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Announcing a Guilty Pleasure
2007-05-11 20:24:00
Article by: Colleen Mondor - www.chasingray.com So in the midst of all my reading and writing about Sylvia Plath and after reviewing Seth Kantner's impressive Ordinary Wolves for Bookslut, along with the very political photojournalism book Unembedded and the very literary collection Writers on the Air, I took a break for a delicious guilty pleasure: A Stroke of Midnight. That's right, I've been reading Laurell K. Hamilton. Here's the thing about Laurell K. - she has been writing her Anita Blake Vampire Executioner books for over a decade now and started the Meredith Gentry dark fairy tale series several years ago as well. She gets a ton of flack because a lot of the stuff that goes on in these books is either really really violent or really really sexy. I think I need to emphasize that sexy part - we're talking full on erotica type sexy here. When I worked in a bookstore the employees always had their little jokes about the folks who bought Hamilton's books (or any boo...
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Harry Potter Meet Anita Blake
2007-04-22 16:02:00
Article by: Colleen Mondor - www.chasingray.com Okay, I've admitted in the past to my deep and possibly sick love for world that is Anita Blak e Vampire Hunter. I just finished reading the latest in the series, Danse Macabre, and as a longtime fan I have to say it is some of Laurell K Hamilton's best writing. I know, I know, it's all sex (I mean a godawful ton of sex this time) but it's also all about the politics of this strange little group of vampires, lycanthropes, necromancers and hey - this time we've got merepeople!!! - who populate Hamilton's alternate universe. Anita kills vampires, except the ones she having some mind blowing sex with, and she also runs a wolf pack with a werewolf whose in therapy and she lives with a couple of guys who adore her and love her and just have issues once a month during the full moon (wereleopard and werewolf in case you're wondering). But I digress. While I was reading Danse I was still thinking about all of this Harry Potter bus...
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More About Laurell K Hamilton
2007-04-18 19:41:00
Laurell's Favorite Vampire MoviesCount Dracula 1974Dracula 1931Dracula 1979Fright Night 1985Interview with a Vampire 1994Love at First Bite 1979My Best Friend is a Vampire 1994Near Dark 1987The Lost Boys 1987Vampire Circus १९७१ Laurell"s Favorite Vampire BooksEncyclopedia of Death -Avon referenceSymbolic and Mythological AnimalsThe Cemetery Book Voodoo in HaitiThe Illustrated VampireVampire Book Melton - an encyclopedia
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Laurells Biography
2007-04-16 22:59:00
Laurell's grandmother, Laura Gentry, was responsible for Laurell's interests in things that go bump in the night. Mrs. Gentry related tales of horror originating in the hills of Arkansas, the state where she grew up. From those stories Laurell got this lesson: "Rawhide and bloody bones will get you if you aren't good".When Laurell was 13, she discover a short story collection titled "Pigeons from Hell". "It was the first heroic fantasy I'd read. It was fights, swords, monsters I decided not only did I want to become a writer, it was this I wanted to write". She chanced upon another book in the high school library " The Natural History of the Vampire". She read it so many times she nearly memorized it. When it's suggested that her choice of creepy films and stories were unseemly when her friends' companions were dolls: "I wasn't like most girls" she said.Laurell was born in Heber Springs, Arkansas but grew up in Sims, Ind. A hamlet with a population of 100. Laurell's mother w...
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The Harlequin
2007-04-16 22:48:00
Book 15 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter SeriesAnita Blake is about to face the challenge of her life. Into her world-a world already overflowing with power-have come creatures so feared that powerful, centuries-old vampires refuse to mention their names. It is forbidden to speak of The Harlequin unless you've been contacted. And to be contacted by The Harlequin is to be under sentence of death.Long-time rivals for Anita's affections, Jean-Claude, Master Vampire of the City, and Richard, alpha-werewolf, will need to become allies. Shapeshifters Nathaniel and Micah will have to step up their support. And then there's Edward. In this situation, Anita knows that she needs to call the one man who has always been there for her...

