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Different Blood: The Vampire as Alien Kindle Edition

by Margaret L. Carter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Different blood flows in their veins--but our blood quenches their thirst. From Bram Stoker's 1897 creation of Count Dracula, portrayed as a foreign invader bent on the conquest of England, the literary vampire has symbolized the Other, whether his or her otherness arises from racial, ethnic, sexual, or species difference. Even before the bloodsucking Martians of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds, however, popular fiction contained a few vampires who were members of alien species rather than supernatural undead.

Even more intriguing than interplanetary invaders are humanoid and quasi-humanoid beings who have evolved to live on Earth among us, often camouflaged as our own kind. The boom in vampire fiction that began in the 1970s engendered a variety of "alien" vampires, many of them portrayed as sympathetic characters. The science fiction vampire is especially suited to the presentation of vampirism as morally neutral rather than inherently evil.

Different Blood surveys the literary vampire as alien, whether extra-terrestrial or a different species evolved on Earth, from the mid-1800s to the 1990s, and analyzes the many uses to which science fiction and fantasy authors have put this theme. Their works explore issues of species, race, ecological responsibility, gender, eroticism, xenophobia, parasitism, symbiosis, intimacy, and the bridging of differences. An extensive bibliography lists dozens of novels and short stories on the "vampire as alien" theme, many of which are still in print.

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"Margaret Carter is both an academic researcher of vampire literature and author of her own well-received vampire stories. Different Blood: The Vampire As Alien is a marvelously readable study of a recent trend in vampire fiction, the movement of vampires from fantasy and horror into science fiction. If you are intrigued by the idea of vampires as mutants or space aliens, or scientific explanations for the legend, this book provides a fascinating guide."--Jean Lorrah, author of award-winning vampire novel Blood Will Tell

"A penetrating survey of vampire fiction from the late nineteenth century almost to the present day."--S. T. Joshi, Weird Tales

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07PXX3ZSC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Writers Exchange E-Publishing
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 22, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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  • Ernest Bruns
    1.0 out of 5 stars Snore
    Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2017
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    Endless plot summaries stripped of life and interest. Minimal critical analysis. No new ideas. Compiled by a would be academic with too much free time.
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  • Jean L. Cooper
    5.0 out of 5 stars Vampires as an alien life form ...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2005
    Margaret L. Carter is one of the acknowledged authorities on the vampire in literature. This book is a critical academic study of the literary treatment of vampires as an alien life form--as natural rather than supernatural beings. Throughout the 20th century, the vampire in literature has increasingly changed from the classic vampire exemplified by Count Dracula-the embodiment of evil and of Otherness-to the vampire as a natural and separate alien or human species. Carter explains that "The vampire as literal alien serves as a vehicle for exploration-and the containment-of metaphorical alienness." (p. 167) In other words, the vampire as alien allows an author a non-threatening way of looking at the human animal and its behavior.

    Perhaps this changing viewpoint illustrates the development of ourselves as a culture, because while to be different in the 19th century was to be separate and evil, in the 20th century being different is treated with empathy and, often, admiration. Much of the fiction mentioned in this book deals with attempts at communication across boundaries between species, a constant preoccupation of modern humans.

    The first chapter explores the vampire fiction of the 19th and early 20th centuries as a framework for later works, while the 2nd chapter looks at the pulp fiction of the mid-20th century. The remainder of the book studies the post-1970 explosion of vampire fiction. Carter discusses not only Bram Stoker's Dracula, H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (in which the aliens came seeking blood), and C. L. Moore's Shambleau (a psychic vampire), but also less familiar works, such as those of William Tenn, Colin Wilson, Suzy McKee Charnas, and Tanith Lee.

    This is a well-written and interesting book for a person interested in the development of the vampire genre. As far as I know, this is the first book-length treatment of the vampire as alien in literature, and, as such, it fills a gap in the critical literature. Having established her academic credentials with her dissertation "Spectre or delusion?: the supernatural in Gothic fiction. (Ph.D., UC-Irvine, 1987)" and her critical works, "Dracula: the vampire and the critics. (1988)" and "The vampire in literature: a critical bibliography. (1989)," Carter is also the author of several works of vampire fiction published through Amber Quill Press. The author includes a selective bibliography ("only fiction actually discussed in the text"). The author produces a comprehensive annual bibliographical update of vampire fiction every January-contact MLCVamp@aol.com for information.

    In spite of the popularity of vampire novels in science fiction today, there has been little analysis of this very specialized subgenre. Until I read this work, I never realized how systematic its development and growth has been over the last century. This is an excellent exploration of the topic for the reader who has an interest in the story behind the story, and is perfect for the reader who is new to literary analysis. -- Jean, Fallen Angel Reviews (courtesy of Fallen Angel Reviews)
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