PRESS RELEASE
BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Telos Publishing is pleased to announce the following titles which are now
in stock and available from us:
A VAULT OF HORROR
By Keith Topping
From Night of the Demon to House of Whipcord ... 80 British horror films
which collectively made a lasting impression on the psyche of a nation.
Author Keith Topping chronicles the films which shaped his childhood,
taking a wry and often irreverent look at their triumphs and failings,
their cast and crew, their continuity blunders and their impact on the
genre as a whole. Illustrated with many rare photographs, this is one film
guide guaranteed to raise a smile as we take you back to the terrors of
yesteryear.
Includes entries on the following films:
Night of the Demon, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Trollenberg Terror,
Dracula, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Mummy, The City of the Dead,
Peeping Tom, Village of the Damned, The Curse of the Werewolf, Night of
the Eagle, The Kiss of the Vampire, The Haunting, The Masque of the Red
Death, The Black Torment, Dr Terror's House of Horrors, Rasputin  The
Mad Monk, Dracula Prince of Darkness, The Plague of the Zombies, The
Witches, Invasion, Frankenstein Created Woman, The Sorcerers, Night of
the Big Heat, Quatermass and the Pit, The Blood Beast Terror, The Devil
Rides Out, Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder General, Curse of the Crimson
Altar, Twisted Nerve, The Haunted House of Horror, Dracula Has Risen From
Grave, The Oblong Box, The Corpse, Fragment of Fear, Incense For The
Damned, I Start Counting, Scream and Scream Again, Taste the Blood of
Dracula, The Vampire Lovers, Virgin Witch, The Blood on Satan's Claw, The
Beast in the Cellar, The Horror of Frankenstein, The House That Dripped
Blood, Lust for a Vampire, And Soon the Darkness, Assault, Hands of the
Ripper, Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Twins of Evil, Doomwatch, Crucible of
Terror, Vampire Circus, Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter, Demons of the
Mind, Revenge, Tower of Evil, Dracula AD 1972, Frenzy, Dr Phibes Rises
Again, The Creeping Flesh, Psychomania, Nothing But The Night, Tales That
Witness Madness, Death Line, Theatre of Blood, ~ ~And Now the Screaming
Starts!, Asylum, The Wicker Man, The Legend of Hell House, The Satanic
Rites of Dracula, Madhouse, From Beyond the Grave, The Beast Must Die,
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, The Vault of Horror, Vampyres, House
of Whipcord
About the author: Keith Topping is a journalist and author of over 20
books including two editions of The Guinness Book of Classic British TV,
numerous guides to TV series as diverse as The X-Files, Star Trek, The
Avengers and Roswell for Virgin Books, four BBC Doctor Who novels
(including the award-winning The Hollow Men) and the best-selling Slayer:
An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
432pp. A5 paperback.
ISBN 1-903889-58-8 (pb) pound12.99 UK
HOWE'S TRANSCENDENTAL TOYBOX: UPDATE No. 1: 2003
By David J Howe and Arnold T Blumberg
David J Howe and Arnold T Blumberg present the definitive collector's
guide to Doctor Who merchandise.
From the rare and obscure to the commonplace and disposable, every facet
of Doctor Who's penetration into the marketplace is detailed.
This update volume covers all the items released in the 40th anniversary
year, 2003, and also contains updates to the main book, as well as market
reports and comments from both the people who produce the merchandise and
the people who sell it...
Howe's Transcendental Toybox is both a fascinating tour through the many
ways that Doctor Who has been presented and an entertaining guide to the
world of Doctor Who collecting.
· Product descriptions
· Black and white photographs of the majority of items
· Market report from both the manufacturers and the sellers
· Overview of 2003
The book covers Doctor Who merchandise around the world, including items
released in America, New Zealand and Australia as well as the many
UK-produced items.
About the authors: David Howe has been involved with Doctor Who research
and writing for over 20 years. He has been consultant to a large number of
publishers and manufacturers for their Doctor Who lines, and is author or
co-author of eighteen factual titles associated with the show. He also
has one of the largest collections of Doctor Who merchandise in the
world. Arnold T Blumberg is Editor at Gemstone Publishing, where he edits
and oversees production of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide and
Hake's Price Guide to Character Toys. For both annual guides he has also
written articles and designed and assembled the final volumes.
98pp. A5 paperback original.
