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Summary: How did this book get published?
Review: This has got to be one of the worst books I have ever TRIED to read. I really honestly tried to get past the first chapter, but I kept falling asleep. The story was dumb and went no where. It kept moving around and I couldn't keep up with it. The characters were pretty much dopey too.
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Summary: Very enjoyable highly-creative view of the Vampire specie.
Review: Three connected novellas describe vampires as an animal specie located one link up on the food, and perhaps intelligence, chain from humans. Charnas' zoological detail satisfies the sci-fi buff and her ironic view of human - vampire interactions creates intriguing social fiction. A modern Vampire story
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Summary: One of the classic books on vampires
Review: Told from the vampire's point of view, this is a must read. A novel that you will not be able to put down. One of the classics!
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Summary: A different kind of vampire
Review: Unlike Anne Rice or even Bram Stoker's vampires, Suzy McKee Charnas' view of the vampire is more realistic and grounded. Her vampire is more akin to a scientific or evolutionary mutation. Dr. Edward Weyland is a professor at a prolific university, teaching and testing the effects of dream therapy; a clever disguise in order to lure test subjects in and victimize them for his own cravings for blood.Instead of fangs, he has a stinger on his tongue and as for garlic, crosses, holy water and sunlight, they are, to him, laughable myths that have no bearing. He knows of no other like himself and has only vague memories of the centuries he lived before and no memory at all of his life (if there was one) before becoming what he is. This is almost like an intimate character study of what a real vampire might be like and what he might go through. There are no slatherings of sexual overtones or manic violence; what little there is of both are done with a realistic detachment. If your looking for a break from the usual tale of the undead, then this should be right up your alley.
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Summary: Realistic, yet captivating!
Review: What a refreshing book in this genre of seduction and fangs. The vampire as an evolutionary branch, being a lone member of his species, struggling to survive. Reading a plausible slant on the existence of vampires was surprising, but the quality of writing here kept me reading; I was sad to finish it. Dr. Weyland as the predator, antagonist, protagonist, and main character was a fascinating perspective. A complex picture of the vampire's struggle to live among the look-alike species he feeds on was deftly painted. Each section had a steady pace and great atmosphere. Time for me to get more Charnas!
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Summary: A Different Slant
Review: Wow! This book takes a very unusual and very well plotted path to the vampire tale. Reminds me in spots of Nancy Baker's work, but this is a better written book with some thought provoking insights into the things all creatures must do to co-exist, adapt and survive. The author brings in some interesting ideas about the relationships between hunter and prey, and the inevitability of change over time. Good read. This is one to try if you are tired of Draula re-treads, and cape-and-fang skulkings.
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Summary: A Different Slant
Review: Wow! This book takes a very unusual and very well plotted path to the vampire tale. Reminds me in spots of Nancy Baker's work, but this is a better written book with some thought provoking insights into the things all creatures must do to co-exist, adapt and survive. The author brings in some interesting ideas about the relationships between hunter and prey, and the inevitability of change over time. Good read. This is one to try if you are tired of Draula re-treads, and cape-and-fang skulkings.
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