Maybe if Anne Rice's books during her «Christian era» did as well
as her Vampire books we wouldn't be having this dialogue.
Not exact matches
Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common
as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult
book series, are fantastical (one is about
vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).
How do you feel about the Twilight
books as opposed to King's
vampire books?
As far as examples of strong women in media, I can only cite the ones that I've appreciated — Buffy and Willow from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Zoe, Inara, and Kaylee from Firefly, and Joan and Peggy from Mad Men (I love Peggy so much), Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games (the books, as I haven't seen the movie
As far
as examples of strong women in media, I can only cite the ones that I've appreciated — Buffy and Willow from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Zoe, Inara, and Kaylee from Firefly, and Joan and Peggy from Mad Men (I love Peggy so much), Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games (the books, as I haven't seen the movie
as examples of strong women in media, I can only cite the ones that I've appreciated — Buffy and Willow from Buffy The
Vampire Slayer, Zoe, Inara, and Kaylee from Firefly, and Joan and Peggy from Mad Men (I love Peggy so much), Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games (the
books,
as I haven't seen the movie
as I haven't seen the movie).
(CNN)-- The
books and movies of the Twilight Saga have launched a firestorm of debate
as to whether the
vampire - human love story represents eternal love at its finest or glorifies misogynistic and abusive relationships.
Many of the popular dating site features are here, such
as the ability to set up a «black
book» (which gives you special access to a members private photos), IM chat capabilities, email within
Vampire Dating, and the popular flirt function.
This entry ties in more with the comic
book roots of the character,
as the Nighstalkers are introduced, the team of
vampire hunters of which Blade was a member in the comic
book world of the early 1990s.
The film is based on the first of Richelle Mead's bestselling Young Adult
book series and will star Zoey Deutch
as «Dhampir» (half human / half
vampire) Rose Hathaway.
That news may come
as a shock to fans of the over-the-top Abraham Lincoln:
Vampire Hunter, the last Grahame - Smith
book to get a big - screen adaptation.
In fact there's a whole series of six
books, so if this
vampire movie has the same bite and humour
as MEAN GIRLS there'll be lots more potential fodder.
There are reasons why the
book was written the way it was,
vampires were dealt with
as they are in many films,
as sexually abberant creations, representational of homosexuality or of our inner urges.
By episode's end, Frankenstein's monster is alive (and surprisingly vulnerable), the
vampire corpse's hieroglyphic tattoos have been identified
as a curse from the Egyptian
Book of the Dead (a mummy
vampire?)
That might be hard with Johnny Depp
booked to do both Dark Shadows (
as vampire Barnabas Collins) and the Lone Ranger (
as Tonto) next year.
For
vampire and comic
book fans alike, rushing out to pick up this DVD is a no - brainer, but for those of us who weren't
as enchanted by Blade's final hunt, a rental may still be worth checking out the supplemental material.
As Marvel's first successful comic - book - to - film adaptation, the original «Blade» instantly became an underground hit with the sleek, yet comical Wesley Snipes headlining as the title character, and even «Blade 2» was more than a mere duplicate thanks to its thorough vampire history, but «Blade: Trinity» is nothing more than a blended carbon copy with a bloodthirsty desire to maximize the death coun
As Marvel's first successful comic -
book - to - film adaptation, the original «Blade» instantly became an underground hit with the sleek, yet comical Wesley Snipes headlining
as the title character, and even «Blade 2» was more than a mere duplicate thanks to its thorough vampire history, but «Blade: Trinity» is nothing more than a blended carbon copy with a bloodthirsty desire to maximize the death coun
as the title character, and even «Blade 2» was more than a mere duplicate thanks to its thorough
vampire history, but «Blade: Trinity» is nothing more than a blended carbon copy with a bloodthirsty desire to maximize the death count.
Well, now it seems that the key element that made The Informers stand out from its darkly hedonistic pack, a good dose of the supernatural, including a
vampire storyline starring Superman Returns «Brandon Routh
as the
book's main
vampire, Jamie, has either been «exorcised» or dumped altogether.
Made in 1993, Cronos was a fresh approach to the
vampire film created just as the Anne Rice books was reviving the moribund genre and long before the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series made vampires hip and the «Twilight» novels spread them through popular youth c
vampire film created just
as the Anne Rice
books was reviving the moribund genre and long before the Buffy the
Vampire Slayer TV series made vampires hip and the «Twilight» novels spread them through popular youth c
Vampire Slayer TV series made
vampires hip and the «Twilight» novels spread them through popular youth culture.
Boone is currently working on a revamped movie franchise for Anne Rice's The
Vampire Chronicles
book series,
as well
as a film adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand.
The bundle
books include compelling urban fantasy reads with some of the strangest detectives you've ever met, including Dan Shamble Zombie P.I. in my own Unnatural Acts,
as well
as ghosts, elves,
vampires, sorceresses, modern - day dragon slayers, immortal Shakespearean characters, and more in Dean Wesley Smith's The Deep Sunset, R.R. Virdi's Grave Beginnings, Patrick Hester's Into the Fire, Susan Sizemore's Living Dead Girl, J.A. Pitt's Night Terrors, L. Jagi Lamplighter's Prospero Lost, Alex Berg's Red Hot Steele and Cold Hard Steele.
