Monsters Among Us

By Brad Steiger

Book Overview

Was that creature you saw on the hillside that night a wolf or something much more? What were those creatures in your dreams? Fantasy or something you might come face to face with one day? Are all... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425117472
• ISBN13: 9780425117477
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An adequate, often entertaining summary of cryptozoology and beast related folklore.

I'm not often a reviewer. In fact, this is my first review. However, I feel that I must say a couple of words about this book. This is not a cryptozoological study in the style of Karl S Shuker. Nor is it a 'mock-nonfiction' book like the 'Cryptozoological Society's Guide to Magical Beings'. This is a collection of folklore, interviews and incidents about events that Steiger feels have some validity towards his thesis. Unfortunately, said thesis is obscured by a great deal of non-scientific thinking, as Steiger appears to be essentially a paranormalist and a purveyor of tall tales than he is interested in seeking more than a token explanation for them. In many cases, as in the Ghoul of Paris, a little known incident of vampirism, he provides us with almost nothing in the way of speculation and not much in the way of information, instead choosing to focus on the well-known case of Elisabeth Bathory. It's understandable, but disappointing. In short, if you're looking for an indepth scientific or even pseudoscientific analysis of 'monsters', look elsewhere. However, if you're looking for a collection of folklore, you could do much worse than picking up Monsters Among Us.