To: trekcreative{at}yahoogroups.com
From: Allyn Gibson 
Reply-To: trekcreative{at}yahoogroups.com

On Thursday, July 10, 2003 Jay wrote:

>> I have no trouble with vampires in Star Trek.

> I do.  I hate Vampires.

  I guess we'll have to agree to disagree, then.

The first novel I wrote was a vampire novel, set in the mid-6th century. 
From time to time I think about pulling it out, giving it a polish, and
seeing if there's anything salvageable in it.

I've enjoyed vampire stories in the past.  I used to like Anne Rice's work,
but I think she jumped the shark with the Lestat novels with TALE OF THE
BODY THIEF.  I -really- wanted to like MNENOCH THE DEVIL, since PARADISE
LOST is one of my favorite books--Lucifer as the ultimate hero--but it just
pissed me off endlessly.

Tom Hollard wrote a couple of kick-ass vampire novels.  LORD OF THE DEAD
(published in England as THE VAMPYRE) posits a secret history of Lord
Byron.  Dark and disturbing.

One of my favorites is Brian Stableford's THE EMPIRE OF FEAR.  What if
Genghis Khan was a vampire?  Charlemagne?  Richard the Lion-Heart? What if
Europe's ruling families were immortal vampires?  Damned interesting.

For a fun ride, P.N. Elrod's VAMPIRE FILES series is entertaining.  A
vampire is a 1930s hard-boiled detective.

So, yeah, I read vampire fiction.  And I understand those that don't.

Allyn                                    http://www.allyngibson.net
AIM: mknzycalhn                                        ICQ: 4342396

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