tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post8778056527478025864..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: Vampire Junction by S.P. Somtow (1984): The Bloody Days Are Bloody LongWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-8273931688421063802020-10-30T20:01:19.289-07:002020-10-30T20:01:19.289-07:00I read the book when it came out. It was nearly im...I read the book when it came out. It was nearly impossible to follow. The image of the shark outside the window stayed with me all these years--and not in a good way. I tossed the book in the trash after finishing it. I'd rather re-read Salem's Lot, or better yet, George R.R. Martin's Fevre Dream.Garrett Boatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15028063918826939288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-2105022780176396852020-05-02T21:54:58.080-07:002020-05-02T21:54:58.080-07:00I agree with statement by "nobody" conce...I agree with statement by "nobody" concerning Robert Bloch's blurb, and was surprised to see it go by without a remark from Will. <br /><br />Now, look, Bloch *knew* better than that in 1984, right? He had to have known better, he wrote some scary as hell stuff dating way back, ergo he knew what was scary or not (although after reading Psycho II and III ... much to my chagrin ... ehCoachRDWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209176592836408618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-21348083519025503982020-05-02T10:00:38.914-07:002020-05-02T10:00:38.914-07:00I will say this is nothing like Vampire Lestat in ...I will say this is nothing like Vampire Lestat in any way at all! Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-85897575241973863322020-04-30T19:06:35.357-07:002020-04-30T19:06:35.357-07:00Sounds a little like The Vampire Lestat when he tu...Sounds a little like The Vampire Lestat when he turned rock star. Wasn't a fan of that so I probably wouldn't like this.Breehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097495134553392339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-15813741465188264862020-04-27T17:36:52.705-07:002020-04-27T17:36:52.705-07:00The scariest thing on this is probably the level o...The scariest thing on this is probably the level of absurdity on that quote attributed to Robert Bloch.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797428953107307126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-28397688157281772442020-04-25T08:42:19.270-07:002020-04-25T08:42:19.270-07:00Def sounds like ludicrous crap. But Im not big on ...Def sounds like ludicrous crap. But Im not big on the tired vampire genre anyway.highwaykneeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458606266831050852noreply@blogger.com