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Summary: A Clever Concept . . . well exceuted
Review: ALmost all of the stories fell within the theme of the book. Very few were just standard vampire hunters, and some like Chris Golden's and Joe Hill's were very much outside the box. While more traditional than some of the others, the Monteleone story very much captured the turn of the century sense of wonder and other-worldly aspect of Van Helsing's mission--and had a GREAT twist at the end.This is a fun book. Get it.
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Summary: Good read!
Review: As with any collection of short stories, I liked some more than others. But it was a good collection with lots of variety & a great subject. I really enjoyed it.
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Summary: Excellent concept, and what an anthology ought to be!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed reading the stories in this intriguing book. What a pleasant surprise it should be to many readers to find an anthology like this these days, one that is NOT a shared world series based on a game or TV/Movie media tie-in. As such, this more "traditional" anthology might at first glance confuse some readers who are not used to having stories in an anthology sometimes contradict one another. But this is just the kind of anthology a great many readers should relish, presenting stories as it does with a variety of viewpoints from a variety of writers, each with a different take on the character created by Bram Stoker in DRACULA over one hundred years ago, Professor Abraham Van Helsing. For example, about all Stoker told us of Van Helsing's private life was that his wife was insane and his son dead. One of the stories in the anthology, "The Tomb of Fog and Flowers" by C. Dean Andersson, explores that theme and presents Van Helsing's first encounter with a supernatural force, but refreshingly, there are no Vampires and no Dracula present in Andersson's tale, which may surprise some who are aware of his "first person" Vampire novel, I AM DRACULA. Maybe someone will ask him to now do I AM VAN HELSING! However, other stories in this anthology do deal with events in Dracula, or with different kinds of Vampires. One even presents Van Helsing as a Vampire himself! All in all, I highly recommend this anthology. After all, the editor, Jeanne Cavelos, created and edited the excellent Abyss horror line at Dell Books a few years back, and anyone who read any of the Abyss novels should have a high regard for anything to which the Cavelos name is connected. In other words, I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: Great anthology
Review: J.A. Konrath wrote the first story and it sure did creep me out! I highly recommend getting this book of stories just for that one alone. Plus this Konrath has a book coming out in May or June which I'll be picking up as soon as its available! I'd consider this a must read!
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Summary: J.A. Konrath makes this book as scary as it is!
Review: J.A. Konrath wrote the first story and it sure did creep me out! I highly recommend getting this book of stories just for that one alone. Plus this Konrath has a book coming out in May or June which I'll be picking up as soon as its available! I'd consider this a must read!
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Summary: Vampires!
Review: No one likes stories of vampire more than I. Love a more complete explaination of any vampire! This book needs more in succession! This is a must have for your personal library!
Spooky, scary,and it gets your heart pounding!
I also recommend "Eternal Undying Love" by Brett Keane
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Summary: Great anthology
Review: Standout stories include Thomas Tessier's "Infestation at Ralls" Christopher Golden's disturbing "Venus and Mars", Rita Oaks's "Poison in the Darkness" and the sci-fi themed "Origin of the Species" by A.M. Dellamonica. Sometimes lyrical, sometimes visceral, this is a damn good anthology. Vampire fans, and all fans of dark, gothic, and horror fiction, will find something to like.
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Summary: Great anthology
Review: Standout stories include Thomas Tessier's "Infestation at Ralls" Christopher Golden's disturbing "Venus and Mars", Rita Oaks's "Poison in the Darkness" and the sci-fi themed "Origin of the Species" by A.M. Dellamonica. Sometimes lyrical, sometimes visceral, this is a damn good anthology. Vampire fans, and all fans of dark, gothic, and horror fiction, will find something to like.
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Summary: A disappointment
Review: While there are some standout stories (Thomas Tessier, Nina Hoffman, Joe Hill), there are also some clunkers. One author appears to think that "Van" is Van Helsing's first name, and many others appear to have little to do with Van Helsing other than having his name appended (a few don't even bother with that, and merely present generic vampire hunter stories). Extremely uneven.
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Summary: A disappointment
Review: While there are some standout stories (Thomas Tessier, Nina Hoffman, Joe Hill), there are also some clunkers. One author appears to think that "Van" is Van Helsing's first name, and many others appear to have little to do with Van Helsing other than having his name appended (a few don't even bother with that, and merely present generic vampire hunter stories). Extremely uneven.
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