ISBN 1-903889-57-X (pb) pound7.99 UK
TIME HUNTER: KITSUNE
By John Paul Catton
In the year 2020, Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish find themselves
thrown into a mystery as an ice spirit wreaks havoc during Kyoto's Gion
Festival, and a haunted funhouse proves to contain more than just paper
lanterns and wax dummies.
But what does all this have to do with the elegant owner of the Hide and
Chic fashion chain... and to the legendary Japanese fox-spirits, the
Kitsune?
Author's Comments:
The theme of face and appearance lies at the core of Kitsune. In the Edo
period, when Japan was under the military rule of the isolationist
military government, the population amused and terrified themselves with
tales of the Kitsune, the trickster-like fox spirits who stalked the
lantern-lit nights wearing the forms and faces of beautiful women. In
20th Century Tokyo, the Kitsune have returned; in a city of aggressive,
well-groomed, suit-wearing commuters, nothing and nobody is what it
seems.
In conceiving the idea for the novella, I felt that the richness of
Japanese mythology had been relatively unexplored by Western writers. The
Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn had first brought Japanese folklore to the
West's attention in books such as Kwaidan, but since then, the subject
seemed to have been underused. With a rich cast of gods, demons and ghosts
to draw from, it seemed about time to venture into this shadowy part of
the human imagination, to go backstage at the deserted, dusty theatre and
try on the masks for myself.
About the author: John Paul Catton lives and works in Tokyo, where he
teaches English language and literature. He has worked freelance for
various magazines in Japan, the UK and the USA, including Metropolis,
Tokyo Eye Ai and The London Time Out Guide to Tokyo. His short fiction
and comic strips have appeared in Roadworks, Terror Tales and Xenos among
others, and he has a regular column in the magazine The Third
Alternative.
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PRESS RELEASE
BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Telos Publishing is pleased to announce the following titles which are
now in stock and available from us:
A VAULT OF HORROR
By Keith Topping
From Night of the Demon to House of Whipcord ... 80 British horror films
which collectively made a lasting impression on the psyche of a nation.
Author Keith Topping chronicles the films which shaped his childhood,
taking a wry and often irreverent look at their triumphs and failings,
their cast and crew, their continuity blunders and their impact on the
genre as a whole. Illustrated with many rare photographs, this is one
film guide guaranteed to raise a smile as we take you back to the terrors
of yesteryear.
Includes entries on the following films:
Night of the Demon, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Trollenberg Terror,
Dracula, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Mummy, The City of the Dead,
Peeping Tom, Village of the Damned, The Curse of the Werewolf, Night of
the Eagle, The Kiss of the Vampire, The Haunting, The Masque of the Red
Death, The Black Torment, Dr Terror's House of Horrors, Rasputin  The
Mad Monk, Dracula Prince of Darkness, The Plague of the Zombies, The
Witches, Invasion, Frankenstein Created Woman, The Sorcerers, Night of
the Big Heat, Quatermass and the Pit, The Blood Beast Terror, The Devil
Rides Out, Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder General, Curse of the Crimson
Altar, Twisted Nerve, The Haunted House of Horror, Dracula Has Risen From
Grave, The Oblong Box, The Corpse, Fragment of Fear, Incense For The
Damned, I Start Counting, Scream and Scream Again, Taste the Blood of
Dracula, The Vampire Lovers, Virgin Witch, The Blood on Satan's Claw, The
Beast in the Cellar, The Horror of Frankenstein, The House That Dripped
Blood, Lust for a Vampire, And Soon the Darkness, Assault, Hands of the
Ripper, Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Twins of Evil, Doomwatch, Crucible of
Terror, Vampire Circus, Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter, Demons of the
Mind, Revenge, Tower of Evil, Dracula AD 1972, Frenzy, Dr Phibes Rises
Again, The Creeping Flesh, Psychomania, Nothing But The Night, Tales That
Witness Madness, Death Line, Theatre of Blood, ~ ~And Now the Screaming
Starts!, Asylum, The Wicker Man, The Legend of Hell House, The Satanic
Rites of Dracula, Madhouse, From Beyond the Grave, The Beast Must Die,
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, The Vault of Horror, Vampyres, House
of Whipcord
About the author: Keith Topping is a journalist and author of over 20
books including two editions of The Guinness Book of Classic British TV,
numerous guides to TV series as diverse as The X-Files, Star Trek, The
Avengers and Roswell for Virgin Books, four BBC Doctor Who novels
(including the award-winning The Hollow Men) and the best-selling Slayer:
An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Key Selling Points
· Guide to 80
great (and not so great) British horror films.
