World Famous Comics: The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories
The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories
By: Various Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 640 Publication Date: October 03, 1989
Product Description: Collected here are 32 stories featuring the frightening creature--the vampire. Just in time for Halloween, this character will be shown in all its forms--male, female, alive, undead, on the prowl, in the bedroom, hungry and hedonistic, doomed and daring.
Not Free SF Reader This book is an attempt to give a chronological overview, with examples, by way of stories, as opposed to a best stories or new stories type anthology. There is little editorial content about this, other than a small introduction, and some comment on each author before their story.
There is also a small list of vampire novels and vampire films in an appendix, with comments.
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Fragment of a Novel - Lord George Gordon Byron Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Vampyre - Dr. John William Polidori Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Varney the Vampyre or The Feast of Blood - James Malcolm Rymer Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Mysterious Stranger - Anon Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Good Lady Ducayne - Mary Elizabeth Braddon Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Dracula's Guest - Bram Stoker Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Luella Miller - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : For the Blood Is the Life - F. Marion Crawford Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Transfer - Algernon Blackwood Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Room in the Tower - E. F. Benson Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : An Episode of Cathedral History - M. R. James Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : A Rendezvous in Averoigne - Clark Ashton Smith Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Shambleau - C. L. Moore Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Revelations in Black - Carl Jacobi Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : School for the Unspeakable - Manly Wade Wellman Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Drifting Snow - August Derleth Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Over the River - P. Schuyler Miller Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Girl with the Hungry Eyes - Fritz Leiber Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Mindworm - C. M. Kornbluth Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Drink My Blood - Richard Matheson Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Place of Meeting - Charles Beaumont Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Living Dead - Robert Bloch Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Pages from a Young Girl's Journal - Robert Aickman Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Werewolf and the Vampire - R. Chetwynd-Hayes Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Love-Starved - Charles L. Grant Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Cabin 33 - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Unicorn Tapestry - Suzy McKee Charnas Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Following the Way - Alan Ryan Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Sunshine Club - Ramsey Campbell Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Men and Women of Rivendale - Steve Rasnic Tem Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Bite-Me-Not or Fleur de Feu - Tanith Lee
Exhumation surprise.
3 out of 5
This is very ordinary, there are many vampire stories you should read before this one. If you are seriously into vampire books, or the history in vampire literature, then give it a shot, even if only for research purposes, no real reason to bother with it otherwise.
2.5 out of 5
A compilation of a serial vampire story from the Penny Dreadful era. It is not that good, although Varney could perhaps be an ancestor of Spike's, from Buffy. It is worth a look for historical interest, and how it was done then, but modern angsty vampire fans aren't going to find much of interest here, I would think.
2 out of 5
Have at thee, vampire!
3.5 out of 5
Geez, that vampire chick's pretty hot.
4 out of 5
Servant sucking.
3 out of 5
Dracula's guest employs some of the creep local folk tales and legends. The significance of a blue flame from the ground, the howling of wolves, that sort of thing.
Here, a coachman in a coach drawn by midnight black horses, picks up a traveller. He is growing increasingly freaked out all the time.
4 out of 5
Local dying.
2 out of 5
Treasure and a draining woman.
3.5 out of 5
Dead earth man.
3.5 out of 5
Prefer accomodation without women rising from the grave, please.
4 out of 5
Scaredy dog from altar tomb terror.
3 out of 5
A wandering minstrel has finally organised a tryst. He doesn't expect to get lost on the way there through a forest of ill repute. Nor does he expect do do any vampire slaying in a sorcerous castle.
3.5 out of 5
Shoot vampire gorgon women, don't ask them in for dinner.
4.5 out of 5
Bad book, loony author, and a bloodsucker.
3.5 out of 5
A guy named Felcher, singing Satanist songs to people, in duet. And he's a lackey. I kid you not.
3 out of 5
Cold weather sucks. So do vampire girls. Stay inside.
4.5 out of 5
Revenant thirst.
3.5 out of 5
Supermodels possibly creepier than vampires.
3 out of 5
Vampire forgets he is not unique, meets Mr. Pointy and Mr. Reaper.
3.5 out of 5
Vampiric entreaty answered.
3 out of 5
When you run out of people it is bloodsucker sleepytime.
3.5 out of 5
Wartime castle holding vampire impersonation carried off entirely too well for continued good health of actor.
3.5 out of 5
Italian holiday ends in undead fashion.
