Poll Time!
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The Horror Writers Association has announced the nominees for the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award. The six finalists for "Vampire Novel of the Century" are as follows: The Soft Whisper of the Dead by Charles L. Grant (1983), Salem’s Lot by Stephen King (1975), I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (1954), Anno Dracula by Kim Newman (1992), Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (1976), and Hotel Transylvania by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (1978).
Most of my gothic reading predates this past century, so of these titles, I'm sorry to say I've read only one: I Am Legend, which I absolutely love (and highly recommend). Anno Dracula has been on my "to read" list for some time, so I think I'll move it to the top of the pile. As for titles not listed, I do remember quite liking Barbara Hambly's Those Who Hunt the Night (1988), but I'm not certain that it's "best of the century" material. I also thoroughly enjoyed Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian (2000), although it qualifies as a 20th-century work only by the skin of its (pointed) teeth.
Once I saw this list, I was anxious to hear what you thought, my clever and well-read friends. So I ask...
[Poll #1811840]
"There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the proof of our own unhappy experience, the teachings and the records of the past give proof enough for sane peoples."
- Bram Stoker, Dracula
astromachy and manonlechat, and happy early birthday to shalna, estellye, sithdragn, reynardine, arisbe, dirtwitch, and dominique012. May all of you enjoy a wonderful day and a fantastic year to come!The Horror Writers Association has announced the nominees for the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award. The six finalists for "Vampire Novel of the Century" are as follows: The Soft Whisper of the Dead by Charles L. Grant (1983), Salem’s Lot by Stephen King (1975), I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (1954), Anno Dracula by Kim Newman (1992), Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (1976), and Hotel Transylvania by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (1978).
Most of my gothic reading predates this past century, so of these titles, I'm sorry to say I've read only one: I Am Legend, which I absolutely love (and highly recommend). Anno Dracula has been on my "to read" list for some time, so I think I'll move it to the top of the pile. As for titles not listed, I do remember quite liking Barbara Hambly's Those Who Hunt the Night (1988), but I'm not certain that it's "best of the century" material. I also thoroughly enjoyed Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian (2000), although it qualifies as a 20th-century work only by the skin of its (pointed) teeth.
Once I saw this list, I was anxious to hear what you thought, my clever and well-read friends. So I ask...
[Poll #1811840]
"There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the proof of our own unhappy experience, the teachings and the records of the past give proof enough for sane peoples."
- Bram Stoker, Dracula
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Date: 2012-01-18 08:08 pm (UTC)I did start reading The Historian once, I wasn't terribly impressed but I do mean to pick it up and finish it some time. I've read maybe five pages of various Anne Rice novels (my sister adores her books) and, well, it took the publication of Twilight to make me realise that Anne Rice isn't all that bad in the grand scheme of things.
Gaiman's The Graveyard Book had a vampire in it, but it doesn't quite count as a vampire novel (it's also firmly on the side of the 21st century).
Brian Lumley's Necroscope series is about vampires. I read the first two or three books a while back and enjoyed them immensely. Not sure if they're "best of the century" material, but they are some of the best post-Lovecraft horror I've read (not that that says much, my reading tastes are ancient).
I think I will add I Am Legend, Those Who Hunt the Night and Anno Dracula to my list of modern books I should get around to reading some day.
I suppose it's just that Stoker's successors (unlike Doyle's) never quite live up to their model (Doyle's are hit-and-miss).
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Date: 2012-01-19 12:26 am (UTC)Some others to consider might be Robin McKinley's Sunshine and Dan Simmons' Carrion Comfort.
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Date: 2012-01-19 01:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-19 04:43 am (UTC)*spoiler alert!*
Moriarty isn't really dead, either. Since he would have been the vampire to begin with.
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Date: 2012-01-19 11:02 am (UTC)As a previous commenter mentioned, it really was a game changer.
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Date: 2012-01-19 03:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-20 02:39 am (UTC)I also love Tanya Huff's Vicky Bliss/Blood series with a vampire who is bastard son of Henry VIII AND a romance writer by night!
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Date: 2012-02-03 11:15 pm (UTC)Oh, this was about Vampires... well Interview with The Vampire was something of a game changer but I can't say I like Anne Rice's writing very much and her Vampires were so boring at times.