Mythical Monsters of the World
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- 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.
1
di Mary Shelley
43,426 utenti
715 recensioni
3.8
Punteggio 61.16
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 07:27 AM
- 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
- Spiegazioni
- elahrairah: reminds us that monsters are mostly made by man.
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3
- 17 Members
- anglemark, deckla, kleo, Cecrow, amanda4242, elenchus, Heather39, dougb56586, CtrSacredSciences, tnilsson, al.vick, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, Boand, Charon07, DoomLuz, AmbientSpiritLamb,Kesterbird
- Spiegazioni
- Boand: One of the oldest monster stories in existence
4
95,967 utenti
1,196 recensioni
½ 4.3
Punteggio 25.93
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 01:46 PM
- 10 Members
- hipdeep, deckla, malloyd, FAMeulstee, al.vick, ahef1963, Book-Man-CMA, Thelamon1, awerling, AmbientSpiritLamb,conceptDawg , ,elahrairah
- Spiegazioni
- 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!
5
di Anne Rice
1,492 utenti
13 recensioni
4.1
Punteggio 24.38
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 07:27 AM
6
- 8 Members
- anglemark, deckla, sturlington, dougb56586, CtrSacredSciences, ahef1963, Charon07, AmbientSpiritLamb
7
di Gawain Poet
7,986 utenti
94 recensioni
3.8
Punteggio 21.04
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 04:46 PM
- 7 Members
- deckla, abbottthomas, sinki, tnilsson, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, AmbientSpiritLamb
- Spiegazioni
- abbottthomas: The Green Knight is usually portrayed as very human-looking but he is green and can carry his lopped off head around so I guess he qualifies as monstrous.
8
7,662 utenti
193 recensioni
4.2
Punteggio 20.65
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 03:58 PM
9
3,440 utenti
62 recensioni
4
Punteggio 19.85
Aggiunto 2022-10-13, 05:25 PM
- 7 Members
- malloyd, Heather39, Michael.Rimmer, DoomLuz, Book-Man-CMA, Thelamon1, ForAttentionPress
10
di Neil Gaiman
33,059 utenti
929 recensioni
4.1
Punteggio 18.31
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 04:42 PM
- 7 Members
- deckla, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, elahrairah, Yuki-Onna, Thelamon1, AmbientSpiritLamb,
- Spiegazioni
- elahrairah: All of the myths, all at once.
11
di Max Brooks
15,694 utenti
716 recensioni
4
Punteggio 16.89
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 07:30 AM
- 6 Members
- conceptDawg, Morphidae, vwinsloe, elahrairah, DoomLuz, Thelamon1,ahef1963
- Spiegazioni
- 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.
12
di Jon Stone
5,330 utenti
106 recensioni
½ 4.5
Punteggio 15.6
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 07:40 AM
13
di Claire Booss
512 utenti
4
Punteggio 14.48
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 05:45 PM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, stealth.librarian, EMS_24, Elyssa523, Book-Man-CMA,ahef1963
- Spiegazioni
- hipdeep: Banshees and fairies and selkies, oh my!
14
4,883 utenti
193 recensioni
4
Punteggio 14.35
Aggiunto 2022-10-14, 10:20 AM
- 5 Members
- lquilter, kleo, rrjchristopher, tnilsson, jsebrasky
15
25 utenti
½ 4.3
Punteggio 12.7
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 03:24 PM
- 4 Members
- Kesterbird, Chrisethier, Elyssa523, Book-Man-CMA
16
- 4 Members
- stealth.librarian, Heather39, OtownShorty, Patricia.Ralston
17
- 3 Members
- Aquila, EMS_24, Kesterbird
- Spiegazioni
- Aquila: Kurangaituku is the bird woman in the tale of Hatupatu and the Birdwoman from Aotearoa
18
189 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 4.3
Punteggio 11.92
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 05:20 PM
- 4 Members
- paradoxosalpha, elenchus, rrjchristopher, Elyssa523,ahef1963
- Spiegazioni
- paradoxosalpha: "the old race throwing angry primordials": a heady brew that makes you wonder what monsters are and whether you know anyelenchus: A monster from prehistoric times is found to be much closer than you might ... think.
