Recommend me good fictional tales about vampires.

[bixente]

I would be very appreciative if you would do so. :D

[Arkham House]

1. John Ford's "The Dragon Waiting"...

...might be hard to get hold of now, but it's utterly enchanting...and totally unlike anything else...

[khashka]

2. OK

Lost Souls -Brite. Vampires, drugs, incest, blood, rape, homosexuality, the love two straight guys can have for each other, runs the whole gamut.
Camilla - LeFanu. The original lesbian vampire story.
Dracula - Stoker. A Victorian guy's wet dream.
Jack- Willis. It's never clear if Jack really is a vampire or not but it always makes me cry.
Midnight Blue - Collins. A collection of all the Sonya Blue novels. She's both human and vampire at the same time.

Hope that helps.

Khash.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Seconding Lost Souls

I love Poppy. :)

[khashka]

9. Me too

Loved "Drawing Blood" and the short story "The Elder" was beyond brilliant.

Khash.

[bicentennial_baby]

18. Drawing Blood is my favorite long piece of hers...

The entire Wormwood collection is just something else.

[khashka]

19. It's surely the most emotional of her novels

When his father kills himself and the rest of the family except the main character and he wonders why his dad didn't kill him too. Didn't his dad love him enough? It just breaks your heart.

As for Wormwood, the original title is Swamp Fetus. In Europe, where I got my copy they use it. In the US they changed the title. Why?

Khash.

[yellowdogintexas]

3. an excellent and quite different Vampire series: Brian Lumley

a British author

The first book is 'Necroscope'

here is his website. I really did like the ones I have read so far. I got up to #6 before I ran out of books.

[Crazy Dave]

4. Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles"

I thought the first three books were great and felt that's where she should have ended them. Wasn't very impressed with "The Tale of the Body Thief" and never went past that one in the series.

Others may disagree but that's my recommendation

[khashka]

11. I thought she lost it after Interview

The next two were OK, but she made the mistake a lot of writers make and fell in love with her villain. And she shouldn't have killed Claudia, who in many ways was the most interesting character. After Body Thief I mostly quit reading them. The few I've tried have been drivel.

Khash.

[Deja Q]

5. "Sand" (from the TV series "Blake's 7", 1981)

Maybe "State of Decay" (from the TV series "Doctor Who", 1980) but "Sand" is rather better - far more original too...

[khashka]

14. Sand is better

but doesn't have Lalla Ward dressed as Van Helsing!

Khash.

[Fox Mulder]

7. Bram Stoker's Dracula...

Anne Rice's Interview With The Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, and Memnoch the Devil. Also, any of Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files would be great. The protagonist is a wizard who deals with vampires, as well as fairies and demons.

[Richardo]

8. Aren't they all?

Fictional, I mean? If not: :scared:

[bixente]

10. lol

I can't believe I would be so silly.

Anyway, thanks very much, everyone. I shall investigate on the titles you've given mention to.

[khashka]

15. Nope

There are people who identify as vampires - both blood drinking kind and the psychic kind.
My lover asked why the temp drops nearly 20 degrees when I walk into the room, I told him a boy has to eat.

As both, I can attest vampires can be real. We just don't get that immortality thang, damn it.

khash.

[Fox Mulder]

16. That would be cool if they were...

real.

I'd love to be immortal. :)

[jus_the_facts]

12. 'Salem's Lot ~ Stephen King

[supernova]

13. Joss Whedon's world is cool

It's about a lot more than vampires, but they use the conventions of this genre to great effect.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff, Angel. I have both complete sets of DVDs.

[AmyDeLune]

17. Wait, you mean there are tales about *REAL* vampires?!?

:scared: :scared: :scared:


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