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I' m pleased to see that Salem's lot is a suggested by many. It's also my favorite when it comes to vampires. A few years back I actually had a go with all of Anne Rice's vampire books! I wasn't that thrilled actually with the plots, just had a thing for Lestat I guess ;)
Wyndham's another good hand. He wasn't especially prolific, but his work is aces. Day of the Triffids is the most popular, but most of his works have been adapted (often repeatedly) for film, TV, and radio. There's a couple of good DotT movies out there, but your best bet is probably the '80s six-part BBC miniseries. I've also heard a six-part BBC radio adaptation that I enjoyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Muse
Anyone read Beauty of The Beast by Viktoria Faust?
I too love vampires, I'm fascinated by the general aspects of them fell in love with the idea of such a creature when I was little. I like most books and movies that have been written or filmed about vampires. I'm not too keen on then sparkles and glitter or the very erotic strange, but they have their place. I recently found a book on Amazon that caught my eye and thought I'd give it a read. It's not hocus pocus or sparkly, I actually found it a fairly good read. Like most books they have slow parts and great parts. It has some different definitions of a vampire and how they became to exist. It was written back in 1997 by Joni Jovani and titled The Journal: The Fugitives of Tyryonus and the Secrets of Vampires.
Saw this old post and revisited and I saw where I recommended Yarbro but it occurred to me -for historical purposes a sampling of Varney the Vampire might entertain you as a primeexample of early vampire novels in a pulp style. Only other thought is Fred Saberhagen's Dracula series of novels written back in the 1980s or so. The Dracula Tape is a fun read giving HIS version of how Stoker got it all wrong. From there the series gets more serious about itself and it an interesting read.--Just saying.
I doubt Varney the Vampyre has much romance in it. It's a Victorian penny dreadful. It was in the school library when I was a boy, which led to a bit of teasing as my surname is Varney. The original edition had 220 chapters.