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Vampires: The Recent Undead (Sookie Stackhouse)
by
Paula Guran ,
Albert E. Cowdrey , J.A. Konrath (Goodreads Author) , Jeanne C. Stein , John Langan , Karen Russell (Goodreads Author) , Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author) , Kim Newman
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The undead are more alive today than ever. Immortal? Indeed! Nothing has sunk its teeth into twenty-first century popular culture as pervasively as the vampire. The fangsters have the freedom to fly across all genres and all mediums - there's even apps for vamps. Whether roaming into romance, haunting horror, sneaking into science fiction, capering into humor, meandering t...more
Paperback, 431 pages
Published
March 15th 2011
by Prime Books
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I bought this because I saw that Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, Carrie Vaughn, and Charlaine Harris contributed stories. Some of these stories were not new for the book. It was like a compilation of stories, already published, to fit a certain idea.
I started out reading from the beginning of the anthology (rather than just skipping to the authors I wanted to read).
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black (2 stars)--not bad but I didn't care for it. Story of a teen trying to overcome odds....more
I started out reading from the beginning of the anthology (rather than just skipping to the authors I wanted to read).
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black (2 stars)--not bad but I didn't care for it. Story of a teen trying to overcome odds....more
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Overall, I think this book delivers a very interesting and diverse take on the vampire myth. On the one hand, that's a good thing, because it keeps the book from getting repetitive. On the down side, it means not every story can be a pleaser for the reader. There were several stories that fell flat for me, but that I could see how my complaints had a lot to do with the type of story versus the quality of the writing. There were a few where the quality of the writing didn't always do well, though...more
I'm hoping that people who enjoy short stories and anthologies of same don't use my review as any kind of bar for quality. I just must have a general antipathy for anthologies. The stories in this compilation all seemed rather long and pretty far fetched, even considering the genre. Two stars at the most in my opinion. I didn't like "Must Love Hell Hounds" and other short story conglomerations so it very well could be that I'm not a good judge of short stories. Read at your own risk, you've been...more
Jan 17, 2013
Kathy
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
urban-fantasy,
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Vampires the Recent Undead edited by Paula Guran was an interesting mix of vampire stories that tried to present the different varieties of vampires and how things have evolved in the recent areas. There were some great contributions from authors which allowed for a good review of the book but at the same time, there were some authors that I never really could connect with.
This anthology had an ambitious goal. Show how the conception of vampires in the modern age is rather varied and possibly s...more
This anthology had an ambitious goal. Show how the conception of vampires in the modern age is rather varied and possibly s...more
Fantastic collection of short stories. There were only a couple that I didn't connect with. Can't wait to look up some of the authors included.
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown * Holly Black
Dark and unexpected. Everything a vampire story should be.
This Is Now * Michael Marshall Smith
Kinda slow. Still an interesting take on vampires.
Sisters * Charles de Lint
Disturbing: the lengths one will go for family.
The Screaming * J.A. Konrath
Very good. A creepy old house and an original character revived.
Zen...more
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown * Holly Black
Dark and unexpected. Everything a vampire story should be.
This Is Now * Michael Marshall Smith
Kinda slow. Still an interesting take on vampires.
Sisters * Charles de Lint
Disturbing: the lengths one will go for family.
The Screaming * J.A. Konrath
Very good. A creepy old house and an original character revived.
Zen...more
This is a retrospective of vampire fiction published 2000-2010.
I liked the introduction. It was a good description of the evolution of vampire fiction.
I'll only rate the ones I particularly liked.
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown * Holly Black - 3.5 stars
This Is Now * Michael Marshall Smith - 3 stars
Sisters * Charles de Lint - 4 stars
The Screaming * J.A. Konrath
Zen and the Art of Vampirism *Kelley Armstrong - 5 stars
La Vampiresse * Tanith Lee - 4.5 stars
Dead Man Stalking * Rachel Caine
The Ghost of...more
I liked the introduction. It was a good description of the evolution of vampire fiction.
I'll only rate the ones I particularly liked.
