Thursday, November 5, 2009

Blood, sex and fears: the making of vampire mania

From ABC online

As vampire-mania heats up around the globe, there are two book series on our screens going head to head for everyone's attention - Twilight and True Blood.

We've always had a place for the sinister and sexy world of vampires, but it now seems to have reached a point of obsession.

Suburban mother-of-three Charlaine Harris is the unlikely author of the raunchy Sookie Stackhouse books about a telepathic waitress, which has spawned Alan Ball's award-winning TV series, True Blood (which screens on pay TV in Australia).

Set in the deep south, vampires announce their existence after the creation of a synthetic blood - True Blood - which means they (theoretically) don't have to feed on humans - or "fang bangers" - as those with a fetish for having sex with vampires are called.

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questions answered by Charlaine here

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