19
35,265 utenti
795 recensioni
½ 4.3
Punteggio 11.28
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 04:35 PM
20
112 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 4.5
Punteggio 10.93
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 04:44 PM
- 4 Members
- stealth.librarian, elenchus, Kesterbird, Yuki-Onna
21
10 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.5
Punteggio 10.87
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 03:07 PM
- 4 Members
- AbigailAdams26, Kesterbird, Elyssa523, Bentley788,ahef1963
22
- 4 Members
- CtrSacredSciences, Patricia.Ralston, elahrairah, Thelamon1
23
15,577 utenti
303 recensioni
3.9
Punteggio 10.71
Aggiunto 2022-10-18, 07:57 PM
- 4 Members
- Rommert, OtownShorty, Patricia.Ralston, Thelamon1,ahef1963
24
5 utenti
Punteggio 10.7
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 04:46 PM
- 4 Members
- Cecrow, Kesterbird, Yuki-Onna, Book-Man-CMA
25
4,140 utenti
20 recensioni
½ 4.6
Punteggio 10.21
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 06:42 PM
- 4 Members
- cpg, rrjchristopher, Book-Man-CMA, awerling,
26
10,035 utenti
124 recensioni
3.8
Punteggio 10.19
Aggiunto 2022-10-13, 05:20 PM
- 3 Members
- Cecrow, FAMeulstee, Michael.Rimmer
27
- 3 Members
- paradoxosalpha, EMS_24, maschi
- Spiegazioni
- paradoxosalpha: The centerpiece of this late-antique romp is the fable of Cupid and Psyche, which is the germ of later monsters like Bluebeard and the Beast of Beauty and the Beast. (Yes, Eros is a monster of myth!)
28
- 3 Members
- stealth.librarian, nrmay, slimikin
29
2,317 utenti
138 recensioni
4
Punteggio 9.21
Aggiunto 2022-11-01, 12:31 PM
- 3 Members
- karenb, Morphidae, stealth.librarian
30
di Dyan Elliott
57 utenti
1 recensione
3.9
Punteggio 9.14
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 04:54 PM
- 3 Members
- paradoxosalpha, deckla, stealth.librarian
- Spiegazioni
- paradoxosalpha: Current scholarship on Medieval demonology
31
- 3 Members
- dougb56586, rrjchristopher, ForAttentionPress
- Spiegazioni
- ForAttentionPress: The Wheelers and Princess Langwidere
32
976 utenti
31 recensioni
½ 3.7
Punteggio 8.92
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 01:33 AM
33
di Gary Gygax
1,035 utenti
3 recensioni
4.1
Punteggio 8.54
Aggiunto 2022-10-17, 08:47 PM
34
- 3 Members
- paradoxosalpha, EMS_24, Patricia.Ralston
- Spiegazioni
- paradoxosalpha: An adult fantasy that draws on biblical and other ancient Hebrew myths
35
di E. Nesbit
1,214 utenti
19 recensioni
3.8
Punteggio 8.5
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 01:48 PM
- 3 Members
- deckla, Heather39, Patricia.Ralston
36
- 3 Members
- Heather39, Chrisethier, Patricia.Ralston
37
4,076 utenti
35 recensioni
½ 4.6
Punteggio 7.56
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 06:44 PM
- 3 Members
- cpg, dougb56586, rrjchristopher,
38
5,505 utenti
368 recensioni
4.1
Punteggio 7.44
Aggiunto 2022-10-15, 08:47 AM
- 3 Members
- vwinsloe, CtrSacredSciences, Charon07
39
4,087 utenti
148 recensioni
½ 3.6
Punteggio 7.36
Aggiunto 2022-10-20, 06:31 PM
40
8,675 utenti
227 recensioni
3.8
Punteggio 7.04
Aggiunto 2022-10-14, 03:48 PM
- 2 Members
- dewasus1, rrjchristopher
41
di Deborah Howe
7,216 utenti
159 recensioni
4
Punteggio 6.68
Aggiunto 2022-10-23, 11:09 PM
- 2 Members
- EerierIdyllMeme, stealth.librarian
- Spiegazioni
- EerierIdyllMeme: A fun take on the vampire myth.
42
di Mira Grant
1,275 utenti
99 recensioni
3.9
Punteggio 6.68
Aggiunto 2022-10-14, 10:06 AM
43
- 2 Members
- vwinsloe, AmbientSpiritLamb
44
di Emil Ferris
1,149 utenti
72 recensioni
½ 4.3
Punteggio 6.4
Aggiunto 2022-10-23, 11:40 PM
- 2 Members
- conceptDawg, EerierIdyllMeme
- Spiegazioni
- EerierIdyllMeme: The narrator imagines herself and the people around her as various mythical monsters.
