I was going to write my top 10 list, but I decided I would mix it up and mention ten authors/books/series I enjoy that seem a little overlooked.
Baker, Nancy, "The Night Inside: A Vampire Thriller" - the truth is in the title. I'm surprised that this one is not better known.
Bergstom, Elaine, "Shattered Glass" and the Austra books - alien vampires, well-done. I also liked her novel "Mina," which was a sequel to "Dracula."
Ciencin, Scott, "The Vampire Odyssey," "The Wildlings," "Parliament of Blood" - long overdue for reprinting, they'd be hits now!
Daniels, Les, "The Black Castle," "The Silver Skull," "Citizen Vampire," "Yellow Fog," "No Blood Spilled" - the fact that these are out of print is a war crime against vampire literature.
Hambly, Barbara, "Those Who Hunt the Night" - it's not reinventing the wheel, but it is a well-done novel with a great period setting.
Martin, George R.R. "Fevre Dream" - not really that obscure a novel, but it doesn't show up on as many lists as it should. Excellent novel, would make a great miniseries.
Newman, Kim, "Anno Dracula," "The Bloody Red Baron," "Judgment of Tears" - they get a little too in-jokey near the end, but the first two in particular are great entertainment.
Reeves-Stevens, Garfield and Judith, "Bloodshift" - far ahead of their time, this book combined action, espionage, a strong female lead, and a pseudo-scientific explanation for vampires. Pick it up!
Skipp, John and Craig Spector, "The Light At the End" - want to know where the "punk vampire" image came from? Here you go. Awesome, darkly funny book.
Talbot, Michael, "The Delicate Dependency" - excellent book that I am surprised doesn't have a wider audience.
Special mention goes to: Whitely Strieber's "The Hunger," but since a movie was based on it, I don't think it qualifies as "too" overlooked
One of my favorites, though...
Message Edited by LordRuthven on 10-03-2007 11:17 PM
Baker, Nancy, "The Night Inside: A Vampire Thriller" - the truth is in the title. I'm surprised that this one is not better known.
Bergstom, Elaine, "Shattered Glass" and the Austra books - alien vampires, well-done. I also liked her novel "Mina," which was a sequel to "Dracula."
Ciencin, Scott, "The Vampire Odyssey," "The Wildlings," "Parliament of Blood" - long overdue for reprinting, they'd be hits now!
Daniels, Les, "The Black Castle," "The Silver Skull," "Citizen Vampire," "Yellow Fog," "No Blood Spilled" - the fact that these are out of print is a war crime against vampire literature.
Hambly, Barbara, "Those Who Hunt the Night" - it's not reinventing the wheel, but it is a well-done novel with a great period setting.
Martin, George R.R. "Fevre Dream" - not really that obscure a novel, but it doesn't show up on as many lists as it should. Excellent novel, would make a great miniseries.
Newman, Kim, "Anno Dracula," "The Bloody Red Baron," "Judgment of Tears" - they get a little too in-jokey near the end, but the first two in particular are great entertainment.
Reeves-Stevens, Garfield and Judith, "Bloodshift" - far ahead of their time, this book combined action, espionage, a strong female lead, and a pseudo-scientific explanation for vampires. Pick it up!
Skipp, John and Craig Spector, "The Light At the End" - want to know where the "punk vampire" image came from? Here you go. Awesome, darkly funny book.
Talbot, Michael, "The Delicate Dependency" - excellent book that I am surprised doesn't have a wider audience.
Special mention goes to: Whitely Strieber's "The Hunger," but since a movie was based on it, I don't think it qualifies as "too" overlooked
One of my favorites, though...Message Edited by LordRuthven on 10-03-2007 11:17 PM
PatienceP wrote:
Thank you. I'll explain why I asked this silly question elsewhere: let's just say that my exposure to the modern vampiric mythos somewhat colored how I read the original novel, and so I have some cognitive dissonance about Mina post-attack right now. I'd heard about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, as well, which hasn't helped.
Mina is human in the League, too. Her power seems to be that she is really, really smart
Oddly enough, I am thinking about picking up one of those Meyer books to read on my breaks at work. Kind of waffling on it, though.
I don't think the YA tag is an impediment. Look at Harry Potter and "A Series of Unfortunate Events" - I don't think Meyer is going to come close to that kind of financial success, but the YA (or even Childrens) label didn't hurt them. Just my crotchety two cents
I don't think the YA tag is an impediment. Look at Harry Potter and "A Series of Unfortunate Events" - I don't think Meyer is going to come close to that kind of financial success, but the YA (or even Childrens) label didn't hurt them. Just my crotchety two cents