3 out of 5
Dog people more at risk of lycanthropy. Priest bitten by werevamp, vampire and werewolf more at risk of who the hell knows?
3.5 out of 5
Shagging desperation.
3 out of 5
St. Germain's camping conversations turn up an exsanguinary suitor to stop.
3.5 out of 5
Vampire shrink session.
4 out of 5
Jesuit juice.
2.5 out of 5
Strange diet.
3 out of 5
Vampire family revelation.
3.5 out of 5
Lion bashing and bloodsucking.
3 out of 5
The Essential Book of Vampires With stories dating from 1816 (Lord Byron's "Fragment of a Novel") to 1984 (Tanith Lee's "Bite-Me-Not..."), this anthology has everything a vampire lover could want. Not only are the stories all top-notch, but the introductory notes for each story by Alan Ryan are fascinating glimpses into the ever-changing mythos of vampire lore. There are too many highlights to mention, but the sublime thrills of "The Drifting Snow" by August Derleth and "Drink My Blood" by horror master Richard Matheson are guaranteed to give you shivers.
Wow, Vampires Used To Be Scary! In the last couple of decades, vampires have been emasculated and neutered. Modern sensationalist authors have turned vampires into forbidden lust objects and sensitive outcasts, rather than the embodiments of pure evil that they're supposed to be. If you're unhappy with the insufficient horror of current vampire tales, track down this collection or one like it. (At least some editions of this volume, originally from 1987, will be difficult to find, but you could also try to locate a different collection that features the old stories I will discuss here.) Enthusiasts will know that vampires were significant in medieval folklore, especially in Eastern Europe, and the earliest of the stories here reflect these true robust traditions. We get "The Vampyre" by John Polidori (1819) and "Varney the Vampyre" by James Malcolm Rhymer (1845), both of which were incredibly influential for all subsequent horror writing. Another early treasure in this book is a lost chapter from Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897).
After this, writers started to get creative with the vampire mythos, growing the literary tradition in fascinating and always frightening ways. This collection's greatest find is the stupendous "Shambleau" by C.L. Moore (1933), a terrifying early landmark for both horror and science fiction. Other old favorites include "Revelations in Black" by Carl Jacobi (1933) which explores the connections between vampires and insanity; and "Over the River" by P. Schuyler Miller (1941), a truly disturbing and upsetting tale of a man who has become a vampire against his will and is rejected by his loved ones. On the fun side, down miss the freaky supermodel vampire in Fritz Leiber's "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes" (1949) or Robert Bloch's actor who plays a vampire way too well in "The Living Dead" (1967). By the time we get to the 70s and 80s we get early goodies from excellent and still active authors such as Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Ramsey Campbell, and Tanith Lee. The emerging modern development of vampire literature can be seen in "Unicorn Tapestry" by Suzy McKee Charnas (1980), which is stronger than today's unscary schlock but is a chilling omen of the currently rampant vampire-as-forbidden-lover motif. Fans of real horror and real vampires must pick up this collection, or one with similar story selection, that compiles these important and truly scary old classics. [~doomsdayer520~]
This book has it all ! A very worth-while compilation of landmark short stories and excerpts from novels. This book is a note-worthy introduction to vampire fiction from its written origins. I can't recommend this book enough as the perfect "starter" book for the vampire fiction enthusiast. "The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories" will inspire any reader to build a vampire fiction library ! There is also an invaluable bonus, the back of the book lists notable vampire fiction and movies. Terrific for those who want to discover more.
Excellent starting platform for traditional vampire fiction This was one of several anthologies I picked up in an effort to accumulate much of the early English-language vampire fiction written. This book is excellent, not limiting itself to extremely short stories, but not excluding them either. Because it is trying to cover a broad spectrum it does include many well-known stories which will already be familiar to the accomplished vampire-reader. But it also includes old-fashioned stories of "poor quality" which were written to be mainly sensationalist, but which ended up adding their flavour to many subsequent vampire stories, and other shorts which are usually only mentioned in other books and not reprinted. Instead of lowering the quality of the book, to me this heightens the experience of discovering vampiric stories. While probably not interesting for fans of modern vampire stories in which the vampire is the central character and the reader is expected to enjoy the vampire's lusts along with it, this book is an excellent place to start reading the stories which have introduced and shaped Western society's concept of vampires and vampirism.
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