45
- 3 Members
- kleo, Boand, Patricia.Ralston,pstgeorge2
- Spiegazioni
- Boand: A modern take on an ancient mythic monster
46
4,178 utenti
239 recensioni
3.9
Punteggio 6.04
Aggiunto 2022-10-14, 03:47 PM
47
381 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.7
Punteggio 6.04
Aggiunto 2022-10-14, 09:49 PM
48
- 2 Members
- Aquila, Kesterbird
- Spiegazioni
- Aquila: Taniwha from Aotearoa
49
di Alan Garner
1,973 utenti
46 recensioni
3.8
Punteggio 5.87
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 04:29 PM
- 2 Members
- ManWithAnAgenda, Boand
- Spiegazioni
- Boand: A modern fairy tale based on characters from the ancient Welsh book The Mabinogion
50
di T. H. White
693 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.7
Punteggio 5.82
Aggiunto 2022-10-17, 08:46 PM
- 2 Members
- malloyd, Patricia.Ralston
52
1,073 utenti
10 recensioni
4
Punteggio 5.74
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 04:36 PM
- 2 Members
- malloyd, stealth.librarian
53
2,332 utenti
46 recensioni
½ 3.6
Punteggio 5.71
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 03:56 PM
- 2 Members
- elenchus, Patricia.Ralston
54
di Stephen King
3,269 utenti
74 recensioni
½ 3.4
Punteggio 5.6
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 05:44 PM
55
di Patrick Ness
5,868 utenti
463 recensioni
½ 4.4
Punteggio 5.5
Aggiunto 2022-10-21, 01:36 PM
- 2 Members
- CtrSacredSciences, sarahkhl
56
21,628 utenti
758 recensioni
½ 3.7
Punteggio 5.38
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 07:43 AM
- 2 Members
- stealth.librarian, tnilsson
57
58
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di Thomas Page
92 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.3
Punteggio 5.21
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 05:13 PM
- 2 Members
- yoyogod, sturlington
- Spiegazioni
- yoyogod: A "classic" 70s horror novel about a killer bigfoot.
60
17 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.7
Punteggio 5.21
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 03:10 PM
- 2 Members
- AbigailAdams26, Kesterbird
61
- 2 Members
- EMS_24, Book-Man-CMA
- Spiegazioni
- EMS_24: Will they find the owner of these big paw marks?
62
- 2 Members
- ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07
63
- 2 Members
- elahrairah, AmbientSpiritLamb
- Spiegazioni
- elahrairah: monsters of london below
65
38 utenti
1 recensione
½ 4.3
Punteggio 4.5
Aggiunto 2022-10-14, 09:51 PM
66
- Member
- malloyd
68
- Member
- RaeCreated
- Spiegazioni
- RaeCreated: Death and terror in the woods and Bigfoot may be the cause.
69
di John Wyndham
1,849 utenti
51 recensioni
½ 3.7
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2022-10-13, 11:36 AM
- Member
- dewasus1
72
- Member
- ForAttentionPress
77
73 utenti
2 recensioni
4.2
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2022-10-16, 08:47 AM
- Member
- elahrairah
- Spiegazioni
- elahrairah: sometimes the monsters are us.
78
di Brian Keene
42 utenti
2 recensioni
4.1
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 05:09 PM
81
12 utenti
1 recensione
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 04:09 PM
- Member
- paradoxosalpha
- Spiegazioni
- paradoxosalpha: Insightful scholarship concerning Rabelaisian giants and their conceptual forebears
82
84
1 utente
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2022-11-16, 02:36 PM
- Member
- timspalding
- Spiegazioni
- timspalding: Ctesias was the first author to describe the "Manticore," among other criters.
85
di Anne Rice
23,125 utenti
334 recensioni
3.8
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2022-10-21, 03:47 PM
- Member
- gypsysmom
86
di Stephen King
16,545 utenti
297 recensioni
3.9
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2022-10-18, 09:43 AM
- Member
- tina1969
87
1,517 utenti
113 recensioni
3.8
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2022-12-05, 11:40 AM
- Member
- Morphidae
- Spiegazioni
- Morphidae: (Ignore the cover. It's atrocious.) Whenever I hear "monsters", I think of Verity Price, who has been raised to be a cryptologist (monster hunter) since she was old enough to hold a knife in her tiny fist. What she wants to do, however, is to be a professional ball room dancer. Now if those pesky monsters would simply stay out of her way...
88
di Holly Black
1,038 utenti
12 recensioni
½ 4.4
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2022-10-12, 01:47 PM
- Member
- Heather39
89
di John A. Keel
888 utenti
23 recensioni
½ 3.4
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2022-10-11, 05:11 PM
- Member
- yoyogod
90
- Member
- sturlington
- Spiegazioni
- sturlington: An abandoned amusement park that is a labyrinth, a monster at the middle of it, and a sacrifice.
92
411 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.6
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2022-10-23, 10:08 PM
94
di Neil Gaiman
268 utenti
16 recensioni
4.2
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2022-10-23, 11:39 PM
- Member
- EerierIdyllMeme
- Spiegazioni
- EerierIdyllMeme: One of my favourite surprise appearances of this mythical creature.
97
di Ransom Riggs
19,724 utenti
1,134 recensioni
½ 3.7
Punteggio 3.04
Aggiunto 2022-10-20, 07:32 PM
- Member
- terran
100
1,377 utenti
76 recensioni
3.8
Punteggio 3.04
Aggiunto 2022-12-12, 07:32 AM
- Member
- sturlington
- Spiegazioni
- sturlington: A troll living in a cave in the heart of Queens.