Vampire/Zombie books

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by murphy

Then there's Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and her Comte Saint-Germain who is a vampire. He rarely kills anyone; only when they deserve it. The first book written was Hotel Transylvania.

While not a big follower of her work, I know several who are, and she's garnered some very good comments over the years for them. Here's a listing of her work from fantasticfiction.com:

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

And here's a list of them in series-chronological order, I believe:

C.Q. Yarbro Books - St Germain

[Coolhand]

You could try World War Z by Max Brooks. It's about a Land of the Dead style Zombie apocalypse, and is set AFTER the war. It's written in the form of interviews with the suvivors who fought in various parts of the world to reclaim the planet from the undead hords. It's funny, creepy and quite nicely satirical at times.

Good stuff.

[murphy]

C. S. Friedman wrote a book called the Madness Season about a vampire battling space aliens who had taken over the world. Very weird. She also wrote a trilogy about a psychic vampire that started with Black Sun Rising, followed by When True Night Falls and ending with Crown of Shadows. A pretty chilling story about a planet where your worst fears come to life.

[Beaker]

Just finished "I am Legend".
If you're looking for a story about the exploits of a super intelligent Vampire "taking over the world" or such like, this is not the novel for you.
In it's own right I think it is brilliant. I picked it up because I was intrigued by the idea of one man in a world of Vampires and it is a short book, so if it wasn't any good there was nothing to loose.

[j. d. worthington]

No, Matheson's novel is much more quietly insidious in its horror, I agree. And the true horror is right there from the beginning, in the title, with the total inversion of all our perceptions..... It remains a classic because it's so understated, yet it truly -- as with nearly all of Matheson's work -- is discomfiting by making us view through the protagonist's eyes, and then completely subverting everything we've ever known....

[bob cold]

Hi Murphy,

I bought C.S.Friedman's the Madness Season, following your recommendation, just for a laugh. After a slow couple of chapters I suddenly found I couldn't put it down.

Ta very much.
Bob

[murphy]

Originally Posted by bob cold

Hi Murphy,

I bought C.S.Friedman's the Madness Season, following your recommendation, just for a laugh. After a slow couple of chapters I suddenly found I couldn't put it down.

Ta very much.
Bob

I assume that means you enjoyed it. Are you going to try the Coldfire Trilogy by Friedman. That starts off with a bang. A nice torture murder scene.

[bryanspellman]

Zombies:
I'll 2nd World War Z and also add Book of The Dead (1 and 2). Short stories by top authors in Romero's world (older books). Also Monster Island by David Wellington, part of a triliogy available ONLINE for free. Cell is King's latest. part zombie part I do not want to spoil it.

And for a Zombie main character try Necropolis by Tim Waggoner.

[bob cold]

Murphy => I'll get around to those books at some point. Friedman is now on my list of authors to read.

Bob

[DL_Snell]

Zombie novels: has anyone mentioned Brian Keene’s novel The Rising? It won a Bram Stoker Award and virtually spawned the recent interest in zombies. Or what about Permuted Press’ envelope-pushing anthology, The Undead?

You should check out the The Ultimate Zombie Book List, which lists hundreds of zombie books, along with reviews, ratings, and ordering information: do a Google search to find it, since I can't post links yet

[bob cold]

Thankyou for the list. It is one of the biggest compilation of Zombie books that I've seen.

I noticed that there was a section for on-line ebooks (free/some-not-so-free).

Bob

[j. d. worthington]

Just stumbled across this one:

Sacrosanctum: Main Window

[drob1787]

Man, I read through all three pages to see if anyone had mentioned Brian Keene's 'The Rising', and there it was, almost at the end...Great zombie novel, and the sequel was pretty good, too.

Although it's not necessarily the right format for this forum, 'The Walking Dead', a comic series by Robert Kirkman, is excellent. Kirkman tells a great story, and his character development is very good. Even if you're not a regular comic reader, I recommend picking it up if you're looking for a good zombie story. Collected editions are available, so you can read large chunks of the series at one sitting.

[Ghostwriter]

Originally Posted by DL_Snell

Zombie novels: has anyone mentioned Brian Keene’s novel The Rising? It won a Bram Stoker Award and virtually spawned the recent interest in zombies. Or what about Permuted Press’ envelope-pushing anthology, The Undead?

You should check out the The Ultimate Zombie Book List, which lists hundreds of zombie books, along with reviews, ratings, and ordering information: do a Google search to find it, since I can't post links yet

I was curious about The Ultimate Zombie Book, might have to pick that one up. I love zombies, l really liked the movie 28 Days later.

[dsmith]

Originally Posted by drob1787

Man, I read through all three pages to see if anyone had mentioned Brian Keene's 'The Rising', and there it was, almost at the end...Great zombie novel, and the sequel was pretty good, too.

Although it's not necessarily the right format for this forum, 'The Walking Dead', a comic series by Robert Kirkman, is excellent. Kirkman tells a great story, and his character development is very good. Even if you're not a regular comic reader, I recommend picking it up if you're looking for a good zombie story. Collected editions are available, so you can read large chunks of the series at one sitting.

I really like the Walking Dead series. We have them in our adult graphic novel collection at my library, and I have read all of them.