> Travis Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<snip>
> >And I fear I can't share your enthusiasm for Ann
> >Rice...
> Really? Why not?
<shrug> I just didn't really care about what happened
to the characters, and that's pretty much the 'kiss of
death' for me and any book series. It's one of the
major reasons why I adore most Brin novels, and don't
care much for say, G Bear books.
> >hmm, you yourself have a 'bit of a thing' going
> >there, eh? ;)
> I have always been interested in the vampire myth.
> And it just so happens
> that Anne writes the best vampire fiction (IMO), and
> does it in a way that
> makes *Anne Rice vampires* entirely different from
> the classic vampire. They
> are, dare I say, more human than human (to borrow a
> White Zombie song title there).
Hah, sidestepping the implication of liking an older
woman! [OK, I have no idea how old Anne Rice is, but I
was teasing back WRT my interest in Spike and Angel
which you referred to as 'older men.'] <grin>
Vampires are a peculiarly seductive lot, I agree,
although I think that erotic quality didn't really get
developed until ~ the Victorian age(?); the 'original'
Nosferatu is quite disgusting IIRC, and the stories
I've heard of Vlad Tepes make him a genuine monster of
a man. It's all that suppressed sexuality and
tightly-reined desire... Are vampires as popular in
Europe, given the absence of Puritanical
underpinnings? (I'm assuming that in GB, the source
of Victorian 'delicacy,' such sensual vampires are
equally attractive.)
Debbi
But It's Only The Ones With Souls Who Are So
Compelling Maru :}
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