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Jess Nevins regularly writes on genre subjects. He recently wrote a book on horror fiction in the 20^th century. We discussed the book and horror fiction across the world.

0:38 – Jess talks about how he got into horror fiction.

2:40 – Jess talks about non-English horror publishers.

3:49 – Jess talks about how he breaks down the book. He explores both English and non-English horror.

7:41 – Jess talks about the lineage of non-English horror.

11:38 – Jess talks about magic realism. He also talks about Asian horror literature.

13:28 – Jess talks about horrific human beings versus horrific monsters.

15:55 – Jess talks about categorizing horror and discovering new authors.

18:01 – Jess talks about Chinese and Russian horror.

19:54 – Jess talks about horror from India.

21:29 – Jess talks about horror for children versus adults.

23:14 – Jess talks about horror and national crisis.

25:41 – Jess talks about the most important horror writers.

28:12 – Jess talks about horror comics.

29:26 – Jess talks about sex in horror.

32:55 – Jess talks about sci-fi and horror.

35:54 – Jess talks about horror antagonists and the monster versus no monster debate.

37:38 – Jess goes into detail about the research for the book.

42:45 – Jess talks discovering new books during the research process.

46:56 – Jess talks about female horror writers.

51:44 – Jess talks about horror film and literature.

1:00:08 – Jess is on jessnevins.com and on twitter @jessnevins and on facebook as Jess Nevins.

 

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http://jessnevins.com/frontpage.html

https://twitter.com/jessnevins

 

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Guests: Jess Nevins

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: horror history, victoriana, horror, South Africa, Poe, Pierce, magic realism, Indian horror, Lovecraft, Gothics, feminist horror, children’s lietarure, Soviet Union literature, Lovecraft, Mathieson, Bradbury, manga, EC, comics, science fiction, worldcat, science fiction, transexual horror, Brazilian horror, ghost stories, Vikings, role playing game

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