tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post6885904239810637360..comments2024-03-07T23:09:10.207-08:00Comments on Taliesin meets the vampires: The Science of Vampires – reviewTaliesin_ttlghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-9292571875011038712012-08-22T07:57:01.087-07:002012-08-22T07:57:01.087-07:00Fair call re her bibliography, clearly a fan of Ri...Fair call re her bibliography, clearly a fan of Rice...<br /><br />I think what I meant re the science bit was I actually thought it was thin on the ground generally - I'd agree that what there was in there was Rice-centricTaliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-58287839290249801112012-08-22T05:18:42.123-07:002012-08-22T05:18:42.123-07:00By using science to explain vampires, I mean in th...By using science to explain vampires, I mean in the sense of 'If vampires existed, here's how they could be' kinda thing.<br /><br />Sorta similar to what Matheson did with <i>I am legend</i>.<br /><br />You've been told 'she is a bit Rice obsessed'? Let's take a bibliographic stroll, shall we?<br /><br />She's written and/or edited: <br /><br />- Prism of the night: a biography of Anne Rice (1991)<br /><br />- The vampire companion : the official guide to Anne Rice's The vampire chronicles (1993; 1995) <br /><br />- The Anne Rice trivia book (1994)<br /><br />- The Witches' companion: the official guide to Anne Rice's Lives of the Mayfair witches (1994)<br /><br />- The Roquelaure reader: a companion to Anne Rice's erotica (1996)<br /><br />- The Anne Rice Reader (1997)<br /><br />That doesn't include her articles. Now, I don't mind her Rice fandom, but I recall my impression of 'Science' as being too Rice-centric, vampire-wise - as if they were the 'ideal' vampire type.Anthony Hogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097943063660238778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-37931319151264057792012-08-21T08:42:49.682-07:002012-08-21T08:42:49.682-07:00Hi Anthony
I didn't get that feeling myself ...Hi Anthony <br /><br />I didn't get that feeling myself (using science to explain the vampires that is) as I felt that she didn't really use science too much... I would have liked a whole lot more how would we explain x,y and z if they were real.<br /><br />She is very Rice-centric, however, though I have only read this I have been told she is a bit Rice obsessed. <br /><br />Very fractured but some interesting ideas in there.Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-47269247722510117382012-08-21T07:59:03.486-07:002012-08-21T07:59:03.486-07:00It's been some years since I've read the b...It's been some years since I've read the book. My impression at the time, was that it tried to use 'science' to 'justify' the existence of Anne Rice's vampires at the expense of others - no surprise as Ramsland's a major fan of Rice's...once you start combing through her bibliography.Anthony Hogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097943063660238778noreply@blogger.com