Reccomend me a great Vampire Novel
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BookSnake
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Not my genre but ...
I hear good things about Rachel Caine's Morganville Vampires series. It's classified as a teen collection, but I have heard from many adults that also enjoyed Twilight, that it is well written. Worth a shot anyway. 
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bbb2009
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Twilight
By Meyer Stephenie
Amazon Review
The book that started the phenomenon is now available in a deluxe collector's edition! Featuring a ribbon bookmark, cloth cover, ragged edges, new chapter opener designs, and a beautiful protective slipcase, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.
Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
By Meyer Stephenie
Amazon Review
The book that started the phenomenon is now available in a deluxe collector's edition! Featuring a ribbon bookmark, cloth cover, ragged edges, new chapter opener designs, and a beautiful protective slipcase, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.
Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
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Electronic Cigar
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Lucinda
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Hey there.
I need a great Vampire novel for inspiration for a piece of art I am trying to finalise.
If possible, it has to be set in ancient times or in other words not modern. Dark Ages, middle ages, etc.
I am a bit sceptical about Anne Rice after trying to read one of her novels, as it came across a bit homo-erotic for my taste.
Thx guys!
I wonder what your context is for creating your piece of art. I say this because, if as you say you prefer to seek some inspiration from ancient or other worlds, I fear that you will end up recreating a series of clich'es around the idea of vampires.
One interpretation of the genre (among many) would have us see it's origins in, if not the homo erotic, at least the erotic. Another might ask us to consider the vampire thing as a metaphor for the need for a maiden to retain her virtue against the temptations that surround her. Another, is that the myth reflects, like Frankenstein and others of the genre, man's desire to realise immortality, and because it does so outside christianity, questions the morality of such a quest. That is why it is represented as naughty, sexy, undesirable...evil.
As an artist I suggest you look within and beyond such representations. Look to what you see around you and create a metaphor to represent it the way you see it.
Why not look to a more modern interpretation of the whole idea? Think laterally.
Who in your context may be seen as perpetuating your interpretation of the vampire myth. If you want to go down the immortality line (you don't have to) ...then...who's seeking immortality and why?
Corporations? Politicians? You? Me? WHY? How?
In a modern medical context it's hard to find out if you're sick without getting a blood test. Why do we want to find out if we are sick?.....so we can live longer! I see connections between the two ideas. The viewers of your artwork will too.
There are thousands of texts that reflect cliched images of the Dracula/Vampire myth............get yourself a new one. Try contrasting the old with the new. Be creative as opposed to re-creative.
I humbly suggest you be clear in your own mind what the myth is on about before you create an artistic text around it.
I'd love to hear about what you come up with when you stand back and examine your own and then society's interpretations of the Dracula/Vampire myth.
Be an artist.....we have enough photocopiers. You can do it! I wish you well.
I need a great Vampire novel for inspiration for a piece of art I am trying to finalise.
If possible, it has to be set in ancient times or in other words not modern. Dark Ages, middle ages, etc.
I am a bit sceptical about Anne Rice after trying to read one of her novels, as it came across a bit homo-erotic for my taste.
Thx guys!
I wonder what your context is for creating your piece of art. I say this because, if as you say you prefer to seek some inspiration from ancient or other worlds, I fear that you will end up recreating a series of clich'es around the idea of vampires.
One interpretation of the genre (among many) would have us see it's origins in, if not the homo erotic, at least the erotic. Another might ask us to consider the vampire thing as a metaphor for the need for a maiden to retain her virtue against the temptations that surround her. Another, is that the myth reflects, like Frankenstein and others of the genre, man's desire to realise immortality, and because it does so outside christianity, questions the morality of such a quest. That is why it is represented as naughty, sexy, undesirable...evil.
As an artist I suggest you look within and beyond such representations. Look to what you see around you and create a metaphor to represent it the way you see it.
Why not look to a more modern interpretation of the whole idea? Think laterally.
Who in your context may be seen as perpetuating your interpretation of the vampire myth. If you want to go down the immortality line (you don't have to) ...then...who's seeking immortality and why?
Corporations? Politicians? You? Me? WHY? How?
In a modern medical context it's hard to find out if you're sick without getting a blood test. Why do we want to find out if we are sick?.....so we can live longer! I see connections between the two ideas. The viewers of your artwork will too.
There are thousands of texts that reflect cliched images of the Dracula/Vampire myth............get yourself a new one. Try contrasting the old with the new. Be creative as opposed to re-creative.
I humbly suggest you be clear in your own mind what the myth is on about before you create an artistic text around it.
I'd love to hear about what you come up with when you stand back and examine your own and then society's interpretations of the Dracula/Vampire myth.
Be an artist.....we have enough photocopiers. You can do it! I wish you well.
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dragoncub
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RealmsSlaytanic wrote:Hey there.
I need a great Vampire novel for inspiration for a piece of art I am trying to finalise.
If possible, it has to be set in ancient times or in other words not modern. Dark Ages, middle ages, etc.
I am a bit sceptical about Anne Rice after trying to read one of her novels, as it came across a bit homo-erotic for my taste.
Thx guys!
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The Mythwriter
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It's been said, but it cannot be overstated that "Dracula" is the best. It's also not nearly as graphic as the movies have tried to make it. Hard to describe, but the fear and lust, etc. are subtle and suggestive through the writing, rather than blatantly described and shoved in your face. And that's why Stoker is the master,
"Carmilla" is a an often forgotten one, and Bram Stoker used it for some inspiration for "Dracula." It's only shortcoming is that it's a novella, so it's rather short.
"Carmilla" is a an often forgotten one, and Bram Stoker used it for some inspiration for "Dracula." It's only shortcoming is that it's a novella, so it's rather short.
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Bowlie
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Besides the obvious that everyone is recommending (Dracula), The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova is a really good read. It might be what you're looking for because she goes into a little bit about Romania and Vlad the Impaler. Those are the two more traditional vampire books I can think of. Anita Blake, Southern Vampire (Charlaine Harris) and Twilight are much more contemporary. Twilight breaks pretty much all the rules of traditional vampire lore too it seems like.
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xXevernightXx
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This book was good but wasn't one of my favorites.
I don't know if u heared of a book called Bloodline it starts in the 1910's but it like ends in the 1930's i think. I know its an earlier time that u were looking for but thats i can think of. But there is the Darcula book.
I don't know if u heared of a book called Bloodline it starts in the 1910's but it like ends in the 1930's i think. I know its an earlier time that u were looking for but thats i can think of. But there is the Darcula book.
