Saturday, February 20, 2010

We Love Vampires Because Of Morality, Not Sex


More comments on the recent NPR Adler piece from io9

With the hormone-drenched success of HBO's True Blood and the Twilight saga, it's easy to think our love of vampires is driven by undead lust. But NPR's Margot Adler read 75 vampire novels and discovered a different reason. According to Adler, the vampire fascination has more to do with fantasies (and realities) of having

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3 comments:

Sharon said...

I guess the new covers are to promote the TV series, but I really love the original covers.

Rita said...

I'm with you i also love the original
covers as well.

Lady Jane said...

Sharon and Rita I am with you too, I DON'T like them at all really.