Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn, Hôtel Transylvania (1978), Wilson, Colin, The Space Vampires (1976)* Tieck, Johann Ludwig (att.), " Wake not the Dead" (1800) Saberhagen, Fred, The Dracula Tape (1975), Rice, Anne, Interview with the Vampire (1976)*, Powers, Tim, The Stress of Her Regard (1989) Leiber, Fritz, " The Girl with the Hungry Eyes" (1949) Jacobi, Carl, " Revelations in Black" (1933) Marion, " For the Blood is the Life" (1911) Asterisks denote stories which have been adapted to films.Īnonymous, " The Mysterious Stranger" (1860)īeaumont, Charles, " Place of Meeting" (1953)īloch, Robert, "The Cloak" (1939), " The Living Dead" (1967)Ĭrawford, F. Novels are listed in italics and short-stories within quotation marks. Inclusion was based upon originality and influence the list is by no means complete. Here are some of the most significant contributions to vampire literature. If you spot any broken links or other problems with this page, please report them to for GURPS Blood Types Books Fiction You can find an index of all the GURPS bibliographies we have online here.
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She then worked as a painter of miniatures. Her early schooling being continually interrupted by moving house and her disabling condition, Sutcliff didn't learn to read until she was nine, and left school at fourteen to enter the Bideford Art School, which she attended for three years, graduating from the General Art Course. Due to her chronic sickness, she spent the majority of her time with her mother, a tireless storyteller, from whom she learned many of the Celtic and Saxon legends that she would later expand into works of historical fiction. She contracted Still's Disease when she was very young and was confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. She once commented that she wrote "for children of all ages from nine to ninety."īorn in West Clandon, Surrey, Sutcliff spent her early youth in Malta and other naval bases where her father was stationed as a naval officer. Although primarily a children's author, the quality and depth of her writing also appeals to adults. Rosemary Sutcliff, CBE was a British novelist, best known as a writer of highly acclaimed historical fiction. Gabriel takes charge of the situation and helps to get the fire under control, only to learn later that the owner of the farm is Bathsheba. While he is looking for work near the town of Weatherbury, he happens to come across a fire that is threatening to destroy a large amount of valuable crops. He loses all of his money and has to give up his farm and seek work in whatever capacity he can find. A short time later, Gabriel experiences a dramatic reversal of fortune when he loses the majority of his sheep in a disastrous accident. Shortly after this conversation, Bathsheba moves away to the town of Weatherbury. The close proximity of their farms leads to a series of encounters between the two, including an incident in which Bathsheba saves Gabriel’s life.Īfter only knowing her for a short time, Gabriel proposes to Bathsheba and is surprised when she turns him down, explaining that she does not love him and is reluctant to give up her independence. Although Bathsheba has been well-educated, she has fallen on hard times and is now required to take a very hands-on role helping her aunt to take care of her farm. He is immediately struck by Bathsheba’s beauty, although he quickly becomes aware that she is proud and headstrong. Gabriel comes from humble origins as a shepherd, but has recently leased his own farm and seems to have good economic prospects. The novel opens with a chance encounter between Gabriel Oak and Bathsheba Everdene just outside the town of Casterbridge. But when Ariel discovers that her father might still be alive, she finds herself returning to a world-and a prince-she never imagined she would see again.- from book jacket. Ariel is now the voiceless queen of Atlantica, while Ursula runs Prince Eric's kingdom on land. What if Ariel had never defeated Ursula? It's been five years since the infamous sea witch defeated the little mermaid.and took King Triton's life in the process. Part of your world : a twisted tale / Liz Braswell. Sherman Library Young Adult Fiction 1st Floor Five years after the (twisted) events of the film, Ariel is now the queen of Atlantica, and Ursula is running Erics kingdom on land. Race: Lunar (mixed ethnicity-Asian/Caucasian?, tan skin, even more tan from walking everywhere) ***PROFILES INCLUDE SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST THREE BOOKS ***īirth date/place: Luna December 21, 109 T.E., Sagittarius If you would like to see inspiration photos that I’ve used, check out my Lunar Chronicles Pinterest Board here: Some times things change during writing, and it’s been