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If by chance you want to write your own vampire fiction book(s), you should absolutely read THIS book first! This book is a great (and thoroughly detailed) overview of how the concepts, stories and folklore of vampires relate to forensic/scientific reality. She goes into scientific details about many fictional vampires that you may not be familiar with. Any aspiring writer could get great ideas for a vampire story (that haven't been overused), just by reading this book! This book can also immensely improve any of your existing story outlines. Katherine Ramsland also explores the forensics of the real 'vampire lifestyle' subculture, which is another great source for story ideas. A good author can blend in elements of the real 'vampire lifestyle' to their fiction, to make their fiction more realistic. This book details the forensics of the real world and the fictional worlds on an equal footing. The behavior of real persons throughout history ALONE is a great basis for fiction, as you should already know from "Dracula". I wish that Stephenie Meyer, for one, had read this book. This book was released in 2002, a year before Meyer conceived the idea for the "Twilight" series. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on the "Twilight" series, but it would have been SO much better if she had read "The Science Of Vampires" first. I think that any of you who have read this book "The Science Of Vampires" would heartily agree, even if you happen to be a big fan of the "Twilight" series. This book will be an IMMENSE help to anyone who wants to write ORIGINAL vampire stories that avoid using the well-worn cliché of the "handsome male vampire falls in love with a female mortal" that is fodder for a thousand cheap romance paperbacks. Even if you DID write a story based on this cliché, if you read this book first, it will end up better (more like 'True Blood' than 'Twilight'). The more you understand about the world's stories of fictional vampires and real people, the better YOUR stories will be. This book will make YOUR stories better!Read full review
I have been interested in vampires ever since I first read "Dracula" by Bram Stoker in my teens. Moreso as an avid fan of the Anne Rice vampire chronicles I have had a morbid fascination concerning all myth and legend, fact and fiction that can found on this subject. Now here I have it all in the one book. Everything I could have ever wanted to know about vampires in this marvelous edition called "The Science of Vampires". Nothing else I've read to date compares.
An interesting book dealing mostly from the psychological side. Kinda fun in spots, too. I wouldn't make this my MAIN vamp book if I was really interested, but it surely should be in your library.
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