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Post by Middoth on Jul 7, 2021 13:10:26 GMT
The Space Vampires by Colin Wilson (Random House, 1976)
"The Energy Eaters. Far out in the asteroid belt an alien spaceship of colossal dimensions is discovered. Initial investigations of its vast, gothic interior reveal a number of humanoids preserved in a state of suspended animation. At last, there is real proof that intelligent life does exist in other galaxies. But when three of the beings are brought back to Earth, disaster strikes. The humanoids are discovered to be vampires – preying on peoples life-fields, sucking the body's energy with a kiss of death.
"Suddenly one of the vampires – a female of extraordinary beauty and sexual allure – escapes. And the desperate hunt to track it down soon develops into a psychic struggle for the survival of the human race…"
"Nails you back with terrific force" — The Times
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Post by Middoth on Jul 7, 2021 13:17:01 GMT
This is provocation from my side.
I presume the name of Colin Wilson is quite known and want to hear your opinion about him.
Does anybody want the sequel to "The Space Vampires "?
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Jul 7, 2021 13:24:45 GMT
This is provocation from my side. I presume the name of Colin Wilson quite known and want to hear your opinion about him. Does anybody wants the sequel to "The Space Vampires "? I enjoyed his Adrift in Soho novel, which is set in '50s London, but know nothing about his Science Fiction books. Is the Space Vampires worth reading? I was amazed to discover he was an existential philosopher, as I only knew about his later Occult books. Which are huge. |
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Post by Middoth on Jul 7, 2021 13:55:04 GMT
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Jul 9, 2021 21:38:14 GMT
Middoth have you read much Colin Wilson non-fiction? Scribd, which I use, has several including Introduction to the New Existentialism, Religion and the Rebel, and The Age of Defeat. These all seem early works, before he became committed to the Occult.
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Post by Middoth on Jul 9, 2021 21:55:56 GMT
Not so much.
One of the reasons of my interest in him is that I regret that the only text of "Metamorphosis of Vampire'' is in Russian.
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Post by jamesdoig on Jul 9, 2021 22:58:51 GMT
Middoth have you read much Colin Wilson non-fiction? Scribd, which I use, has several including Introduction to the New Existentialism, Religion and the Rebel, and The Age of Defeat. These all seem early works, before he became committed to the Occult. I collected and read CW for years, and particularly liked his Outsider cycle which starts with the Outsider, Religion and the Rebel (his 2nd book that got panned by the critics and sent him to a literary backwater from which he never recovered), The Age of Defeat and on through to Beyond the Outsider, The Misfits etc. He was writing the the later volumes even when he started writing about the occult. No matter what he was writing about - his 'new' existentialism, the occult, murder, psychology, music, literary criticism - he always brought it back to his ideas on states of consciousness/evolutionary humanism. Eventually I got rid of them all, and now I'm finding I'm picking them up again when I see them for a few bucks at charity sales etc. Certainly he was all too credulous about the occult and would accept any crazy theory that came his way. That said he's always readable - was it him who had the blurb "he can make a telephone directory interesting"? |
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Post by jamesdoig on Jul 9, 2021 23:02:21 GMT
Here's the Panther version of Space Vamps - anyone know who did the cover art?  |
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Post by Middoth on Jul 10, 2021 7:30:20 GMT
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Post by andydecker on Jul 10, 2021 8:27:09 GMT
I never bought "The Space Vampires" because the movie left such a strong impression. Yes, it is considered trashy, but I absoluty like it, even have it on DVD. I couldn't imagine that the novel could live up to its crazyness, so I never bothered.
The only Wilson I read a lifetime ago was his novel "The Philosopher's Stone". It was quite impressive. I wantend to re-read it, but it has become hard to muster the stamina for these small fonted novels without a lot of dialogue. I never hunted the sequel up, though, "The Mind Parasites". Hm, I am tempted. Here is one of Wilson's "non-fiction" books I discovered on my shelf. It is one of a short-lived series in the early 80s, called "The World of the Supernatural". At 155 pages and really small print it has 92 photos and drawings. I had all forgotten about it or the rest. Mysterious Powers (Original 1975 Aldus Books Limited, London) |
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Post by Middoth on Jul 10, 2021 8:42:06 GMT
There is a mention of...one iconic M.R. James story. Two quite different heroes from the book merged into one movie hero. And I think the ending of the book contains much more craziness. Nobody dealt with Vampires in such a way.
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Post by Middoth on Jul 11, 2021 8:06:45 GMT
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Jul 18, 2021 14:42:45 GMT
Colin Wilson's house seemed to be overflowing with books.
I suppose because he lived in an out of the way place before the internet it made sense to collect a huge library if you were a writer about ideas.
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Post by Middoth on Jul 18, 2021 16:23:08 GMT
The room in which he is talking is full of books his authorship only.
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Jul 18, 2021 18:14:48 GMT
The room in which he is talking is full of books his authorship only.  |
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