Vampire Books Fans, Fangs and Writers discussion

Just wondering what everyone's LEAST favourite Vampire story was!

The other day I got hold of a short story in which Captain Scott (Scott of the Antarctic) reveals in one last letter home that in reality he was A VAMPIRE!

Oh dear.

As my friend (who read it with me) said, "It's lazy". Yolens and Harris have this idea, and it does have the merit of being original ("good taste" is not an issue here) but they do very very little with it. Scott "just picked up" vampirism like an STD after a lifestyle of debauchery; he surreptitiously drains his expedition colleagues at night; he goes to the South Pole because he thinks he might like to kill himself there... The whole "vampirism" theme is like a glaring red filter stuck over the events of the Expedition, but it doesn't add anything new at all. Fictional Captain Scott honestly might as well have been a werewolf or a were-Yeti for all the insight this story gave!

I guess if reading that has taught me anything, it's that if you're going to go with vampires as a theme... Go deeply into the characters' choices, the angst, the consequences.

My 0.2c. Anyone else read a vampire story that sucked, and if so, how did it suck?

I haven't as yet read them - just looked at them like "OMG - they didn't" road crash style:
Mr. D'arcy, Vampire, and, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.

Oh yeah, and "Vampire Darcy's Desire"!

My reaction is, "What extra insight does vampirism provide into Austen's tightly-buttoned-up environment"? I'm not seeing the connection.

Jack the Ripper was a vampire? Makes LOTS of sense! Lord Byron was a vampire? Ditto! We're talking shadowy, dangerous worlds here, vampires fit in just fine. But... Jane Austen?

I agree. I can't really wrap my head around that one. :-?

I think there's also a vampire book for Queen Victoria in the style of the Abraham Lincoln one. Eek.

Must agree - Eeek!

Captain Scott a vampire! HMG that really sucks and not in a good way

I'm going to say this, and hope to not be killed. -ducks down, ready to run-
Twilight
-runs away screaming-

doomed2darkness -

Ooh, contentious... But I agree with you. Not a fan of Meyer's prose-style or her plotting (...baseball?) and in my experience sparkly men don't tend to crush on chicks ;)

Lol high five for that! lol

Bibliotheque wrote: "doomed2darkness -

Ooh, contentious... But I agree with you. Not a fan of Meyer's prose-style or her plotting (...baseball?) and in my experience sparkly men don't tend to crush on chicks ;)"

So agree on that one. :-)

Bibliotheque wrote: "doomed2darkness -

Ooh, contentious... But I agree with you. Not a fan of Meyer's prose-style or her plotting (...baseball?) and in my experience sparkly men don't tend to crush on chicks ;)"

When they do I think it is called stalking !

I don't like twilight either. I have no idea how my friends like it.

REAL MEN DON'T SPARKLE!!!! XD

I was yelled at by one of the twilight fan groups for a while until I said that I loved twilight....it was scary..(<><>).. XD

And real men also don't watch their girls sleep while just sitting in the corner of their room... unless you're my ex.. who was a pedophile in the making.

....

(I won't "lower the tone" in here by using the word I would like to use about your ex.) Yes, you don't sit in the corner of the room and watch a girl sleeping without her permission. That is not romantic, it's sick.

Bibliotheque wrote: "(I won't "lower the tone" in here by using the word I would like to use about your ex.) Yes, you don't sit in the corner of the room and watch a girl sleeping without her permission. That is not ro..."

I totally agree....

Yeah.. but let's move onto a diff convo before I end up puking from lack of intelligence.. even being intelligent about a book without intelligence is less intelligent then being intelligent... yeah, beat that!

I really disliked Red-Headed Stepchild
It was too similar to another writer I really liked and I did not like the unoriginal characters and silly plot devices (vampires can be killed with apple cider bullets).

Bibliotheque wrote: "Just wondering what everyone's LEAST favourite Vampire story was!

The other day I got hold of a short story called "Requiem Antarctica" by Jane Yolens and Thomas P. Harris, in which Captain Scot..."

Do know where I can get hold of this story? I have friends that are descendants of Scott's antarctic expeditions and it would be such a joke to send them this story as a Christmas present!

worst story....i'm sorry to you twilight fans.... it's gotta be twilight...

^_^ Thank you!

for me, i found something WORSE than twilight...

*sings the tune for the funneral march*...

THIRST!

I completely agree about Twilight, but Thirst was possibly one of the most boring, whiny vampire books I've read. I don't really know how you make that long of a life boring, but he managed...

Hmm.. that boo has been on my list to read for quit some time now.. i guess I'll take your advice though and take it off...

