Mythical Monsters of the World

Descripción
From the Loch Ness Monster to the Jersey Devil, the Japanese demon Oni to the Inuit ogress Amautalik—the world is full of mythical monsters. Our List of the Month this October is devoted to their stories. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Please only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme.
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Guerra Mundial Z
por Max Brooks
15,470 miembros
713 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 11
6 Members
conceptDawg, Morphidae, vwinsloe, elahrairah, DoomLuz, Thelamon1,ahef1963
Explicaciones
elahrairah: i really enjoyed the zombie-apocalypse-as-sunday-supplement style of this. it turned an otherwise run-of-the-mill story into something special.
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Lo que más me gusta son los monstruos
por Emil Ferris
1,103 miembros
72 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 45
2 Members
conceptDawg, EerierIdyllMeme
Explicaciones
EerierIdyllMeme: The narrator imagines herself and the people around her as various mythical monsters.
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Frankenstein, o el moderno Prometeo
por Mary Shelley
42,613 miembros
709 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 1
20 Members
karenb, hipdeep, conceptDawg, lquilter, deckla, kleo, Cecrow, dougb56586, vwinsloe, al.vick, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, ManWithAnAgenda, elahrairah, Charon07, DoomLuz, loulourevisited, Thelamon1, pstgeorge2, awerling, ,yoyogod
Explicaciones
elahrairah: reminds us that monsters are mostly made by man.
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Drácula
por Bram Stoker
35,403 miembros
624 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 2
17 Members
hipdeep, conceptDawg, anglemark, deckla, kleo, malloyd, Cecrow, Heather39, sturlington, gypsysmom, al.vick, ahef1963, Boand, Charon07, DoomLuz, Thelamon1, awerling
Explicaciones
Boand: The original classic tale of a vampire which is the source material for many subsequent modern stories.
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Lores y Damas
por Terry Pratchett
9,713 miembros
125 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 198
Explicaciones
Aquila : Not set in this world
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El hobbit
por J. R. R. Tolkien
94,314 miembros
1,189 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 4
10 Members
hipdeep, deckla, malloyd, FAMeulstee, al.vick, ahef1963, Book-Man-CMA, Thelamon1, awerling, AmbientSpiritLamb,conceptDawg , ,elahrairah
Explicaciones
malloyd: More than anything else, I think this book resurrected the dragon as a legitimate monster, not just an allegory for Satan.
elahrairah : great book but not our world!