We asked library student assistant Nellie Hartman what her favorite books and videos were in the Collins Library collection! See for yourself what you might be missing:
Good Omens: the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch
By Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Apocalypse (next Thursday, around lunch), the Anti-Christ (an eleven year old boy), an angel (who runs a used bookshop), a demon (who didn’t so much fall as saunter vaguely downwards), and the four Bikers of the Apocalypse (who’ve been killing time in ways you wouldn’t expect), this tale of the end of times has it all. The end of the world is right around the corner, and two immortal beings are doing everything they can to stop it in this comedy co-written by two of the best writers to ever come out of England.
Dracula
By Bram Stoker
Modern vampire novels beware; this classic is still going strong. This original tale of horror was written as a series of diary entries, telegrams and letters, making the story feel all the more real.
After the Funeral: Posthumous Adventures of Famous Corpses
By Edwin Murphy
Did you know that Mary Shelley kept the heart of her husband in her desk drawer after he died? Neither did I until I read this entertaining and unique look at the history of what happens to bodies after their owners are done with them.
American Gods
By Neil Gaiman
Do gods exist because we believe in them? In this book, yes. Shadow, an ex-con, gets hired by Mr. Wednesday as a bodyguard as they travel around America picking up the Old Gods for a fight against the New. Neil Gaiman lovingly crafts together magic and the mundane to write a novel that will have you looking at roadside attractions in a whole new way.
Ed Wood
Directed by Tim Burton
In this biopic, Johnny Depp stars as Ed Wood, a cross-dressing director who was voted the worst director in history. Tim Burton takes what could have been a story about a perpetual loser and plays up the love, enthusiasm and naivety Wood had and makes a semi-tragic tale into a joyful love letter to Wood and everyone else who just won’t give up.
Wall-E
Directed by Andrew Stanton
Set in the distant future, the world is a litter covered wasteland with no life except one little robot, Wall-E, who seems to have developed a mind of his own. When Wall-E falls in love with EVE, a robot sent to test for vegetation, he follows her across the galaxy. Even aside from the important environmental message and the sweet love story, I enjoy this film because I am 100% certain that machines have personalities of their own.