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Ames Library Notes: Monsters in books and film
Ashley Wilson, Ames Public Library
Special to the Ames Tribune
In either movies or books, a well-presented monster will always win me over. Dragons are my favorite, vampires next, followed by any manifestation of a creature of the deep, then aliens. In my opinion ghosts and paranormal activity do not really count as monsters, and werewolves are just okay; You can try to change my mind on this one, but I have yet to encounter a truly convincing werewolf shapeshifter narrative. Plus, I’m not too keen on the howling.
Dragons take the top prize for me because regardless of their assumed or presented size, they never fail to capture the imagination. “Temeraire” by Naomi Novik is a fan favorite alternative history featuring a captain serving in the Royal Aerial Corps with a dragon as his preferred form of flight. The wyverns in Sarah J. Maas’ “Throne of Glass” series are both clever and fierce, but lend a tenderness to their ot