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Post by dem on Jul 3, 2012 21:50:11 GMT
John Steakley - Vampire$ (Roc, Nov. 1990) Blurb Suppose there really were vampires.
Dark. Stalking. Destroying.
They'd have to be killed, wouldn't they?
Of course they would.
But what kind of fools would try to make a living at it?
"This is exciting and surprising stuff ... a real genre bender that keeps the best elements of both." — Locus Former Government agent Jack Crow's cocaine-fueled, hard drinking vampire hunters and their resident priest, Father Adam - supplied by the Vatican - versus the most evil evil dead you ever met. Vampire$ hits the ground running with Crow's desperadoes inflicting serious crossbow carnage, before a retaliatory strike wipes out half the team even as they celebrate. Crow rebuilds from scratch, astutely recruits a former drug-runner, Felix, as his deputy, and the new Vampire$ Inc. endure a baptism of fire when called upon to thwart the deadliest of their enemies who is out to get drunk on the Pope's blood. Violent for sure, yet ultimately poignant, it's perhaps fair to suggest the author had more than a passing acquaintance with The Wild Bunch. John Carpenter's movie was never going to do it justice. the above is a very old "review", salvaged from the final issue of the dreadful 'zine i edited pre-vault, but Vampire$ should be on here and any port in a storm!
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Post by doug on Jul 4, 2012 8:13:45 GMT
Had this one when it first came out. The JC film really was a huge disappointment. I'm sure though that I would have enjoyed the film a lot more if I hadn't read the book. Take care. Doug John Steakley - Vampire$ (Roc, Nov. 1990) Blurb Suppose there really were vampires.
Dark. Stalking. Destroying.
They'd have to be killed, wouldn't they?
Of course they would.
But what kind of fools would try to make a living at it?
"This is exciting and surprising stuff ... a real genre bender that keeps the best elements of both." — Locus Former Government agent Jack Crow's cocaine-fueled, hard drinking vampire hunters and their resident priest, Father Adam - supplied by the Vatican - versus the most evil evil dead you ever met. Vampire$ hits the ground running with Crow's desperadoes inflicting serious crossbow carnage, before a retaliatory strike wipes out half the team even as they celebrate. Crow rebuilds from scratch, astutely recruits a former drug-runner, Felix, as his deputy, and the new Vampire$ Inc. endure a baptism of fire when called upon to thwart the deadliest of their enemies who is out to get drunk on the Pope's blood. Violent for sure, yet ultimately poignant, it's perhaps fair to suggest the author had more than a passing acquaintance with The Wild Bunch. John Carpenter's movie was never going to do it justice. the above is a very old "review", salvaged from the final issue of the dreadful 'zine i edited pre-vault, but Vampire$ should be on here and any port in a storm! |
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