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This reference describes and indexes approximately 3000 Western titles published between 1989 and 1996, providing access to information genre readers need to select their next best read: title, series, author, publisher, characters, locale, plot summary and similar authors.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 8 Up-Western fans will find a generous gathering of friends corralled between these two covers. The list of 1543 books readers may want to try, culled from previous What Do I Read Next? (Gale) collections, are arranged alphabetically by author, then title. The author's name is followed by the book title, publisher, story type (adult, modern, traditional, quest, revenge, chase, etc.), a list of major characters, time period, locale, plot summary, and a list of "other books you might like." The summaries are brief and written with an eye toward roping readers. Beginning with an introduction, a key to story types, and a list of award-winning westerns, this hefty volume concludes with a series of helpful indexes by author, title, character name and description (con-artist, frontiersman, outcast, etc.), story type, time period, geographic setting, and series. These points of access are very useful, especially for readers desperate for one more book about a Wyoming saloon keeper and his single-parent sidekick. If you have youngsters who plow through westerns like a tumbleweed through a ghost town, then you need this ready-reference work close at hand.-Herman Sutter, Saint Pius X High School, Houston, TX (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Here are two worthy additions to Gale's multigenre What Do I Read Next? series. What Fantastic Fiction specializes in fantasy, horror, and science fiction published within the last eight years (1989^-96), providing details on more than 4,800 titles. The editor has contributed to other volumes in the series and has sound working knowledge of fantastic fiction. What Western describes 1,500 titles published since 1989, selected by someone who is himself a writer of western fiction. The arrangement of each is similar to that of the parent volume, What Do I Read Next? There is a key to story types and a list of award-winning titles for the period covered at the beginning. The list of fantastic story types is divided by subgenre: horror, fantasy, science fiction. Western story types include Indian wars, man alone, and ranch life. The title section is the same format as What Do I Read Next?: author/title, story type, character, time period and locale descriptors, a short summary, and other title suggestions. The latter go well outside the time period of the works described. As with all Gale titles, there are multiple indexes: series, time period, geographical, story type, character name, character description, author, and title. All public libraries, as well as academic libraries with popular fiction courses, will want to consider these collection-development and reader's-advisory tools. They will be especially welcomed by librarians who do not have expertise in these genres. Reference Books in brief