholly In Amundsen s Tent by John Martin Leahy On In Amundsen s Tent by John Martin Leahy by S. T. Joshi The Occupant of the Tent by Robert M. Price

Lovecraft Illustrated Volume 6 - At The Mountains of Madness

John Martin Leahy

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