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown * Holly Black - 3.5 stars
This Is Now * Michael Marshall Smith - 3 stars
Sisters * Charles de Lint - 4 stars
The Screaming * J.A. Konrath
Zen and the Art of Vampirism *Kelley Armstrong - 5 stars
La Vampiresse * Tanith Lee - 4.5 stars
Dead Man Stalking * Rachel Caine
The Ghost of...more
Vampires: The Recent Undead is a book of short stories. Inside, I was introduced to a lot of authors that I had never read before (one of the reason I like collections like this). There were some very good stories in this anthology. Among my favorites were "The Coldest Girl in Coldtown," by Holly Black, "Sisters," by Charles de Lint, "Zen and the Art of Vampirism," by Kelly Armstrong, "The Ghost of Leadville," by Jeanne C. Stein, "No Matter Where You Go," by Tanyah Huff, "Conquistador de la Noch...more
A collection of reprinted Vampire stories form the 1st decade of the 21st century. I borrowed it to read and in some cases reread stories by authors I follow such as Charles De Lint, Charlaine Harris, Tanya Huff. I enjoyed the Kim Newman detective story as well as the Doc Holliday story by Jeanne C. Stein. so if you enjoy vampire stories or just want to sample the variety available, dive in and enjoy.
I would half of the stories were good and the other half i just wasn't impressed with. While none were truly bad, some were quite better than others. Short stories are such a hard thing to fairly review cause everyone has different tastes. My suggestion is if you see any authors that you enjoy reading, then you should read this book, otherwise skip it.
It was a good anthology, with quite a few unknown authors to me. Some stories were quite original and some quite scary. I especially liked an interesting take on vampires in the last one.
Generally I would recommend it to find out if you like an author or not, but I can't be very objective as I'm not a big fan of anthologies. :)
Generally I would recommend it to find out if you like an author or not, but I can't be very objective as I'm not a big fan of anthologies. :)
OUTSTANDING! An excellent compiliation, and the story selection was diverse in type and tone. This collection offers up a wide array of viewpoints and perspective on the "vampire situation". Sometimes monster, sometimes hero, sometimes tragic figure, The Recent Undead is an excellent read, and each selected story is strong on its own.
There are some really interesting Vampire tales within this anthology. Definitely read this if you're a vampire fan.
Good stories, seemed like quite a few I have read before but all in all a good assortment.
The only storeis worth reading were The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The Screaming & Castle in the Desert: Anno Dracula
Disappointed that so many stories appeared elsewhere first. I prefer all original anthologies.
Many of these stories were slightly disturbing but I really enjoyed the book. What does that say about me?
Read for select stories by authors I read. Not read in full.
Dec 12, 2011
Roxanne
marked it as do-not-read
Per Amy Palmer's review, this doesn't sound worthwhile.
Some good, some just okay, typical of an antholody
Great collection!! A Must Read!!
Only read the Charlaine Harris story.
Nice variety of stories.
Short stories, or no real quality or interest, just ok. They read IMHO like cast off stories published to fit the current vamp craze.
love it!
Fantastic anthology....had many stories I hadn't come across yet.
Some really excellent stories by some well known authors. However I found onw or two not to my liking and found that the stories by the bigger authors (i.e. Charlaine Harris and Tanya Huff) were continuations from their series' and may not be easy to follow if you hadn't read their more popular series. Other than that I enjoyed the majority of it and even discovered some new authors to add to my ever growing TBR list.
The anthologies and other works were great.
Good stories and the appendix provided other anthologies that should provide many hours of reading.
didn't get through all of them but a pretty good read. Lots of short stories by different authors.
It was a good book with a variety of authors. A lot of authors I haven't heard-of before till this book. Charlaine Harris story I loved! But really that's a given. Rachel Caine story was also very good.
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Paula Guran is senior editor for Prime Books. She edited the Juno fantasy imprint from its small press inception through its incarnation as an imprint of Pocket Books. She is also senior editor of Prime's soon-to-launch digital imprint Masque Books. Guran edits the annual Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror series as well as a growing number of other anthologies. In an earlier life she produced we...more
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