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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2008 1:44:37 GMT
Yes, there is a book called Vampire High by Douglas Rees, but it has nothing to do with the television show. I was going through the children's section of the library (they get all the neat books), and came across it. I thought it was pretty cute, not stellar, but a good read.
Any other obscure vampire books out there (which excludes the Twilight series, Anne Rice, Anita Blake, things like that)? I've only recently read a few, including Vampire High, and Vampire Breath by R. L. Stine. Oh, and I Am Legend, but I'm a bit torn as to whether that's obscure or not. Especially with the movies, but they don't really reflect the book.
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Post by Scanjet on Jul 23, 2008 12:35:01 GMT
Well I have seen this when I have seen searching for Vampire High on Google, is it worth a read? I mean what is the story behind the book?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2008 5:11:57 GMT
The book's basically about a kid who goes to a vampire highschool. He's one of the few humans there, and the vampires are just a different culture of human with a blood dependency. The kid has to fit in after messing up a lot and stepping on people's toes.
I'd suggest getting it at a library if you have nothing else to read. You aren't missing a whole lot if you don't, but it does pass the time.
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Post by grotchops on Jan 5, 2009 20:50:16 GMT
The book Vampire High by Douglas Rees has nothing to do with the series, the series is the brain child of Mark Shekter, and by the way the book isn't half as good as the series.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2009 21:50:16 GMT
I think I mentioned in my original post that they're unrelated (titles aside). Though I don't really think they're that comparable since they follow two different vampire mythoi and dissimilar plots.
Personally, I didn't like the book's particular mythos, but it was a unique-ish take on vampires and the epilogue was a nice touch, so those got points. I'm more a fan of the standards -- vampires-as-metaphors-for-sex, vampires-as-blood-drinking-mindless-undead, vampires-as-blood-drinking-sentient-undead, etc. -- in original story lines.
What are your thoughts on it, grotchops, aside from it's not "half as good as the series"?
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