Laura was mentioning the difference between Charnas' Vampire Tapestry and
the Rice vampire novels (other than the first one, which presented an
interesting twist on vampirism, specifically the homoerotic nature of male
vampire/male victim, I think Rice's are pretty bad--though I admit I read
most of them because I am a completist. I gave up at _Queen of the Damned_
because of its incredibly misogynistic perspective). I do more SF than
vampires, but enjoy some of the recent vampire novels--especially by
women--did a presentation a few years ago that basically argued that
contemporary vampires by women writers were the ideal lovers for a feminist
(hey, they sleep all day so who cares if you have a day job, etc). The
writers I particularly like and would even argue are feminist are: Chelsea
Quinn Yarbro (she invented a whole new vampire view as far as I'm
concerned), both the Count St. Germain ones, and the Olivia ones (all set in
major historical periods,though some of the recent ones tend to be a bit
formulaic, it's a good formjla). Tanya Huff (an ex policewoman is really
the protagonist--very action oriented but feminist as far as I'm concerned,
plus fun stuff on werewolves, zombies, etc. all set in contemporary Canada).
Jewelle Gomez (the only one publishing in small press format, only one book
so far, but I hope she writes MORE): _The Gilda Stories_, the only African
American and lesbian vampire that I know of. Gilda lives from pre-Civil War
to the future (past our time). There may be a few others, but my brain has
gone dead, and my sf stuff is all at home (I do my internetting at lunch or
before/after work).
Robin
Robin_Reid@tamu-commerce.edu
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