Yeah, I'm not the biggest vampire genre reader out there, but even I know Laurel Hamilton in NO WAY pioneered it.
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Amy - Jul 31, 2009 10:00:27 am PDT #9740 of 28388
Because books.
Atropa - Jul 31, 2009 10:02:45 am PDT #9741 of 28388
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Carmilla! Dracula! Varny the Vampyre! Gahhhh!
Barb - Jul 31, 2009 10:03:19 am PDT #9742 of 28388
“Not dead yet!”
If you'll excuse me, I have to go collapse and try to keep my head from exploding in fury and WTF-ness.
And again, I repeat, Laurell and reality really don't have a good relationship. She lives in her own little bubble of happiness...
Calli - Jul 31, 2009 10:10:40 am PDT #9743 of 28388
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Hmm. Evidently Jes Battis wrote a book on chosen families in Buffy and Angel.
StuntHusband - Jul 31, 2009 10:11:02 am PDT #9744 of 28388
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Carmilla! Dracula! Varny the Vampyre! Gahhhh!
And that's just the 19th century.
Saberhagen predates Rice, who predates Hamilton.
Barb - Jul 31, 2009 10:17:13 am PDT #9745 of 28388
“Not dead yet!”
In trying to be fair, much as it pains me, I wonder if Laurell wasn't referring to the vampire romance subgenre-- which, even there, she DID NOT PIONEER IT, but still, I wonder if that's what she was referring to.
Calli - Jul 31, 2009 10:21:07 am PDT #9746 of 28388
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Maybe she was referring to vampire romance. I think Chelsea Quinn Yarboro's St. Germaine series was an earlier version of that subgenre.
Hmmm. I really enjoyed those books. Maybe I should try rereading one or two, and see if they've held up over the years.
Connie Neil - Jul 31, 2009 10:22:45 am PDT #9747 of 28388
brillig
Maybe I should try rereading one or two, and see if they've held up over the years
I got rid of my copies, but that was because I lost my taste for the vile humans and the nasty things they did.
Polter-Cow - Jul 31, 2009 10:28:10 am PDT #9748 of 28388
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In trying to be fair, much as it pains me, I wonder if Laurell wasn't referring to the vampire romance subgenre-- which, even there, she DID NOT PIONEER IT, but still, I wonder if that's what she was referring to.
Oh yeah, I mean, clearly she can't mean she INVENTED VAMPIRES or something. But maybe she popularized vampire romance.
erikaj - Jul 31, 2009 10:45:31 am PDT #9749 of 28388
Always Anti-fascist!
I know this is because I'm following this conversation while writing Ari Gold, but suddenly I picture LKH telling Meyer about all the supernatural ass she passes up every day. Weird, I know, but it amuses me.ETA: Not as much as it would if I could picture her trailing some long-haired werewolf dude all "Baby, please, You know my ardeur is all for you...Baby? We'll go for a ride in the Mercedes...you love that, right? You can hang your head outside and everything."