a long time since I compared these profiles to the books. If you notice anything that does not fit with what is written in the books, and you can point to a specific passage that contradicts what I have here, please feel free to mention it in the comments. For ease of use and to encourage all ye fanartists (and maybe inspire some of you for the Design a Sticker contest!), here are the character profiles that have been living in my Lunar Chronicles folder for many years. I’ve been getting lots of questions lately about what my characters look like-even down to specifics, like how tall they are. Hatch Harrison is driving home from his family's lakeside cabin with his wife Lindsey and daughter Regina. What follows next is a near-death experience where the clinically dead killer flies through tunnels of light, eventually arriving at a gaping, tentacle-like being of light who, after flashing through scenes of the recent brutal murders, darkens and casts the killer's soul down into Hell. He then commits suicide by throwing himself onto an athame in an attempt to ensure that he is eternally damned. Critical reception was largely negative, and the film was not a financial success.Īfter killing his mother and sister and ritualistically arranging their bodies as a sacrifice to Satan, a Devil worshipper recites the Lords Prayer backwards as it is written on the wall in a room filled with candles and Satanic imagery. Hideaway was released by TriStar Pictures on March 3, 1995. However, the vision works both ways, and the killer can also see through his eyes. He begins to understand that he has become psychically connected to a serial killer, and that by cutting himself, he can actually induce the visions and see through the killer's eyes. After being revived, he experiences frightening visions. In the film, Goldblum plays a man who dies in a car accident, only to be revived two hours later. It is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, and stars Jeff Goldblum, Christine Lahti, Alicia Silverstone, Jeremy Sisto, Alfred Molina and Rae Dawn Chong. Hideaway is a 1995 horror film directed by Brett Leonard. My midsection became so bloated I had to go up two pant sizes. I made an appointment to have an IUD inserted, which she ensured me would stop the bleeding for good. My doctor told me to take iron pills, and consider switching birth controls. The pain made focusing on schoolwork much harder and my retail job nearly unbearable at times. She attributed the pain and bleeding to my recent change of birth control.įive months passed. I called my doctor immediately, and she told me to take some ibuprofen and lie down for a bit. Prior to this, I’d always thought I had a high pain tolerance, but I couldn’t stand the feeling in my body and curled up in a fetal position. This was an offer I desperately wanted to refuse.Īn hour after cleaning up the murder scene and two calls to my mother, pain seized my midsection and spread to my lower abdomen. While I was comforted I hadn’t woken up in the 1972 film The Godfather, I almost fainted upon realizing my legs were drenched in blood belonging to me rather than a horse. Dark red stains covered my white sheets, and everything below my torso felt wet, as if I had peed myself. In July of 2018, I thought I had woken up next to a severed horse head. And, thanks to Blade Runner, it will always have the echo of film noir inside my head. What’s important is the extraordinary cultural impact of the technology being twisted in ways its creators could never have imagined. It’s been about hackers, artificial intelligences, and megacorporations, and tend to be set in a near-future Earth that’s absolutely dystopic, not some far-future setting in a galaxy far far away. Noted for its focus on “high tech and low life,” it features advanced science, such as information technology and cybernetics, coupled with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.” But for me it’s always been about the radical change in social order over the high tech. Thirteen novels for fifteen bucks? And the offer is good WORLDWIDE.Ī quick visit to Wikipedia will confirm that “cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a near-future setting. 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From the first small band of Spanish adventurers to enter the mighty Inca empire to the execution of the last Inca forty years later, it is the story of bloodshed, infamy, rebellion, and extermination, told as convincingly as if it happened yesterday. John Hemming's masterly and highly acclaimed account is a must-read book for anyone considering a trip to Peru or wanting to know more about the final days of the Inca empire. What did you make of their efforts to identify the suspect by ethnicity early on?
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