· Fully
illustrated with many black and white photographs and a full colour
section of film posters.
432pp. A5 paperback.
ISBN 1-903889-58-8 (pb) pound12.99 UK
*****************
HOWE'S TRANSCENDENTAL TOYBOX: UPDATE No. 1: 2003
By David J Howe and Arnold T Blumberg
David J Howe and Arnold T Blumberg present the definitive collector's
guide to Doctor Who merchandise.
From the rare and obscure to the commonplace and disposable, every facet
of Doctor Who's penetration into the marketplace is detailed.
This update volume covers all the items released in the 40th anniversary
year, 2003, and also contains updates to the main book, as well as market
reports and comments from both the people who produce the merchandise and
the people who sell it...
Howe's Transcendental Toybox is both a fascinating tour through the many
ways that Doctor Who has been presented and an entertaining guide to the
world of Doctor Who collecting.
· Product
descriptions
· Black and white
photographs of the majority of items
· Market report
from both the manufacturers and the sellers
· Overview of
2003
The book covers Doctor Who merchandise around the world, including items
released in America, New Zealand and Australia as well as the many
UK-produced items.
About the authors: David Howe has been involved with Doctor Who research
and writing for over 20 years. He has been consultant to a large number
of publishers and manufacturers for their Doctor Who lines, and is author
or co-author of eighteen factual titles associated with the show. He also
has one of the largest collections of Doctor Who merchandise in the
world.
Arnold T Blumberg is Editor at Gemstone Publishing, where he edits and
oversees production of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide and Hake's
Price Guide to Character Toys. For both annual guides he has also written
articles and designed and assembled the final volumes.
Key Selling Points
· Add on volume
to the main edition of HOWE'S TRANSCENDENTAL TOYBOX.
· Covers all the
items released in 2003.
98pp. A5 paperback original.
ISBN 1-903889-57-X (pb) pound7.99 UK
*********************
TIME HUNTER: KITSUNE
By John Paul Catton
In the year 2020, Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish find themselves
thrown into a mystery as an ice spirit wreaks havoc during Kyoto's Gion
Festival, and a haunted funhouse proves to contain more than just paper
lanterns and wax dummies.
But what does all this have to do with the elegant owner of the Hide and
Chic fashion chain... and to the legendary Japanese fox-spirits, the
Kitsune?
Author's Comments:
The theme of face and appearance lies at the core of Kitsune. In the Edo
period, when Japan was under the military rule of the isolationist
military government, the population amused and terrified themselves with
tales of the Kitsune, the trickster-like fox spirits who stalked the
lantern-lit nights wearing the forms and faces of beautiful women. In
20th Century Tokyo, the Kitsune have returned; in a city of aggressive,
well-groomed, suit-wearing commuters, nothing and nobody is what it
seems.
In conceiving the idea for the novella, I felt that the richness of
Japanese mythology had been relatively unexplored by Western writers. The
Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn had first brought Japanese folklore to the
West's attention in books such as Kwaidan, but since then, the subject
seemed to have been underused. With a rich cast of gods, demons and
ghosts to draw from, it seemed about time to venture into this shadowy
part of the human imagination, to go backstage at the deserted, dusty
theatre and try on the masks for myself.
About the author: John Paul Catton lives and works in Tokyo, where he
teaches English language and literature. He has worked freelance for
various magazines in Japan, the UK and the USA, including Metropolis,
Tokyo Eye Ai and The London Time Out Guide to Tokyo. His short fiction
and comic strips have appeared in Roadworks, Terror Tales and Xenos among
others, and he has a regular column in the magazine The Third
Alternative.
Key Selling Points
· New title in
the popular Time Hunter series from Telos Publishing.
· John Paul
Catton is resident in Tokyo and has used the city, its myths and legends
as the background to the Novella.
· Part mystery,
part detective story, part dark fantasy, part science fiction ...
original adventures in time and space.
112pp. A5 paperback original novella.
Available in standard paperback, or deluxe signed (by Catton) and
numbered, limited edition hardback.
ISBN 1-903889-41-3 (pb) pound7.99 UK $8.95 US $11.95 CAN
ISBN 1-903889-42-1 (hb) pound25.00 UK $44.95 US $54.95 CAN
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