* The Book of Dave (2006) — The story of a London cab driver who suffers a mental breakdown due to failed relationships, estrangement from his son and an obsession with The Knowledge. He writes a book of rantings which he buries, that is discovered 500 years later and used as the sacred text for a religion that has taken hold in the flooded remnants of London.

The Knowledge?

Oh puh-leeze. *sigh* Yet-- I shouldn't talk-- he sells and I,well... don't.

I wonder if that's part of some viral marketing thing? There're ads at bus stops all over Chicago for some blood-based energy drink marketed at vampires. I keep meaning to poke around and find out what that's all about.

Those are for the upcoming HBO series that's based off of the Sookie Stackhouse books.

I thought they'd hit the vampire limit with the Jane Austen as vampire story, but apparently, I was wrong.

There is no such thing as a vampire limit. There are those of us who LIKE vampire fiction and yet cringe at most of it that is out there.

I didn't mean vampire fiction in general, because that's been around forever and I don't see it going anywhere (nor should it) but more in terms of where the genre has gone.

The suffragette one COULD definitely be interesting if written well, but I stand firm that turning Jane Austen into a vampire was just wrong.

I didn't mean vampire fiction in general, because that's been around forever and I don't see it going anywhere (nor should it) but more in terms of where the genre has gone.

Oh, I get quite cranky about where the genre has gone. I l like fluffy vampire novels (which is why I read a lot of YA ones), but most paranormal/vampire "romance" novels make me roll my eyes and start ranting about how today's vampires lack a true menacing edge. It usually devolves into me cursing White Wolf Games, for I am nothing if not predictable.

Jilli, were you the one that mentioned the Vampire Kisses series recently? I picked one up the other day and they are so darn cute that I had to go back for the rest. I'm on the third one now.

The Knowledge?

Hee. I like that one. I pulled a similar deal in a D&D campaign, I had a family of halflings who'd formed a religion from a bunch of papers from a wizard's laboratory, including shopping lists, family recipes, one or two pages of genuine prophecy, and a pulp fiction novel detailing the adventures of the gnome swashbuckler Casanunda and his fights against Baaztor, the hideous beast-man of Draenor.

A religion based on the Knowledge would be a lot of fun.

Hmm, your version, I like. Maybe it's the gnome swashbuckler factor.

Jilli, were you the one that mentioned the Vampire Kisses series recently?

Oh, probably, since they're my very favoritest YA vampire series.

I picked one up the other day and they are so darn cute that I had to go back for the rest. I'm on the third one now.

They are very cute. And they just keep getting more and more charming. They're on my list of "comfort reading", because they make me so happy.

Have you read the magnas too? I am looking at one right now and the stripey couch looks so Jilli.

Jilli, my friend Alyssa Day, who writes a paranormal romance series based on Atlantis caught absolute SHIT from readers who excoriated her for making the vampires in her stories--wait for it-- the villains. She actually got hate mail and poor amazon reviews because "I can't believe she made the vampires EVIL. They're supposed to be the HEROES."

:rolls eyes forever::

Hee. I like that one. I pulled a similar deal in a D&D campaign, I had a family of halflings who'd formed a religion from a bunch of papers from a wizard's laboratory, including shopping lists, family recipes, one or two pages of genuine prophecy, and a pulp fiction novel detailing the adventures of the gnome swashbuckler Casanunda and his fights against Baaztor, the hideous beast-man of Draenor.

billytea, I'm going to mention this to my husband. His favorite character ever that he played was a halfling. He may get rather a good giggle out of this.