Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror by W. Scott Poole

Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror

W. Scott Poole

304 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history horror dark slow-paced
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Historian and Bram Stoker Award Nominee W. Scott Poole traces the confluence of military history, technology, and art that gave us modern horror films and literature. From Nosferatu to Frankenstein's monster, from Fritz Lang to James Whale, the t...

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informative 96%
dark 61%
reflective 46%
challenging 19%
sad 15%
emotional 11%
adventurous 3%
funny 3%
tense 3%

Pace

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slow 38%

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