Monday, March 11, 2013

Christopher Moore website and interview


Read and respond with a comment to Christopher Moore interview.  What is your experience with contemporary vampire fiction?  Classical vampire fiction (Dracula)? Have you read Twilight or Anne Rice?




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8 comments:

  1. Tim BattagliaMarch 11, 2013 at 9:06 AM

    I'm not a huge fan of vampires. When I was younger I read a book about vampire lore, (things like people being mistaken for dead,) but that's about it. I am familiar with characters like Dracula and Nosferatu. I haven't read Anne Rice or Twilight.

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  2. Hannah MacLaggerMarch 11, 2013 at 9:20 AM

    I haven't had a lot of experience with vampires in books or movies. I never read Anne Rice, I've never seen Dracula. Mostly I hate scary things and being scared, so I was never drawn to creatures like vampires that have an aspect of horror to them. I read Twilight when I was eleven, but that is more like a story about beautiful immortal humans, not vampires.

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  3. Clara OCMarch 11, 2013 at 9:33 AM

    I was never a super crazed obsessive fan about vampires, but I was interested in them. Mostly because after watching seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it's hard not to be. The Christopher Moore interview was really interesting. The plot structure he uses makes a lot more sense to me than the one we're taught in school. His advice on research is pretty good, since that has happened to me numerous times. I read a lot of those teen supernatural novels in middle school and ninth grade. In my experience, these types of fluff-books are generally set in the underground of a major city, the protagonist is usually a girl (but not always) who doesn't know what they're doing, but have some secret power they don't know about, they are usually drawn into this new world by some mysterious sexy guy, and there is so much sexual tension it's almost unbearable. I recall that these books were kind of exhausting to read. I've read Twilight. Twilight was one of those books you only keep reading because you want the characters to fall in love. I completely disregarded the writing because I wanted them to end up together, but honestly that whole watching you when you're sleeping, wanting to give up your life for some stupid boy, and sparkling in the sun, were pretty ridiculous. Okay I'm done now.

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  4. UnknownMarch 11, 2013 at 9:45 AM

    So far, the only experience that I've had with vampires would have to be the Twilight series (Yes, I love the Twilight series). Despite the negative criticism is has received I've grown quite fond of it and its originality and creativity intrigues me. The first time I've seen Dracula was in Hotel Transylvania. I know, how childish of me. But hey, it was actually a great movie and very different from Twilight. Gave me a different perspective of vampires. I've heard of Anne Rice but never really stuck my nose into one of her books.

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  5. JackMarch 11, 2013 at 9:45 AM

    I read a lot of vampire novels earlier on in life. Throughout elementary school I read a series called Cirque du Freak, which is a twelve book series about vampires that carried a mix of old and new vampire ideas, such as half vampires, superhuman strength, but still fearing the light, as well as not relying so much on love, but the horror/comic aspects. Theres also a sense of honor between the vampires, which creates a unique conflict. I also read all of the Twilight books when I was a younger so I understand the more "romantic" side of vampires. Along with this I've read plenty of various vampire stories, ranging from brutal murder to love. -Jack

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  6. Neriah JahniseMarch 11, 2013 at 9:48 AM

    I love vampires. I'm obsessed. My favorite TV show is The Vampire Diaries, it's based on a book series. I've read all of the Twilight books and I have seen ll of the movies. I've read Anne Rice's collection of VAmpire Thrillers as well and Lestat is definitely one of my favorites. If you haven't read or seen Interview with a Vampire, go readi it now! of netflix it!
    The Christopher Moore interview was interesting, he gives a lot of good advice and feedback on research. Most teen supernatural novels are typical, or cliche, I found myself reading it just because and then I got bored.
    Final comment: Anne rice has to be my favorite Vampire author EVER!

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  7. AnonymousMarch 11, 2013 at 9:35 PM

    I liked the Christopher Moore interview. It reminded me of and reinforced ideas about writing that I had already learned or realized. Even though I understand these ideas I'm still going to have trouble applying them to my work.

    I have extremely limited experience with vampire fiction. I read the entire Twilight series, of which the first book was passable at best and the rest were worthless. I also watched short small vampire TV show that I can't remember the name of.

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  8. Caleb WhittierApril 26, 2013 at 8:57 AM

    I'm not all that interested in vampires. Like Jack, I also read Cirque du Freak, but I fell out of that series pretty quickly. I have seen Dracula and portions of Nosferatu, but I can't say I got into them. There's something about vampires that I just don't like, but I guess that boils down to personal preference. I've just never been extremely fascinated by them. I have read the first book of Twilight, but I'm reluctant to call that actual vampire literature. I've also read a bit of Anne Rice, but that didn't really intrigue me either.
    The interview is relatively interesting. His advice towards research is pretty nice, but I feel that a lot of this I already know. Research is a heavy part of writing, but there always has to be that line that you don't cross, otherwise your fiction becomes a textbook. While the interview as a whole was interesting, I don't feel it was necessarily helpful.

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