Supernatural World: "Mysterious Powers and Strange Forces", "Haunted Houses, Ghosts and Spectres" and "Vampires, Werewolves and Demons" (Supernatural guides)

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Supernatural World: "Mysterious Powers and Strange Forces", "Haunted Houses, Ghosts and Spectres" and "Vampires, Werewolves and Demons" (Supernatural guides)

Supernatural World: "Mysterious Powers and Strange Forces", "Haunted Houses, Ghosts and Spectres" and "Vampires, Werewolves and Demons" (Supernatural guides)

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Eliot Humberstone -one of Usborne’s in-house writers, previously covering less mysterious subjects –‘Things at Home’; ‘Finding Out about Everyday Things’ and ‘Finding Out about Things Outdoors’. UK publisher Usborne released a number of memorable books in the late ’70s, starting with the World of the Unknown series in 1977. The Supernatural Guides followed in 1979 and covered the same territory.

How The Usborne Supernatural Guides Enriched My Childhood

Mutta nyt! Uusi painos! Ai että! Pystymme taas jakamaan omat traumamme uudelle sukupolvelle! Tämän kirjan minä haluaisin kyllä ihan itsellenikin, mutta olin myös kauaskatsoinen ja hankin kirjastoon useamman kappaleen näitä ja laitoin yhden heti jo varastoon odottamaan muiden rikkoutumista. In the most matter-of-fact, dispassionate tone, the authors discuss all manner of gruesome scenarios and happenings. The accompanying illustrations, on the other hand, are incredibly graphic, disturbing, and over-the-top. That irony is what makes the books so brilliant. Take this: Täytyy kuitenkin ottaa huomioon, että joskus varhaisteininä olisin varmasti tykännyt tästä. Omistin "Hirviötieto"-kirjan, josta imin itseeni valtavan määrän kauhu- ja myyttitriviaa, ja Noidan käsikirja olisi todella sopinut siihen samaan vaiheeseen. Myöhemmin tuli ahmittua mm. "Mystiikan maailma" -sarjaa, ja juuri sentyyppisten kirjojen harrastelun takia Noidan käsikirjasta tulikin tässä kohtaa enää olo, että olen kuullut nämä jutut jo. Ghosts became more unpleasant and dangerous the longer they were dead and it was important not to offend them. Sometimes the spirit returned as a ferocious man-eating animal. Kyseenalaisin piirre Noidan käsikirjassa on verisyyden sijaan sen tieteellisesti pätemätön parapsykologinen ote sekä nykylukijan silmään kummalliset jäänteet omalta aikakaudeltaan. Mukana on myös askarteluohjeita omiin yliluonnollisiin kokeisiin, kuten koomisena esimerkkinä kasvien tunteiden tutkimukseen ”vihaamalla” aktiivisesti kasvia muutama minuutti päivässä. Uri Gellerin lusikantaivuttelut ja kummittelun huuhaatieteelliset selitykset vielä menevät, mutta jutut Neuvostoliiton ja Yhdysvaltojen ”parhaillaan tekemistä” yliluonnollista testeistä saattavat hämmentää nykylasta kummitusjuttuja enemmän.Eligendi earum ad perferendis dolores, dolor quas. Ullam in, eaque mollitia suscipit id aspernatur rerum! Sit quibusdam ullam tempora quis, in voluptatum maiores veritatis recusandae! James Smith— CEO and Co-Founder Usborne also released a World of the Future series around the same time that’s as fascinating, though not as insane. The World of the Unknown books were re-released in the late ’90s with different covers. The interiors are identical to the originals.

Usborne guide to the supernatural world | WorldCat.org

Sadly, I have not been able to find out very much biographical information about the authors. Lynn Myring and Eliot Humberstone appear to have been regular writers for Usborne, more often covering science or astronomy than astral projection or the undead. Eric Maple is somewhat better known, particularly in the world of folkloric research, having published an array of adult books on occult beliefs, often with enticingly lurid covers. Unfortunately, all of Maple’s works now appear to be out of print, having become collector’s items in certain circles. Viewing the books again as an adult, I am very happy to say that they stand up very well, and are really quite exceptional things, in their own horrid way. They are beautifully written, using a simple and direct style which avoids ever being patronising or particularly childish. They report a huge variety of stories, sightings, and traditional beliefs from around the world in an almost journalistic style. The most outlandish (but factually based) tales are soberly recorded, never passing judgment beyond occasionally suggesting alternative explanations for the phenomena described.How does one become a werewolf? Well, he or she puts “wolfsbane, opium, foxgloves, bat blood and fat of a murdered child into a pot” and boils them. Let me repeat that last ingredient, in case you missed it: the fat of a murdered child. Monet ovat kertoneet kirjan juttujen pelottaneen heitä lapsena, mutta näin aikuisena lukiessa kaikki kirjan ”kauheudet” ovat lähinnä keskinkertaista höttöä. Hyvä muistutus siitä, miten eri tavalla lapset ja aikuiset voivat lukea samoja asioita ja käsittää pelon aiheita. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Non libero blanditiis dignissimos natus, necessitatibus consequatur vel alias delectus! Yeah. We had a dedicated pool of unconventional literature at our disposal. Adults once believed that kids were adults in training, and treated us as such. Now adults believe that kids should never grow up. Enter shitty books, shitty movies, and shitty toys.



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