vampire books

Moredhel said:
Another vote for the Necroscope series here.
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Same here - the necroscope series were excellent.

Not vampires, but you might like Brian Lumley's Cthulhu Cycle books.

# The Burrowers Beneath (1974, ISBN 0-312-86867-7)
# The Transition of Titus Crow (1975, ISBN 0312862997)
# The Clock of Dreams (1978, ISBN 0-312-86868-5)
Loved the three listed above

# Spawn of the Winds (1978, ISBN 0515045713)
# In the Moons of Borea (1979, ISBN 0-312-86866-9)
# Elysia (1989, ISBN 0932445322)

Checkout wikipedia for more info on him and other books he's written.
 
daveyj27 said:
Nope, not a spoiler. The story reads from both points of view, the Vampire's and the detective's, so you know from the start what's going on.
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cool i've ordered it now (cost 53p on ebay!). :cool:

may well still check out some of these others though.
 
seek said:
in my search i think i came across that... isn't it a 50's book or something (or maybe set in the 50's)?
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1954. Time setting isn't really too relevant for it though. You can easily read it and set in in your mind as modern day. Its more a post-apocoliptic (sp?), so the technolgy and locations all work fine.
 
seek said:
in my search i think i came across that... isn't it a 50's book or something (or maybe set in the 50's)?
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yeah its pretty old.

its what the movie 'the omega man' was based on, although the movie was crap.

it was also in the simpsons as 'the homega man' - :p
 
Moredhel said:
Another vote for the Necroscope series here.
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You should definately check those 3 series out. Not exactly your normal vampires but I would much rather meet Dracula than one of these beasts.

NECROSCOPE
Necroscope
Wamphyri!
The Source
Deadspeak
Deadspawn

VAMPIRE WORLD
Blood Brothers
The Last Aeire
Bloodwars

E-BRANCH
Invaders
Defilers
Avengers

The Lost Years and Lost Years II also feature Harry and fit in bewtween Wamphryi! and The Source.

You can probably guess I have the lot and think they are a fantastic read.
 
My fave author ever Richard Laymon has a book called The Travelling Vampire Show which is pretty decent. His books are the only books I've read since I was in school
 
Another vote for Necroscope, I have read them all many times, Harry is a great, and very complex character.

Anner Rice is rather good, and an interesting take on the "realities" of vampire life and social interaction.

I am Legend is wonderful, short and easily readable in an afternoon, but thought provoking and fun.
 
Phoen1x said:
I am Legend is wonderful, short and easily readable in an afternoon, but thought provoking and fun.
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I remember starting to read I am Legend at a friends house and I ended up finishing it in 1 go. Definitely recommended, don't let the fact it's based in the 50's put you off seek as it still feels quite modern today.
 
another vote for the necroscope series, opens up a whole world of vampires inc history and evolution which intertwines with human history ,very well thought out and written books, the vampires in these books make the ones in anne rice books look like chavs.
 
Not strictly vampires but you might like it: Stalking Tender Prey - Storm Constantine. I must admit I haven't found any books that quite compare to Anne Rice but this wasn't bad.

the novels drawn upon pre-biblical mythology concerning the fall of the angels. many thousands of years ago, two races existed upon the earth. the eloim were the more advanced and comparatively few in number. they were revered as gods by primitive humans. certain of the eloim formed a group known as the watchers who descended from the high place and interacted with humanity. this created a hybrid race, the gregori. because they were not entirely humanm they needed human blood or human spirit as sustenance in order to maintain a fleshy shape. this trilogy is the story of their invasion of the human species
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Have read several of Anne Rice's books and found them all good, but make sure you read them in some kind of order because they do refer to each other a fair bit.
 
"interview with the vampire" was a fantastic novel. as was the follow up "the vampire lestat", albeit to a lesser degree. after that the series went seriously downhill. The third book (queen of the damned) had too many unimportant characters which made the novel rather dull in many chapters.

after these three the series really plummets, and gets plain stupid. "the tale of the body snatcher" was one of the most ridiculous books i've read.
some of the later books are mildly interesting, but i wouldn't particularly recommend them. in fact to someone who had never read any of them i would recommend they just read the first and leave it at that.

also anne rice is far too concerened with vampires being gay with each other. what the hell is it with female authors? they just can't seem to put pen to paper without writing slushy rubbish. vampire novels should be vampire novels, not vampire-flavoured romance/erotica.
 
seek said:
also anne rice is far too concerened with vampires being gay with each other. what the hell is it with female authors? they just can't seem to put pen to paper without writing slushy rubbish. vampire novels should be vampire novels, not vampire-flavoured romance/erotica.
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There's always been a strain of homoeroticism in vampire stories, so you can't just blame modern female authors for it.

Anne Rice BTW wrote some very pornographic bondage novels under a psuedonym which included gay scenes. So I guess she finds the idea exciting, as do a lot of other women.
 
My personal opinions:

I dont recommend The Vampire Chronicles because there is too much love and emotion for my liking.

The Necroscope Series is brilliant. I thoroughly recommend you read them, up to the Vampire World Trilogy. After that I became dissinterested.

Stephen King's Salems Lot is a Vampire Classic that has to be read by anyone with an interest in Vampires, along with I am Legend.

Another interesting one to read is The Keep....by F. Paul Wilson (I think). Very good read.
 
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