[HeartoftheNight]

My sister is like this GIANT Anne Rice fan. She's read, like, all of her books like one or two. In other words, she's run out of Vampire books. Can anyone recommend any. She's read Amelia Attewater-Rhodes as well, so that's crossed off the list. I don't think she minds what are they are set in. Like I said she's read everything Anne Rice and is actively searching for her next series/book.
Anyhow, promised her I'd ask around, so that's why I'm pestering you all at this wonderful site again.

Love ya'll. Ta

[Shanalir]

If she likes romance, I can personally reccomend Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan, and Sherrilyn Kenyon has some good fantasy/paranormal stuff. Kinda vampire/shapeshifter/good-and-evil battle to the death kind of stuff. Feehan and Kenyon do have some pretty racy sex scenes in them, while Ashley is a bit more discreet. Viewing through a veil, kind of. I'll see what else I can dig up for you, if that's not your sister's cup of tea.

[LuthienTinuviel]

I dunno about the usual vampires, but I do know of a rather exotic type, if your sister's interested in something different.

A really fun info can be accessed here;
http://www.nst.com.my/LookLearn/pp/271008.pdf

In my country, we have our own version of vampires known as Pontianak, supposedly those women who were murdered while pregnant themselves, and they feed on the blood of newborn babies. We don't have any male vampires in our legends tho. We have 'Orang Minyak' or the "Oil Man', this ugly being who rapes virgins to satisfy certain black magic requirements.

Anyways, there's plenty of those tales written in Malay, but some are in English as well. I'll try and look them up for you if you like I think you can google it as long as you narrow down the search to Malaysia or Indonesia and English.

Found websites;
http://history.sfogs.com/pon.htm
http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/manchester/98/ghost_pontianak.htm

Hope it helps entertain your sis

[SpaceWeavil]

If she likes Anne Rice, then she might also like Tom Holland's books. Personally I much prefer those to the Anne Rice ones, to be honest. They're very similar in storyline, only Tom Holland's are more like historical novels with vampires in. One called 'Deliver Us From Evil' is set in the English Civil War and is fantastic. There is also a good once called 'Sleeper in the Sands' set in Egypt, and 'The Vampyre', which is about Lord Byron, but written in an Anne Rice Vampire sags type way.

Actually for more childish stuff - I just finished reading the first Darren Shan book (which is Vampire stuff for kids) but it was quite entertaining.

[Shanalir]

Ooh, I just remembered one of my favorite authors. P.N. Elrod. She writes about a hard-boiled detective living in the roaring twenties, who gets bumped off by a mob guy and doesn't stay dead. Good series, for the way she writes the vampire parts, the historically accurate details, and the facination a good old fashoned mystery holds. Downside, the books can be a little difficult to find.

[HeartoftheNight]

Thanks everyone for helping me out (once again). I'll run em all by her though I'm not sure she's into the heavy love scenes. That's my department.

[FallingIntoStrangers]

Step away from the Anne Rice novels!!!!! No, really.... Back away...

And read:

1. "Sunshine" by Robin McKinley. A whole different take in an alternate world where magic is the norm, and vamps are on tv. This should be made into a movie...

2. "Lost Souls" by Poppy Z. Brite. Not for the faint of heart. Fans of the band "The Cure" will get a kick out of it.

3. Anything by Christopher Golden.

4. The Anno-Dracula novels. Dracula took over the world... nuff said.

5. I, Vampire.

6. Fred Saberhagen wrote some good ones.


I think that is it for now.

[ArtanisOrangeBlossom]

there is a series by an author named Laurell K. Hamilton....her main character is a woman by the name of Anita who attempts (that being the key word) to not be involved in Vampiric interworkings. *laughs and snorts*

it's a whole series, it's very well written, it's funny, a bit horriffic....but be warned it's got alot of sex in it.

here's a link:

http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/AnitaOverview.htm

^^^that's an overview of the series

http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/ABBooks1.htm

That's the order of the books (it goes like...left, up, down, up etc)

[Mitasova]

If I had to recommend THE vampire novel, I'd name Barabara Hambly's Those Who Hunt the Night. Gorgeous, well-researched book, set in 1907 London. A detective and mystery story with tight plot, good language, bunches of well-developed, engaging characters. And Don Simon Ysidro is the best. fictional. vampire. ever, hands down. Lestat is only fit to wipe his boots.

There's a sequel also, Travelling with the Dead, which is not nearly as good, but still enjoyable.

[Mitasova]

double post

[ghettoelleth]

[Mitasova]

[ghettoelleth]

Why should your limitations preclude anyone from reading better works of literature?

[Mitasova]

[Robbie]

(Which means discussion ends there, or gets back on topic mighty quick. Cheers.)