Vampires of Nightworld

Nightworld

by David Bischoff

mass market paperback

Genres: Fantasy, Vampires, Fiction, Science Fiction, Horror, Novels

182 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 12, 1981

About the author

aka Mark Grant (with Bruce King), Brad Quentin (with Terry Bisson)

Born in Washington D.C. and now living in Eugene, Oregon, David Bischoff writes science fiction books, short stories, and scripts for television. Though he has been writing since the early 1970s, and has had over 80 books published, David is best known for novelizations of popular movies and TV series including the Aliens, Gremlins, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and WarGames.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun and cozy mash-up of fantasy and science fiction tropes. It's the follow-up to an earlier novel, Nightworld, from 1979. It has dragons and trolls and werewolves and vampires and all such evil beasties, but they're cyborg creatures constructed by Satan, who's was an out-of-control evil AI computer overlord. There's also an interstellar empire in the background, and a local and an off-worlder had joined forces to oppose Satan himself on this world which had once been a vacation planet constructed as a rural wonderland full of Victorian hamlets and villages. Satan had been defeated, but now things are worse than ever because his monsters are out of control. It's a fast-paced story, cleverly presented with a bit of romance, a YA flavor, and lots of fast-paced adventure. Light, but fun stuff!

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pure camp. A little dated and so, so silly, but competently written. Maybe even a hidden gem. I had a blast reading it and that’s all that matters.

[Steve Walsh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting direction coming off the first Nightworld novella. Sets things up for a burgeoning series that unfortunately has never materialized. I was surprised at the level of addiction undertones throughout the middle. Far more mature subject matter sprinkled in amongst the humor and sci-fi/fantasy goofiness. Overall a fun read though I wish it explored more of the mythos off world

[Óscar · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was... not what I expected.

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book when I was a pre-teen and I loved it. Back in the early eighties, it combined cyborgs, artificial intelligences with vampires, werewolves, castles, and feudal tech. Very original.

It also had a bit of a love story and I gotta admit, I was a sucker for it.

I really wish the author would come up with a conclusion to a very original world.

[Miss Banana · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book on a whim at an antique store because there were a lot of sci-fi and I wanted something that was horribly cheesy and I picked this at random. I was fully prepared to read this book while laughing at it, only it ended up that the joke was on me because the book was actually good. Only, the ending was a bit "hold up you can't be serious, you're just going to defeat the bad guy like that?!".

My friend that was with me when I bought this one has found the first one and is sending it to me. And I'm actually looking forward to it.

[Trent Perez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. It had a great melding of technology and medieval fantasy to keep both genres interested. The character of Oliver Dolan is well defined and interesting in his reaction to the events the author puts him through in this delightful tale.

[Arlene Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

No, his vampires don't sparkle either.

[SciFiOne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grade C-. Book N2.