I'm actually working on a series idea, and in it there IS a species of vampire that sparkles in sunlight. Right before they burst into flame and DIE. Another one can sparkle as well, but that's a psychotropic effect, sort of a glamor they project to make their prey love them and not resist.AhumbleKnight said:I will second you on "Carpe Jugulum". That was a really good vampire story.Broken Blade said:Hm. I'd recommend Terry Pratchet's "Carpe Jugulum," because it's a good vampire story AND it preemptively deconstructs the Twilight saga (as in, like a decade before the first Twilight book). Also, I kind of like Jim Butcher's versions of vampires, so you could check out The Dresden Files (For the record, Bram Stoker's Dracula was commissioned by one of the vampire courts to exterminate another court. It's that kind of a universe).
On a side note. My wife descided to write a vampire story after reading Twilight. Her reasons? TO SHOW THE STUPID ***** HOW IT IS DONE. She hates Twilight as much as the rest of us.
I came in here to recommend this, except for the six book, which I really did not enjoy.Treblaine said:Christopher Pike's "The Last Vampire" saga.
I SERIOUSLY recommend it, they are 6 short books (work out to about 2 full length novels) and it is GLORIOUS pulp fiction of the most satisfying kind.
The plot of the first book is remarkably similar to Twilight only with genders reversed and it doesn't fuck around, there are epic-ly brutal gunfights with mercenaries, murder, lots of vampire on human hunting, vampire vs vampire knife fights.
These are not romance novels (though a romance is at the centre) these are scribed as horror-fiction though a better term is horror thriller and there is plenty of action, tension and adventure.
Be warned though, the violence and gore described is extremely graphic, but still totally badass.
You remember correctly. Salem's Lot was about vampires at their worst: manipulative beast that crave control and blood (and quite a bit of it). Good read, if you prefer your vampires to make you a bit sick, not 'horny.'tiredinnuendo said:Stephen King wrote a vampire book called Salem's Lot that I remember liking when I was younger, though I'm not sure how well I'd enjoy it now. I seem to recall that it did vampires correctly, which is to say "complete monsters who look human". Too many vampires nowadays either aren't monsters or don't look human.
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Dracula is a Racist is a good one if you want some humour. I was skeptical this was a real book since the first announcement came on April 1st, buuut it seems to have actually materialised. I'm not finished reading it yet, but I enjoyed it thusfar.Julianking93 said:Since the release of those piles of shit books known to the masses as "Twilight", I've noticed it has become rather difficult to find any good fiction (or nonfiction for that matter) books having anything to do with vampires.
If you search "Books on vampires" the only thing that will be shown are the Twilight books and since I don't have any interest whatsoever in those, I ask the Escapist to recommend any books worth reading on the subject of vampires or even Dracula himself.
Try not to name the obvious like "Bram Stoker's Dracula"
I would reccomend "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova, I really enjoyed it.Julianking93 said:Since the release of those piles of shit books known to the masses as "Twilight", I've noticed it has become rather difficult to find any good fiction (or nonfiction for that matter) books having anything to do with vampires.
If you search "Books on vampires" the only thing that will be shown are the Twilight books and since I don't have any interest whatsoever in those, I ask the Escapist to recommend any books worth reading on the subject of vampires or even Dracula himself.
Try not to name the obvious like "Bram Stoker's Dracula"
BLASPHEMY!! Pike's Last Vampire books are the ultimate antidote to Meyer's Twilight FAIL!!!marter said:I came in here to recommend this, except for the six book, which I really did not enjoy.Treblaine said:Christopher Pike's "The Last Vampire" saga.
I SERIOUSLY recommend it, they are 6 short books (work out to about 2 full length novels) and it is GLORIOUS pulp fiction of the most satisfying kind.
The plot of the first book is remarkably similar to Twilight only with genders reversed and it doesn't fuck around, there are epic-ly brutal gunfights with mercenaries, murder, lots of vampire on human hunting, vampire vs vampire knife fights.
These are not romance novels (though a romance is at the centre) these are scribed as horror-fiction though a better term is horror thriller and there is plenty of action, tension and adventure.
Be warned though, the violence and gore described is extremely graphic, but still totally badass.
I would like to warn people that Anne Rice's books are NOT very exciting, action backed or thrilling. I (personally) couldn't stand the books to hear these vampire moan on for hours and HOURS about their apparently sucky emo lives.William Ossiss said:try the Anne Rice vampire novels. i havent read them myself, but my girlfriend tells me they are pretty good. or salems lot (the only vampire novel ive ever read)
Sneaky ninja! who can also remember what it's called.SuccessAndBiscuts said:I would reccomend "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova, I really enjoyed it.Julianking93 said:Since the release of those piles of shit books known to the masses as "Twilight", I've noticed it has become rather difficult to find any good fiction (or nonfiction for that matter) books having anything to do with vampires.
If you search "Books on vampires" the only thing that will be shown are the Twilight books and since I don't have any interest whatsoever in those, I ask the Escapist to recommend any books worth reading on the subject of vampires or even Dracula himself.
Try not to name the obvious like "Bram Stoker's Dracula"
*laughs heartily*paulgruberman said:If you're tired of the "I'm so goth I shit bats" vampire stories,
Oh hell yeah, which also reminds me of Clive Barker (Just Clive Barker really) but Nightbreed(Cabal).Pulse Reality said:The Day Watch, the Night Watch, and the Twilight Watch.
Russian Vampires. Russian Vampires!
There actually is an order to them. Butcher is also building towards an epic climax to the series (specifically, an apocalyptic trilogy because "who doesn't like apocalyptic trilogies"), so it would probably be best to read them in order. I don't remember it off the top of my head, but the wikipedia article should reveal all. Also, only one vampire shows up in the first book, but she is? definitely not your friendly neighborhood Count von Count.[/quote]Broken Blade said:I've been meaning to pick up some of The Dresden Files books, are they in any particular order because it just looks like lots of stand-a-lone books set in the same universe.
I hate to quibble, but it was commissioned by the White Council (the governing body of wizards) as a how-to manual for destroying a specific court of vampires (the black court, who are the kind of grotesque Nosferatu vampires).Broken Blade said:Hm. I'd recommend Terry Pratchet's "Carpe Jugulum," because it's a good vampire story AND it preemptively deconstructs the Twilight saga (as in, like a decade before the first Twilight book). Also, I kind of like Jim Butcher's versions of vampires, so you could check out The Dresden Files (For the record, Bram Stoker's Dracula was commissioned by one of the vampire courts to exterminate another court. It's that kind of a universe).