Well the reviews of Thirst have put me off getting it

Didn't care for twilight to much myself. Too kiddish. you should try The Undead heart by Tate Jackson. It's on sale for the next few day as a kindle version for .99 then it goes back to 12.99. you dont have to have a kindle handheld t get the book. Amazon offer a kindle PC version you can download for free. there's alot of drama in it but after the first couple of chapters it gets really funnt. The family arguement are hysterical. you can check out the aouthers site at http://www.theundeadheart.yolasite.com and read the 1st chapter free. (Although this is not an erotica book it does contain sex (not too graphic) violence and adult language. Parental discretion is advise.)

Beth how many more times are you gonna promote that book? lol

The most boring vampire film I saw was on late night TV and it was called THE LAST and it was very boring, no plot, poor acting.

The only decent thing in it was a girl that kept taking her top off and she got killed by the vampire.

He shot her! Yes a vampire had a gun! and it was in daylight, why bother having a vampire story when the vampire walks about in the sunshine shoting people!

I am going to be killed here, but I actually like Twilight.....but not so much for the vampire story. I get crap all the time because I am more on team Jacob than any. Yes, it was a 'bad' vampire story, but not a 'bad' book.
I haven't read too many vampire books, but I have watched alot of vampire movies. Out of all the vampire books I have read, Twilight could be the worst. I am currently reading Dracula, which is good, but hard to read. I like the story, but the language is hard to follow. It is taking me forever to read. When I am done, I will be starting 'Thirsty' by Tracey Bateman. Has anyone read this one? What is your opinion?

I like Twilight, but now that it is starting to have alot of fans and whatnot. I kind of stop liking it. I love her descriptions about the book.

I totally agree with Tesa Really Men Do Not Sparkle especially Vampires.

wolf spirit wrote: "I totally agree with Tesa Really Men Do Not Sparkle especially Vampires."

I agree, I have seen the Twilight Saga movies just because I liked Breaking Dawn and I want to see how it turns out.

I really liked the Vampire Academy novels. At first it was a little confusing but it got really good. I can't wait for the next one to come out!

I love the Vampire Academy novels. They are what a vampire should be known as.

Exactly, i mean it explains them, gives them history, and ther is a hott guy. If they turn that into a show/movie he better be smokin:)

twilight saga.. its an insult to vampires!!!

I hear you Kenise. Demitri would be hotttttt!!! Sometimes films don't even descripe the character from the book that well. In the book you can manipulate the character into your own image.

I know, Its funny because I say that characters from books are hot, but I don't even know what they look like its all in my head:)

Fariha wrote: "twilight saga.. its an insult to vampires!!!"

AGREED.........except I liked breaking dawn. she should have started there then continued

i hated breaking dawn the most!! all tht stupid hype about a war that never happened!! cmon if volturi were as evil as they say they were they wud hav fought wid em no matter wht!

Just tried to view a vampire film called Vampire Diary (No not that one!)made like a video documentary and it way more like blair witch project and would have been more exciting if the Blair was Tony Blair!

It is not a vampire film it is an art film it is fine as a arts film but I can not take it when a vampire gos out hunting every night and then when she drains the blood of a friend asks a human girlfriend to help her get rid of the body to which he is not dead and the vampire suggests they call a doctor (not as a joke) but the human girl says no they should kill the friend (er ... why?) the vampire then gets out a gun and shots him, I hate to think where she was hiding the gun and what was she doing with a gun when trying to get a dead body into the trunk of a car? at that point I turned it off.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vampire-Diary...

I loooooooooooooooved the twilight saga before, but the film totally ruined my version of characters...so I kinda hate it now :(

Kenise*Dreaming as if I'll live forever* wrote: "I know, Its funny because I say that characters from books are hot, but I don't even know what they look like its all in my head:)"

Breaking dawn was really boring the only the reason I finished was cause I needed to discuss it with my friend! I mean with all that waiting and no fight??

Roxanne wrote: "Twilight. Sorry Twilight fans. I hate emo vampires that sparkle."

hear hear!! lol!! especially the ones who also has the tendency to stare at you when you're sleeping!! talk about being creepy beynd imagination!!

Roxanne wrote: "Fariha wrote: "Roxanne wrote: "Twilight. Sorry Twilight fans. I hate emo vampires that sparkle."

hear hear!! lol!! especially the ones who also has the tendency to stare at you when you're sleepin..."

lol i wonder if theres anything wrong with people who swoon when they see someone stalking them!

I thought Twilight was OK but I've read better

I'm not sorry to say this. I think the worst vampire story is Twilight, with Edward being the worst vampire pictured.

Starbuckjr wrote: "I'm not sorry to say this. I think the worst vampire story is Twilight, with Edward being the worst vampire pictured."

hear hear!

Starbuckjr wrote: "I'm not sorry to say this. I think the worst vampire story is Twilight, with Edward being the worst vampire pictured."

I agree wholeheartedly ;)

Fariha wrote: hear hear!

maybe i should also add that it's the most overrated piece of fiction ever too.