more vampire novels
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snick_backupNow that McKinley has written a vampire novel, clearly it's Patricia McKillip's turn next.
Other vampire novels of interest:
Fevre Dream, by George R. R. Martin, of all people. Actually the only novel of his I've read. Set on the Mississippi River way back when, mostly takes place on the magnificent titular paddle wheeler. Goes the route of vampires as a whole other species.
The Truth, by Terry Pratchett. Not actually a "vampire novel," but the vampire in it is adorable - he's the reason for that quote a while back. He loves flash photography (or the Discworld equivalent thereof) and dedicates himself wholeheartedly to it, even though he disintegrates with particularly brilliant flashes and has to be reconstituted. He is a vegetarian vampire, as the Cullens would say.
The Stress of Her Regard, by Tim Powers. I have not read this but want to, as I understand it's vampires + Byron, Shelley, and co. Mostly I'm interested because I discovered Powers as an author after I was in a writing workshop of his, and because he wrote a pirate book I actually liked. (Which, incidentally, is the nominal basis of the next PotC movie, but that's a whole other thing.)
"The Unicorn Tapestry," by Suzy McKee Charnas. A novella rather than a novel, with possibly the least sexy vampire sex scene every, among other things. The vampire in it is truly a cold, unappealing creature. Or possibly just a deluded human. Or possibly it's his psychologist that's a bit unhinged. In any case, this made a formative impression on me when I was younger, and is the reason that I still fundamentally disbelieve the "vampire = sexy" meme. Symbolically, the vampirism is the sex; actual copulation is redundant.
Others? Believe it or not, vampires aren't really my thing. Now that I'm a Buffyite, though, I've gotten sort of interested in the different modern representations of them.
Oh, I've also been meaning to see Let the Right One In, which someone on the flist was talking about just today; Daybreakers, which sounds like it might have some interesting worldbuilding, if nothing else; and Night Watch, which may or may not have vampires - I am unclear. It's supposed to be good, though.
Other vampire novels of interest:
Fevre Dream, by George R. R. Martin, of all people. Actually the only novel of his I've read. Set on the Mississippi River way back when, mostly takes place on the magnificent titular paddle wheeler. Goes the route of vampires as a whole other species.
The Truth, by Terry Pratchett. Not actually a "vampire novel," but the vampire in it is adorable - he's the reason for that quote a while back. He loves flash photography (or the Discworld equivalent thereof) and dedicates himself wholeheartedly to it, even though he disintegrates with particularly brilliant flashes and has to be reconstituted. He is a vegetarian vampire, as the Cullens would say.
The Stress of Her Regard, by Tim Powers. I have not read this but want to, as I understand it's vampires + Byron, Shelley, and co. Mostly I'm interested because I discovered Powers as an author after I was in a writing workshop of his, and because he wrote a pirate book I actually liked. (Which, incidentally, is the nominal basis of the next PotC movie, but that's a whole other thing.)
"The Unicorn Tapestry," by Suzy McKee Charnas. A novella rather than a novel, with possibly the least sexy vampire sex scene every, among other things. The vampire in it is truly a cold, unappealing creature. Or possibly just a deluded human. Or possibly it's his psychologist that's a bit unhinged. In any case, this made a formative impression on me when I was younger, and is the reason that I still fundamentally disbelieve the "vampire = sexy" meme. Symbolically, the vampirism is the sex; actual copulation is redundant.
Others? Believe it or not, vampires aren't really my thing. Now that I'm a Buffyite, though, I've gotten sort of interested in the different modern representations of them.
Oh, I've also been meaning to see Let the Right One In, which someone on the flist was talking about just today; Daybreakers, which sounds like it might have some interesting worldbuilding, if nothing else; and Night Watch, which may or may not have vampires - I am unclear. It's supposed to be good, though.
