Вручение 2008 г.

ЛАУРЕАТ в номинации "Постановка / Популярная культура":
"No Reservations" (эпизод из серии "The Travel Channel", посвященный праздникам в Трансильвании)

Страна: США Дата проведения: 2008 г.

Публицистика

Лауреат
David Keyworth 0.0
Since earliest times man has feared troublesome corpses - the bodies of the dead which do not lie still and decompose, but rise again to revisit the living. European folklore is particularly rich in tales of vampires and reanimated cadavers. The Undead take many forms, as do precautions to avert an attack and methods of destruction should precautions fail.

What distinguishes vampires from other revenants? What metaphysical agencies empower the Undead, and how do theological contortions help explain them? And why did popular belief in the existence of the Undead wane during the eighteenth century? These and other vampiric questions are addressed in David Keyworth's encyclopaedic survey of Troublesome Corpses.

Особое упоминание

Лауреат
Майк Миньола, Кристофер Голден 0.0
From celebrated comic artist Mike Mignola and award-winning novelist Christopher Golden comes a work of gothic storytelling like no other. Reminiscent of the illustrated tales of old, here is a lyrical, atmospheric novel of the paranormal and a chilling allegory for the nature of war.
Why do dead men rise up to torment the living? Captain Henry Baltimore asks the malevolent winged creature. The vampire shakes its head. It was you called us. All of you, with your war. The roar of your cannons shook us from our quiet graves . You killers. You berserkers . You will never be rid of us now.
When Lord Henry Baltimore awakens the wrath of a vampire on the hellish battlefields of World War I, the world is forever changed. For a virulent plague has been unleashed a plague that even death cannot end.
Now the lone soldier in an eternal struggle against darkness, Baltimore summons three old friends to a lonely inn men whose travels and fantastical experiences incline them to fully believe in the evil that is devouring the soul of mankind.
As the men await their old friend, they share their tales of terror and misadventure, and contemplate what part they will play in Baltimore s timeless battle. Before the night is through, they will learn what is required to banish the plague and the creature who named Baltimore his nemesis once and for all."