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Dracula and Carmilla are the two best vampire stories ever written word the end. Cary
Has anyone read Blood and Angels by tony rees? I like the way he has stripped away some of the more OTT aspects of vampires and kinda kept it more grounded in reality
Vampires grounded in reality. Hmm for a being that is suposed to be occult and supernatural. That is rather odd. Is it one of those books that make plausable reasons why people are vampires like they got a disease. Which makes them drink blood,and avoid the sunlight, and achieve imortality? Books like I Am Legend are pretty cool. But they really don't embody the classic Gothic vampire. Which is what I like. Plus belief in magic is not all that ungrounded in reality. Ancient vampire superstions are no more unbelievable than Moses parting the Red Sea or Jesus raising Lazerus, or Jesus personal resurection. That is what is so cool about old school vampires. They are very closely associated with the Catholic church. Commiting an excomunication type sin is how you became a vampire. So it's a leap of faith. If you believe in God. Then belief in the occult powers of evil is not all that unbelievable. Matter of fact it's pretty grounded.
I love the 'House of Night' series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. It's real good, beter than Twilight in my opinion.
I will have to read House of Night to see what all the hub bub is about. It has to be better than Twilight. I hope the vampires are not in High School. I am reading the Sookie Stackhouse/TrueBlood stories. They are the only series vampire books I like. Charlaine Harris mixes the supernatural with real places and towns down to the buildings. Also she portrays the way people think and act real well. So the books are almost believable. House of Night next on my list.
House of Night are those books about a vampire finishing school. The vampire in school stuff is getting way old. It was written by a Mom and dauther team, LOL. No more vampires in school for me.
Carissa wrote: "I love the 'House of Night' series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. It's real good, beter than Twilight in my opinion."
That good is it? =)~
I am going to glance at House of Night just because I check out everything vampire. But the description sounds lame. It was written by a mom and daughter team. The reason for this is so the Mom could get accurate information on how teenagers talk and act. As if her rich teenage daughter understood the way most teenagers think. The fact that it is about a vampire finishing school makes it sound like the Harry Potter vampire books. I hate the vampire in high school books. That angle has so been done to death. It sucked to start with. I guess if your rich or a wana be you would like that type book. I will with hold saying anything further till I read a story. If the vampires are teenagers I will throw up!
Oh and for the record just about any vampire book except Kissing Coffins is better than Twilight.
Get on yur FREAK Sookie Stackhouse fans. Southern Vampire Mysteries easily the best vampire series outside the Y A section of the library. There is a brand new book in the series to be realeased any day now. "Dead and Gone". It may already be available but our library wont have it for a couple weeks yet. I am so freaking stoked. This series is also the basis for the TV series TrueBlood. Which is in its second season and the first season is available in DVD blue ray ba bay! Whoo hoo!
I'v always felt that I, Vampire was a great read. The second in the series (The Vampire Papers) is also great, though the rest of the series is a little hit and miss.I also love P. N. Elrod's Red Death and the rest of the Jonathan Barrett series. I really liked it a lot more than the Vampire Files, though they weren't bad either. I thought Elrod did a great job of capturing America in the revolutionary times.
And, of course, I suppose I have to mention Blood of the Templar. Knights and vampires and all of that stuff.
Hotel Transylvania is also a great classic vampire book.
To be classic for me. A book or story has to be in print for 100 years. Carmilla 1872, Dracula 1997, The Vampyre,by John Polodori 1816. These three represent classic gothic vampires. All three of these vampires are not affected by the sun and can come into the daylight. These are classic vampires. They are possesed of majic powers and cursed by God. That is classic Gothic( any ideas or architechture concieved in the middle ages)Vampryes. Anything else is post classic. Just like Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is a classic, and Interview With a Vampire by Anne Rice is junk. See what I'm sayin. Or maybe not. That is not to say there are not good modern vampire stories. The are just not classics.
Cat got yur tongues. Speak up! I would think someone would at least tell me to go screw myself,LOL. L.A. Banks can blow me!
I don't have any problem with your statement. I generally view 'classic' as lasting beyond its era. And for books, I'd put it at around 20-30 years -- the world of fiction changes a lot in a few decades.But 'classic' is a relative term, so other's might have a different interpretation of it.
I understand what you mean. I understand classic in the context that "It is in the same leage as a classic or will be considered a classic or is at the top of its genere". No one ever discusess old vampire stories on this channel and it pisses me off. I love Sookie Stackhouse myself. But I would never desrcribe the southern vampire series as classic. A classic has theme, plot, and an underlying message beneath the story of a vampire.
The best book on the origins of vampires is "The Phantom World a treaties on vampires and revelants" by Dom Augustine Calmet. It discusses the Magian Posthuma which you just can't find in print, and other early gothic vampire folk lore and documented true stories. The cheapest copy I could find was $73.OO plus shipping. So I am going to have to save a few more pennies. This book is without a doubt the last word on the real origins, and beliefs surrounding western Gothic vampirism as depicted in Moravia, Stytria, Transylvania, and other Romanian states cira 1700 to 1850. I have read some pieces of it, and it is the source for real deal info. A book every real vampire fan should have in their library.
