{"id":8800,"date":"2021-09-29T12:17:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T16:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=8800"},"modified":"2021-09-29T12:17:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T16:17:12","slug":"book-review-encyclopedia-sharksplotanica-by-susan-snyder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-encyclopedia-sharksplotanica-by-susan-snyder\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Encyclopedia Sharksplotanica by Susan Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Encyclopedia_Sharksploitanica_Snyder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Encyclopedia_Sharksploitanica_Snyder-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"cover art for Encyclopedia Sharksploitanica by Susan Snyder\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Encyclopedia_Sharksploitanica_Snyder-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Encyclopedia_Sharksploitanica_Snyder.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Encyclopedia Sharksploitanica <\/em>by Susan Snyder<\/p>\n<p>Madness Heart Press, 2021<\/p>\n<p>ISBN-13: 9781955745994<\/p>\n<p>Available: Paperback, Kindle<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since Jaws emerged from the depths to create the subgenre known as sharksploitation, shark movies and their rip offs have &#8220;scared the swimsuits off us&#8221;, rendered us immobile from gut-wrenching laughter, or left us speechless with the badness of it all. Susan Snyder, a marine biologist who has experience diving with these toothy beasts, presents her perspective on a whopping 85 sharkploitation movies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sections are divided into &#8220;Rip Offs&#8221;, &#8220;The Bastardization of Science&#8221;, &#8220;The Swimming Dead&#8221;, &#8220;Mix and Match Mutants, Two for One&#8221;: &#8220;The &#8220;Versus&#8221; Movies&#8221;, &#8220;Bad Environments&#8221;, &#8220;The Big &#8216;Uns&#8221;, &#8220;Terror in the Real World&#8221;, &#8220;The Paranormals&#8221;, &#8220;Fins in Funnels: The Sharknado Franchise&#8221;, and &#8220;Shark-pourri&#8221;. Snyder&#8217;s collection includes interviews, essays, reviews, and some choice rants about the films she presents. Make no mistake, though. Despite the rants, it is clear that Snyder loves the subgenre. After reading this, I tracked down some of the movies she discussed and found a renewed interest in shark horror.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Highly recommended<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by Lizzy Walker<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Encyclopedia Sharksploitanica by Susan Snyder Madness Heart Press, 2021 ISBN-13: 9781955745994 Available: Paperback, Kindle &nbsp; Since Jaws emerged from the depths to create the subgenre known as sharksploitation, shark movies and their rip offs have &#8220;scared the swimsuits off us&#8221;, rendered us immobile from gut-wrenching laughter, or left us speechless with the badness of it<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-encyclopedia-sharksplotanica-by-susan-snyder\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4981,1100,1133,4982,4980,4983],"class_list":["post-8800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-encyclopedia-sharksploitanica","tag-horror-movies","tag-killer-animals","tag-shark-movies","tag-sharksploitation","tag-susan-snyder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8861,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8800\/revisions\/8861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}