Danse Macabre
2007-04-16 22:43:00
Book 14 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series"It was the middle of Novemebr. I was supposed to be out jogging, but instead I was sittling at my breakfast table talking about men, sex, werewolves, vampires, and that thing that most unmarried but sexually active women fear most."Anita Blake needs to be concentrating on a dangerous situation. The ardeur, the sexual power that flows between Anita and Jean-Claude, Master Vampire of the City, and Richard, the volatile werewolf who loves her passionately, is reaching new levels, perhaps evolving into something altogether new. The ardeur seems to be choosing new lovers for Anita, acting with a will of its own. The unexpected effect of this is that Jean-Claude's own power as a master vampire has grown to new levels - and Richard, never predictable is changing, too.But as the days pass, Anita's less interested in vampire politics than in an ancient, ordinary dread she shares with women of all ages: She may be pregnant. And, if she is, wh...
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Micah
2007-04-16 22:36:00
Book 13 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter SeriesPhone calls at half past dawn are never a good omen for Anita Blake - and this one proves no exception. Larry Kirkland, her Animator's Inc. coworker, has a pregnant wife in early labor and Anita needs to cover for him on an assignment. The deceased is a federal witness who died in FBI protective custody before he could testify; a judge has ruled the witness can be raised as a zombie, and his testimony taken posthumously.For anyone else, this would be a piece of cake. But Anita is afraid to fly - and the graveyard is in Philadelphia. And then theirs the nasty little problem of being apart from her lovers for so long, forcing her to feed her ardeur - the lust hunger that still drives her - with some hapless stranger.Fortunately, her changeling lover, Micah is happy to come to her aid, ofering support on the pane - and in the bedroom - as she copes with the nitty-gritty of this assignment. However, what starts off as a routine task in th...

Incubus Dreams
2007-04-16 22:30:00
Book 12 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter SeriesAs consultant to the Regional Preternatural Investigation Unit, Anita's called in on what appears to be a case invoving a serial killer - a vampire serial killer - who may be preying on strippers.She's sure that none of the local vampires are responsible - but her judgemant may be clouded by a conflict of intrest. For she is, after all, the consort of Jean-Claude, the ever-intoxicating Master Vampire of the City - something that both her friends, and her ex, are quick to point out.Surrounded by suspicion, overwhelmed by her attepmts to control the primal lusts that continue to wrack her as a result of her passionate contacts with vampire, werewolf, and the shapeshifter Micah, Anita is pushed to her limits - and beyond.
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Cerulean Sins
2007-04-16 22:18:00
Book 11 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter SeriesAnita Blake is about to learn what it's like to be at the new end of a centuries old bloodline - and how far she'll let herself be pushed around.How the mighty have fallen! Once a sworn enemy of all vampires, Anita is now the human consort of both Jean-Claude, the Master of the City, and Micah, the leopard shapeshifter. But her love doesn't stop there. It can't. For Anita - not quite as she once was - is consumed by both the lusts of the vampire and the primal hungers of the wereleopards. Desires that must be sated - time and time again.But it is Jean-Claude who needs her now. His oldest ancestor has sent one of her vicious and powerful underlings to St. Louis, putting Jean-Claude and his clan on the defensive. Unsure of where she stands with the interloper, Anita finds herself tested as never before - needing all the dark forces her passion can muster to save the ones she loves the most.
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Narcissus In Chains
2007-04-16 22:12:00
Book 10 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter SeriesIn Obsidian Butterfly, Anita Blake, came into her own. She survived a supernatural onslought unlike any she ever faced before-and she did it without the two men in her life.Now, six months have passed since Anita has seen either Jean-Claude or Richard. Six months of celibacy. Six months of indecision. Six months of danger. For her body carries the marks of both vampire and werewolf, and until the truimvariate is consumamated, all three remain vulnerable.But when a kidnapper targets innocents that Anita has sworn to protect, she needs all the help she can get. In an earth-shattering union, Anita, Jean-Claude and Richard merge the marks- and melt into one another. Suddenly, Anita can harness both their powers. She can feel their hearts...hear their thoughts...know their hungers....Nothing can save Anita from a twist of fate that draws her ever closer to the brink of humanity-to finally surrender to the bloodlust, the beast and the desire...
