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Original Title:	The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana
ISBN:	1932265155 (ISBN13: 9781932265156)
Edition Language:	English

The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana Hardcover | Pages: 1009 pages

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Title	:	The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana
Author	:	Jess Nevins
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 1009 pages
Published	:	November 1st 2005 by Monkeybrain
Categories	:	Fantasy. Reference. Science Fiction. Steampunk. Historical. Victorian

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This book is big. Really big. Vastly and hugely big. You may think it's a long way down to the chemists, but that's peanuts compared to The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana. I've looked up so many entries and each time I do, I find myself wandering about to other random entries. Cracking into this book requires time (and a wheelbarrow), but it's time well spent. Rather like wandering through an information maze and finding little prizes at the end of the dead-stops throughout. Jess knows his stuff, and now thanks to his encyclopedia, so do I.

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Ratings: 4.48 From 130 Users | 16 Reviews

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A thick, beautiful, well-researched comprehensive look at British and European sci-fi, pulp and fantasy in the Victorian era. If you're the least bit interested in any of those, pick it up.

Though no encyclopedia can claim to be truly exhaustive, this fantastic work by Jess Nevins is incredible in its breadth as well as in terms of incisiveness. Despite Nevins'somewhat apologetic note regarding being subjective, it is my opinion that that is the only way by which the Victorian literature can be made vivid enough to oversome the fog and gaslight. This work is magnificient in all aspects. Enjoy it.

Really effin' love this book. Great info on a lot of great characters. Complaints would be the amount of space given to some characters over others and an index without page numbers. Its statedly written in a personal opinion matter which is actually preferable and engaging for my kind of reading - it reads more like a conversation with or lecture by Nevins as opposed to a collection of dry summaries.

Hard to find now, I was lucky to be able to get a copy when it first came out. This is THE reference work to have on the subject of Victorian Authors, their books and their characters in the realm of fantastic fiction.

Probably the most amazing collection of Victorian "pulp" fiction references available. A good reference book for anyone interested in this time period (or trying to decipher references to this time period).

This book is big. Really big. Vastly and hugely big. You may think it's a long way down to the chemists, but that's peanuts compared to The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana. I've looked up so many entries and each time I do, I find myself wandering about to other random entries. Cracking into this book requires time (and a wheelbarrow), but it's time well spent. Rather like wandering through an information maze and finding little prizes at the end of the dead-stops throughout. Jess knows his

Completely awesome. This book will steal months of your life.This book is big. Really big. Vastly and hugely big. You may think it's a long way down to the chemists, but that's peanuts compared to The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana. I've looked up so many entries and each time I do, I find myself wandering about to other random entries. Cracking into this book requires time (and a wheelbarrow), but it's time well spent. Rather like wandering through an information maze and finding little prizes at the end of the dead-stops throughout. Jess knows his