Coolio for real. They have a cheaper version of "The Phantom World" at Amazon.com that is a paper back with fewer illustrations for $35 new. Or you can get a used copy like I just did for $10. Now I have the straight dope on Vampires & Revelants, The Magia Posthuma is in this book as well as other vampire cases from circa 1700 to 1850. Plus disertations on the habits of vampires. This was written by a guy who really was a believer in vampires and the gothic legends that surrouned them. It's sraight dope from the horses mouth. Also dont forget TrueBlood season 2 http://us.mg201.mail.yahoo.com/dc/lau... Carmilla says hello to yall
Wow there is a ton of negativity in this area...
I don't see any negativity at all. Just discussions about different aspects of the vampire mythos. Also cool old writtings that support the existance of real vampires among us.
I see really cool new vampire TV shows. PBS "Research Into Real Vampires" facts from fiction. Way Coolio stuff like. In the Footsteps of Vlad the Impailer, and shows with similar titles.
Some how this link has got way of on a tangent. It says Information on Vampires, Vampyre books. I take that to mean books on the origins of vampires. Well I got the very best. The Phantom World in it's first half is a collection of European beliefs in Magic, Angeles,Deamons, and other supernatural phenomena. The second part of the book concerns easten European beliefs in Revelants & Vampires circa 1700. It has parts of the Magia Posthuma, and lots of other case files dating back to the 1700s concerning Vampires and Revelants,dark magic, and the dead coming back to life. This is a dead serious book and not recreational reading. What I would give for a real copy of the Magia Posthuma. It was written for Prince Chrales of Lorraine in 1706 and is a detailed account of the first serious investigations into vampire slayings. The Phantom world describes a couple of the most notorious cases from the Magia Posthuma. What a shame that the whole book is lost in the past. When I finish this book I will give a better description of what it all entails. Really serious reading. Good research material if you are writing books about vampires. As Sherdan Le Fanu was to discover when he wrote Carmilla. Cheers Vampire Lovers
the best vamp book ive ever read(and am reading):
dracula
dracula
Dracula is the absolute best. Carmilla I think is just as good or better. Even though it is just a long short story. I would have to toss a coin to decide between them. Carmilla is free online. Just type in Carmilla inyour browzer and hit enter. You will find about three sites with the text to Carmilla. You can read it online or print it out. As I said it is a long short story. Or a short book. So printing it would take allot of paper. I like the story well enough to own two copies of it. http://www.horrormasters.com/Themes/v... This is a great site for the best Gothic short stories, it also has Carmilla and Draculas Guest which is a short part of Dracula that Stoker for some reason took out of the original book. Horrormasters also has a werewolf section plus great horror and ghost stories. H.P Lovcraft the Color From Space, and Beyond the Mountains of Madness. It freaking rocks! Cheers, Cary
You got dat right! Horrormasters they be bad!
i am reading at the moment Sookie Stackhouse n TrueBlood they seem to be quite good
Sookie Stackhouse and TrueBlood rock. You should check out the Sookie Stachouse/TrueBlood club. That club really discusses both in incredible detail.
Favourite Vampire Series so far:House Of Night Series
Southern vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse)
Night Huntress Series
Twilight Series
Man no one writes single book vampire stories anymore. That must have been an 1800s thing. For a long time you have no vampire books being written at all. Until Anne Rice came out with what I think she intended as a single book Interview With The Vampire. Which because of its success caused her to write more books. After that vampire series books just go crazy. However most of them are YA books. Thats why I like Sookie Stackhouse. Its the only series book I like. I wish some one would write a great single book vampire story again with lots of depth and plot in the old school Gothic tradion. Like Dracula or Carmilla.
I just finished reading Let the Right One In, which is a single-book vampire story. It was originally written in Swedish, but an English translation came out, which is what I read. It was also made into a film, which I have not seen. The book focuses on bullied 12-year-old Oskar, and his relationship with a strange girl who has moved in next door, and who only comes out at night. While there are definitely vampires in this book, the real monsters are the normal people and the terrible things that humans do to each other. There are strong themes of friendship and revenge. Let the Right One In is scary, thoughtful, and completely engrossing.
I LOVED the Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood book series--i was so sad when I finished the last book knowing I have to wait until spring 2010 for the next one.I did read the House of Night and Blue Bloods Series and I enjoyed them even though the characters are young in both series.
I just finished the Blackdagger Brotherhood Series by J.R. Ward and whew! Talk about HOT! HOT! HOT! The sex scenes take a little step up from Harris' Southern Vampire Series. The series was awesome in the beginning--as she developed the characters/warriors of the brotherhood, but kind of got repeatitive by the 6th book. The story started to change a little by the 7th book, so now I am looking forward to number 8. If you read the first one and think it's too much sex -- she kind of settles down a little with the sex scenes as the series progresses.
Currently reading the Midnight Breed Series (on book 4)--it's ok.
Has anyone read the Vampire Babylon Series? It was just recommended to me.
I am tired of series books. I wish I could find a great stand alone vampire book with the starture of Dracula. I will probablly have to write it myself. With the amount of info I have gathered. I know I could do it.
Cary, have you read Let the Right One In? You might like it, and it is a stand-alone, adult novel.
Why thank you Audrey I will look it up and read the synopsis. Cary :)
I know this is a vampire community. However, I thought that a few of you might be interested in L.A. Banks' upcoming release Undead on Arrival. It comes out MARCH 31st and is the third book in her werewolf series, Crimson moon. Check out the link to her youtube video, promoting the book! THIS IS NOT SPAM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFYX9L...
Also, L.A. Banks has her next appearance coming up...
March 27
New York, NY
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