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published
1977
by Ballantine Books
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Mass Market Paperback
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034525712X
(isbn13: 9780345257123)
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Named one of the Top 40 Horror Books of All Time by the Horror Writers Association, Some of Your Blood begins with a confidential folder belonging to ...more
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Read in January, 2008
Some of Your Blood. Where to start? How do I begin to review this powerful work of fiction? Theodore Sturgeon begins the book by encouraging us, the reader, to dive in, to examine, and to experience a fictional case study, compiled by a Dr. Philip Outerbridge, of a man named George Smith.
Sturgeon says:
You know the way. You have the key. And it is your privilege...
But open your eyes now and look at the folder before you. On the index tab at its edge is lettered:
“George Smith...more
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Read in December, 2003
Theodore Sturgeon, Some of Your Blood (Carroll and Graf, 1961)
In the world of what we shall call "psychological fiction," for lack of a better term (to wit: that fiction that deals with a person being psychoanalyzed, psychologized, and/or psychiatrized), Theodore Sturgeon's short novel Some of Your Blood occupies a very odd position. It s recognized by the Horror Writers' Association as one of the Top 40 horror novels of all time (despite it being more of a novella) despite not reall...more
In the world of what we shall call "psychological fiction," for lack of a better term (to wit: that fiction that deals with a person being psychoanalyzed, psychologized, and/or psychiatrized), Theodore Sturgeon's short novel Some of Your Blood occupies a very odd position. It s recognized by the Horror Writers' Association as one of the Top 40 horror novels of all time (despite it being more of a novella) despite not reall...more
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Read in January, 2008
I started and finished Some of Your Blood in less than a day. Granted it was a short novel, only 143 pages, but it drew me in from the first page and I couldn't put it down. And dark and intense story about vampirism and mental illness, the story is not gory or frightening as much as eerie and unsettling. The main character possesses an almost charming and childlike innocence while unfolding his erotic and violent behavior. Some of Your Blood also managed wry humor and wit to count...more
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Read in February, 2008
It actually took me some time to trule appreciate this book - I had to reflect on it, as well as discuss it with a friend before understand what it really had to offer.
Talk about deceiving cover blurbs - to future readers, this is NOT a horror story. Nor is it the dark tale of a vampire. Vampirism has little to do with the story, which is actually a very human story, about a very damaged man.
Talk about deceiving cover blurbs - to future readers, this is NOT a horror story. Nor is it the dark tale of a vampire. Vampirism has little to do with the story, which is actually a very human story, about a very damaged man.
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