If
vampires or werewolves or fallen angels are hot right now, then you need only wait
as long
as it takes you to write the
book and get it properly polished and edited and in the best shape it can be before you spend a weekend formatting it right, attach your professional cover art, and send it out into the world right now to take advantage of fickle public interest.
If I can get readers interested in «Fu Man Chu's
Vampire,» perhaps they will go back and try some of the other
books in the Jason Dark series, none of which, I might add, are enrolled in Kindle Select and Kindle Unlimited, but are available at a low price
as individual
books and
as part of Jason Dark Collections.
If you already have tens of thousands of followers, consistent marketing for yourself
as an expert, or if you're writing fiction in a rapidly growing genre (note: not
vampire books, sorry).
And the Washington Post announced that 2010 will see the publication of Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford (Random House), the first in an intended three -
book series that casts Jane
as a
vampire bookstore owner (can you hear those cash registers ringing?).
They are fairly akin to
vampires but are never named
as such in the
book which makes them compelling.
Title: Life
as a Teenage
Vampire Author: Amanda Meuwissen Genre: YA M / M Paranormal Romance Age Group: Young Adult Rating: 4 stars Purchase: Amazon Review copy provided by Enchanted
Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
On a high note, my paranormal mystery novella, Like Mother, Like Daughters, was accepted by Firebringer Press and should be released next year
as an eBook, audio
book (recorded by yours truly), and in paperback paired up with a
vampire novella written by Steven H. Wilson, fellow scribe and owner of Firebringer.
That novel was the first
book in The Calling is Reborn
vampire series, and featured a Latina FBI agent
as the heroine.
As HBO's True Blood nears its series finale, the author whose Sookie Stackhouse
books inspired the
vampire drama is setting up a new franchise.
Just when we were thinking that Anne Rice, author of the
Vampire Chronicles and other bestselling novels, might be seriously considering bringing out her next book as a Kindle exclusive, she's thrown us a bit of a curveball with the announcement by her literary agency that she'll be releasing, through Vook, a multimedia edition of «The Master of Rampling Gate,» a vampire story published in Redbook magazine in 1984 and set in an England mansion in the 19th c
Vampire Chronicles and other bestselling novels, might be seriously considering bringing out her next
book as a Kindle exclusive, she's thrown us a bit of a curveball with the announcement by her literary agency that she'll be releasing, through Vook, a multimedia edition of «The Master of Rampling Gate,» a
vampire story published in Redbook magazine in 1984 and set in an England mansion in the 19th c
vampire story published in Redbook magazine in 1984 and set in an England mansion in the 19th century.
Just when we were thinking that Anne Rice, author of the
Vampire Chronicles and other bestselling novels, might be seriously considering bringing out her next
book as a Kindle exclusive, she's thrown us a bit of a curveball with the announcement by her literary agency that she'll be releasing, through Vook, a -LSB-...]
No, it is much easier to blame lower sales on the declining interest in a
book series — see the comment about Divergent above — or in the end of a series (remember how they used that
as an excuse after the 50 Shades trilogy ended or the Sparkly
Vampire series).
Might
as well face doom on your own terms and for your own flaws rather than because your publisher made you add twinkly vegan
vampires playing Quidditch to «make it more salable» — and then effectively told booksellers to ignore the
book.
First Fantasy Box Set by USA Today Bestselling author, W.J. May.Five Paranormal Fantasy Series together in one collection.
Book 1 — Eternal — Fae, Shifters,
Vampires and one girl that will fight for who she loves.
Book 2 — Only the Beginning — Twin Shifters with powers stronger than they ever dreamed; can they stop the nightmare that is about to happen?
Book 3 — Never Look Back — A heroine that must save a dying city and realize the world is not quite
as it seems.
Book 4 — Victoria Daughter of Darkness — Trained to kill and destroy any creature that isn't a
vampire, Victoria finds love in the most unexpected place.
Book 5 — 3
book box set from The Chronicles of Kerrigan Prequel.
This was Midtown Comics» twelfth
book club, finishing a year that began with Scott Snyder's American
Vampire as the first featured
book.
This is a good way for DMP to get their
books in front of readers how might not consider them, and while
Vampire Hunter D might be the most obvious choice
as its their first OGN, it's also more in line with a comic readers taste than say their Harlequinn or BL titles.
That said, one observation that does touch on Kindle Worlds itself: one non-trivial point that remains to be clarified is which version (s) of
Vampire Diaries Alloy has actually licensed — Smith's,
as reflected in the first seven
books, or the TV series universe, whose continuity differs dramatically from the original print series.
Since announcing Kindle Worlds in May with three Alloy Entertainment properties — Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars and
Vampire Diaries — Amazon has added a few more licensed properties: Several brands from Valiant Entertainment comic
books,
as well
as works by Hugh Howey, Barry Eisler, Neal Stephenson and Blake Crouch.
Starting with the hardbacks, the sparkly -
vampires are getting their butts beat by guys with sparkly rings
as Twilight vol 1 remains at # 9, well behind several Green Lantern
books.
His first foray into videogames,
Vampire Puff Puff will take place in the same universe
as the Lenore comic
books, with the eponymous star kidnapped by Pooty Applewater.