[Ingram]

I have just started what is classed as the best Vampire series to date (sorry miss rice) from brian lumly, yep the necroscope, blood wars and all the other books. Im about to start the first book and would like to know if anyone else out there is or has read them..... and your humble opinion as well......

[Ingram]

No one is interested ha your loss..........

[estranghero]

Hey, I just logged on. Gimme some time, ya know. Also, isn't Brian Lumley a horror-writer? http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

I first read Lumley's vampire work on Blood Brothers and it was interesting enough for me to look up Necroscope. However, I think I had too high expectations on the 1st book because I wasn't too impressed. This also kept me from reading the other books.

However, the very idea of a 'Necroscope' fighting against super-vampires is still very attractive for me such that I'm curious enough to try Lumley's E-Branch series. Any opinion on that?

(Actually, Lumley always struck me as great on concepts but not so good on execution. I heard his Titus Crow series also had the same problems.)

[Gooch]

I read the first couple Necroscopes. I like the first one a lot. Lost interest afterwards though.


However, my first encounter with the series, I had picked up one of the later books (WAY later) the Last Aerie, and I loved it. So, who knows.

[Hobbit]

Yes I quite liked the Titus Crow series (as far as I read) in a weak Lovecraftian sort of way... http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

Hobbit

[James Barclay]

I read the first of these and will not be returning for a second bite...

[lukaspriest]

I just recently took a brief break from fantasy and read a book called The Association by Bentley Little...its a story about a couple that move into a beautiful house within a gated community with a Homeowner's Association that rivals the Nazi regime...its quite scary...and it was so good I sat down and read all 420 pages in one day. Very bizarre, very entertaining read.

[BigBadGravity]

For my break, i am reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. Good stuff so far.

[Llama]

How is The Eyre Affair a break from fantasy?

[Llama]

I find it odd that folks think Little and Lumley are a break from fantasy. Horror is just another form of fantasy, folks. If you guys want to take a break more power to ya, I think everyone should do that but perhaps you should try broadening your horizons a bit and reading something that's in fact different -- like some non-fiction or a realist novel.