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Obsidian Butterfly
2007-04-16 22:05:00
Book 9 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter SeriesEdward was a hit man.He specialized in monsters. Vampires, shape-shifters, anything and everything. There were people like me who did it legal, but Edward didn't sweat the legalities or, hell, the ethics. He was an equal opportunity killer. I may be one of the few friends that Edward has, but it's like being friends with a tame leopard. It may curl on the foot of your bed and let you pet it's head, but it can still eat your throat out....Whenever the phone rings before dawn something big is probably up, and the fact that Anita Blake has been up all night dealing with zombies doesn't make this call an exception. "Ted Forrester needs backup from Anita Blake, vampire executioner," Edward tells her using the pseudomym he keeps for those rare times he needs a legal identity. And she owes him a favor.Summoning Anita has its downside for Edward, since it means letting her onto his turf. Anita is surprised to find that this normally aggress...
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Blue Moon
2007-04-16 21:48:00
Book 8 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series"Richard was an alpha werewolf. It was his only serious flaw. We'd broken up after I'd seen him eat somebody."Still, you never forget your ex-fiancé. And when the call came at three in the morning, I thought for a moment it was him. It wasn't. It was his brother. And it wasn't good news. Apparently, the former love of my life had gotten himself thrown in jail for assaulting a woman.Since I make my living as a preternatural expert, I tend to believe almost anything's possible. But though he may be one of the monsters, Richard would never harm a woman. So here I am in the wilds of Tennessee, Anita to the rescue. I've got just a few days to spring Richard and find out who framed him -- and why.There's a full moon coming, and if my werewolf love is still behind bars when it rises, he'll be facing a lot worse than an assault charge ...---In Blue Moon , Anita's ex Richard is jailed in Tennessee, accused of rape. When Anita arrives wi...

Burnt Offerings
2007-04-16 21:40:00
Book 7 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series"You can't trust anyone who sleeps with the monsters."That's what I've always said. That's what I've always believed. But now I'm the one sharing a bed with the Master Vampire of the City. Me, Anita Blake. The woman the vampires call the Executioner. From part of the solution, I've become part of the problem.So it hits close to home when an arsonist begins to target vampire-owned businesses all over town -- an arsonist who seems to want to destroy more than just property. It's the monsters who are in danger now. And it's up to the Executioner to save them from the inferno ...---As Burn t Offer ings unfolds, Anita agrees to help track down a possible psychic firestarter. She's also policing the local werewolf pack, though she's split up with their alpha, Richard. Then Jean-Claude, the vampire Master of the City and her lover, needs her help to confront a visiting delegation of the vampires' ruling council. They wonder how he go...
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The Killing Dance
2007-04-16 21:33:00
Book 6 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series"These days my life is a cross between a preternatural soap opera and an action adventure movie. Sort of As the Casket Turns meets Rambo."The first hit man came after me at home, which should be against the rules. Then there was a second, and a third. Eventually, I found out that the word on the street was that Anita Blake, preternatural expert and vampire killer extraordinaire, was worth half a million dollars. Dead, not alive.So what's a girl to do but turn to the men in her life for help? Which in my case, means an alpha werewolf and a master vampire. With professional killers on your trail, it's not a bad idea to have as much protection as possible, human or otherwise.But I'm beginning to wonder if two monsters are better than one ...---Anita Blake, vampire hunter, is now herself a hunted woman. Who put the $500,000 price on her head--a man or a monster? It's not just her own skin she needs to save; the rivalry between her werew...
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Bloody Bones
2007-04-16 21:27:00
Book 5 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series"When the monsters are involved, it's never just one dead body. One way or another the dead multiply."First, there were the dead in the graveyard, two-hundred years dead. I'd been hired to raise them to settle a dispute over who owned the land they were buried in. Then there were the three dead teenagers in the woods, slaughtered in a way I had never seen before. And then they found the dead girl, drained of blood and left in her bed.I knew what that meant, all right. It didn't take a degree in preternatural studies to figure out that something was very wrong in and around Branson, Missouri. And I was right in the middle of it. My name is Anita Blake. Welcome to my life...---When Anita Blake's boss at Animators, Inc., informs her that she's expected to raise 300-year-old zombies from a field of jumbled bones just to settle a land dispute, she's understandably annoyed. But as soon as she arrives in Branson, Missouri, to do the deed...
