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Leonard Wolf (1923–2019)

Author of The Essential Dracula

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Leonard Wolf was born in Vulcan, Romania (Transylvania). He is the editor of The Essential Frankenstein, The Essential Dracula, and The Essential Jekyll and Hyde, the contributing editor to the Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and technical advisor on the films Bram show more Stoker's Dracula and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Wolf's prize-winning poetry and fiction have appeared in The Atlantic, Harper's and The New Yorker. His work in the horror genre has been honored twice with the Anne Radcliffe Award for Literature. He lives in New York City. show less

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Works by Leonard Wolf

The Essential Dracula (1980) — Editor — 327 copies
The Essential Frankenstein (1993) — Editor — 122 copies
Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction (1997) — Editor — 86 copies
Wolf's Complete Book of Terror (1979) — Editor — 76 copies
A dream of Dracula: in search of the living dead (1972) 74 copies
Dracula: The Connoisseur's Guide (1997) 63 copies
Horror: A Connoisseur's Guide To Literature and Film (1989) 46 copies
Bluebeard: The Life and Crimes of Gilles de Rais (1980) 37 copies
The Glass Mountain: A Novel (1993) 11 copies
Voices from the love generation (1968) — Editor — 10 copies
The passion of Israel (1970) 10 copies
Doubles, Dummies and Dolls: 21 Terror Tales of Replication (1995) — Editor — 10 copies
The False Messiah (1982) 9 copies
MONSTERS (1974) 5 copies
Maisy School Doll 8" (4 Pk) (1981) 3 copies
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Associated Works

Dracula (1897) — Introduction, some editions — 35,591 copies
The Ultimate Dracula (1991) — some editions — 488 copies
Yiddish Folktales (1988) — Translator — 451 copies
The Family Mashber (1939) — Translator, some editions — 268 copies
The Annotated Dracula (1975) — Editor — 199 copies
The Ultimate Frankenstein (1991) — Selected Filmography, some editions — 168 copies
The Annotated Frankenstein (1818) — Editor — 127 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 3rd Series (1954) — Contributor — 93 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 4th Series (1955) — Contributor — 83 copies
Love Stories (1975) — Contributor — 19 copies

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Wolf's Complete book of terror
I read the 1979 edition of this book, and I'd highly recommend it as a 1st-read, prior to getting acquainted with some of the Black Lizard publisher anthologies, "The Big Book of Ghost Stories", book by Otto Penzler and 'The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published", also edited by Otto Penzler. It's wonderful that fans of what I affectionately call "Gothic" writing have hefty sources to refer to. And the stories themselves are timeless.
 
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The Essential Frankenstein: The Definitive,… by Mary Shelley
last time i read frankenstein was probably 20 years ago. rereading it now, i still love it. this heavily-annotated edition is great for a reread, but i wouldn't recommend it for a first-time reading (too distracting, and too spoilery). i learned a lot more about mary shelley and the context in which the book was written.

also of possible interest is that this edition is based on the original 1818 version of frankenstein. the annotations make note of where the more-widely-read 1831 edition differs significantly.

i have to admit that one of the reasons i like this book so much is that both frankenstein and his creature are so tortured and angsty about the act of creation and about one's own monstrous nature... etc etc. i dig it.
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bunnyhero | Oct 11, 2019 |
Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction by Richard Matheson
A really good collection of vampire fiction, with a high variety of authors and styles. Definitely a book worth sinking your fangs into!
 
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