KEV67 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 I am reading Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. It's reminds me an awful lot of those Hammer House of Horror films from the early 70s. Vampire stories go back a long way. Which are the best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 It's been years since I've read any vampire stories, even though I was a huge fan of them in my teens and 20s. From memory, these three stood out: Dracula - Bram Stoker (of course!) Nosferatu the Vampyre - Paul Monette The Fantastic World of Kamtellar - R. Chetwynd-Hayes I can't remember much at all about the latter two, but I do still have them on my shelf, so I need to line them up for a re-read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karen.d Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I enjoyed reading 'I am Legend' by Richard Matheson. It's a psychological take on the vampire genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titus Groan Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Fledgeling - by Octavia Butler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I just read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booknutt Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Ahem!! Who has forgotten Anne Rice then?. Take a hundred lines the whole bunch of you! Have recently had the urge to buy a few of her Vampire books, heaven knows when I'll get to read them, though. Happy Christmas All. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I like her earlier vampire books, and the Mayfair Witches trilogy, but the newer Lestat books don't appeal, I read Prince Lestat and found it a slog, and haven't bothered with the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I quite liked Anne Rice's first few vampire books but the later ones I didn't like as much. I do have a couple of her books on my TBR (owned on my shelves), maybe I'll get around to them eventually. I don't know if it'd still be my thing, I read the earlier ones many years ago and my reading tastes have changed since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booknutt Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I suppose it's the same with many authors, an initial "rush" then readers get used to the style. It helps to leave a year or two and then have another go, I've often found my interest in certain authors reborn Hence my habit of hoarding books while waiting for the "flow" to return. 😊 Happy All Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adilahbisar Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I used to play a lot of the RPG Vampire:The Masquerade, and they had a cool shoot-off series of books I used to like alot. I have read just about all Anne Rice. I loved the Vampire Chronicles, but dislike any of the other series she has, such as Mayfair witches or her Jesus Chronicles. I think George R R Martin's vampire novel was cool, about the riverboat with a vampire on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEV67 Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 What is it about vampires that is cool? Many vampires are sexy, but others are not so much. There is a vampire book named after me. It's called Varney the Vampire, which was a little bit embarrassing when my school friends found a copy in the school library. I doubt any school child read it because it's thousands of pages long. Originally it was a Penny Dreadful, which I think was a forerunner of comics. I gather the quality was not that great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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