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The Lunatic Cafe
2007-04-16 21:20:00
Book 4 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series"You don't volunteer for slugfests with vampires. It shortens your life expectancy."And you don't fall in love with a werewolf. It interferes with your work. Especially when you're a preternatural expert, like me. My business brings me up close and personal with all shapes and sizes of monsters. And not all of them want to kill me.Take, for instance, the local pack of lycanthropes -- that's werewolves to you. A number of them are missing, and they've come to me for help. Maybe because I'm dating the leader of the pack. I've survived a lot -- from jealous vampires to killer zombies -- but this love thing may kill me yet...---The zombie-raising business gets slow in December, so Anita Blake is starting to see some oddball cases. She's got a neatly typed list of eight missing lycanthropes given to her by Marcus, the leader of the local werewolf pack, who wants her to find them. The trouble is, Anita's occasionally furry boyfriend ...
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Circus of the Damned
2007-04-16 21:11:00
Book 3 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series"Most women complain that there are no single, straight men left. I'd just like to meet one that's human."I'm Anita Blake, expert on creatures of the night. I've dined with shapeshifters, danced with werewolves, and been wooed - but not won - by Jean-Claude, the Master of the City.And now a darkly dangerous vampire named Alejandro has hit town. He wants me for his human servant. A war of the undead has begun. Over me.---Circus of the Damned finds Anita fighting a giant cobra and a rogue vampire, Alejandro, who wants her for his human servant. Anita is still resisting the advances of Jean-Claude, St. Louis's master vampire, but she does need him on her side, if not in her bed. Anita's reluctant involvement in the odd goings-on at the supernatural Circus of the Damned introduces her to Richard, the werewolf of her dreams, and Larry, her powerful but nervous partner in zombie-raising.
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The Laughing Corpse
2007-04-16 20:37:00
Book 2 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series"The older the zombie, the bigger the death needed to raise it."After a few centuries, the only death "big enough" is a human sacrafice. I know, because I'm an animator. My name is Anita Blake.Working for Animators, Inc., is just a job - like selling insurance. But all the money in the world wasn't enough for me to take on the particular job Harold Gaynor was offering.Somebody else did though - a rouge animator. Now he's not just raising the dead....he's raising Hell.And it's up to me to stop it...Harold Gaynor offers Anita Blake a million dollars to raise a 300-year-old zombie. Knowing it means a human sacrifice will be necessary, Anita turns him down. But when dead bodies start turning up, she realizes that someone else has raised Harold's zombie--and that the zombie is a killer. Anita pits her power against the zombie and the voodoo priestess who controls it.
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Guilty Pleasures
2007-04-16 19:59:00
Book 1 of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series"I don't date vampires. I kill them"My name is Anita Blake. Vampires call me The Executioner. What I call them isn't repeatable. Ever since the Supreme Court granted the undead equal rights, most people think vampires are just ordinary folks with fangs. I know better. I've seen their victims. I carry the scars.But now a serial killer is murdering vampires -- and the most powerful bloodsucker in town wants me to find the killer.---Anita Blake may be small and young, but vampires call her the Executioner. Anita is a necromancer and vampire hunter in a time when vampires are protected by law--as long as they don't get too nasty. Now someone's killing innocent vampires and Anita agrees - with a bit of vampiric arm-twisting - to help figure out who and why.Trust is a luxury Anita can't afford when her allies aren't human. The city's most powerful vampire, Nikolaos, is 1,000 years old and looks like a 10 year old girl. The second most...
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Overview of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series
2007-04-16 04:49:00
Anita Blak e is an Animator and Vampire Slayer. Actually, she is a monster slayer. Though sometimes the monsters are human and even Anita is not sure she is not one of them.Anita lives in a world very similar to our own. The difference: things that go bump in the night are real. Vampires, magic, zombies, werewolves, shapeshifters all exist and are active. Owning businesses, having love lives and living or unliving their day to day existence.Anita works for Animators, Inc. She routinely raises zombies for a living. Have a questionable will and died? Anita can raise you for your heirs to find out what you intended. Need to tell someone how you really feel about them but they died first? Anita can bring them back long enough for you to have your say. Anita also works as a consultant for the Regional Preternatural Investigation Team (RPIT), a division of the St. Louis Police force that deals with supernatural crimes.Of course Anita's boss at Animator's Inc, Bert Vaughn, will farm out h...
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