I’m re-reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels right now, primarily because I have been reading a lot of heavy stuff and I need some fluff, and also because I’m getting ready to re-watch True Blood, and also for…other reasons. You should assume, incidentally, if you haven’t read these books, that I am going to talk about […]
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The Vamps, They Are A-Changin’
I’ve been watching The Vampire Diaries. I’m not going to pussyfoot around it. My interest is purely academic; sometimes I have to force myself to sit down and watch it. Because I’m interested in the contrast between the two different vampire dramas on television right now, and I’m interested in the evolution of the TV […]
1976: A Banner Year in the New Vampire Mythos
Many people argue that Dracula was a key work in the vampire mythos, consolidating legends thousands of years old and creating a unified vision of the vampire for the West. Dracula was adapted into countless films and plays throughout the 20th century, and over 100 years after it was published, copies of this book still […]
Bloody Conclusions
Read a Czech translation of this post, done by Vera! So, I have been reading a lot of young adult vampire fiction lately. And I do mean a lot. I felt like if I was going to talk about it, I needed to read a lot to do it justice; I’m not going to opine […]
SWV Seeks May-December Stalker-Romance
Gather ’round the campfire, homechickens, because it’s story time, and I’m pretty sure that none of you have heard this one before, so listen close. It all starts with an Ancient Vampire with poofy hair, drawn to a young human female by deep inner compulsion. She’s from a broken home, and has always seemed a […]
Women and the New Vampire Mythos
The recent resurgence of the vampire genre, arguably led by Anne Rice and Buffy, has inevitably led to a lot of cultural criticism, talking about what this trend means for society, and some of the most interesting criticism is coming from people discussing the role of sexuality and women in the genre. Whether you’re talking […]
True Blood
I’d been resisting it. The ad campaigns kind of turned me off, and I thought that the last thing we needed was yet another vampire show. I realize that vampires are pretty trendy right now, and I do like the novels by Charlaine Harris, although I haven’t read them in ages, but I didn’t really […]
The Vampire Mystique
I think we can generally agree that 2008 has been the Year of the Vampire, what with the collective pop culture obsession over vampires being whipped up to a fever pitch. Societies do seem to go through various peaks of vampire frenzy, but this has been a particularly intense year, and I think that the […]