Childe_Of_Caine
August 29th, 2006, 02:08 AM
Hello Lumley Fans
First, allow me to express just how honored and excited I am to be a member of this fine community. It is a rare opportunity--at least, in my experience--to casually encounter another Lumley Fan let alone any significant number of us. It is my hope that my membership here amongst you fans will generate meaningful bonds, forged through a mutual affection for the Keoghverse, and even more meaningful discussions.
I believe it proper to provide some information about myself; after all, how else would I generate the bonds spoken of above? My name is Ivan. I'm a United States (but, occassionally, the Mobius Continuum) resident and I suffer from an acute lack of humor ability as evidence by the previously mentioned joke. My interest in the Keoghverse was brought about by one of the only vices that I have above the Necroscope series, the vampire and all of his/her associated lore. I've delved into it all, from the romanticism of Anne Rice to the works of Laurek K. Hamilton with her more contemporary flair for the undead. Still, Lumley's contribution to the lore satisfies me in a way that Rice or Hamilton or even Stoker (okay, I admit that may be stretching it a tad) couldn't.
Though I love Lestat to death--or undeath, whichever--I confess that I do sometimes grow tired of his, and by extention every Ricean vampire's, vampiric condition. He uses his enhanced senses to constantly describe the texture, the aesthetics, the scent, the luminesence, the utter sensuality...of a button.........or any other object that may catch his preternatural eye. Since Interview With A Vampire, I've understood that the vampire of that verse is equipped with an enhanced perception of their surroundings and, yes, it is is enjoyable to be reminded of such talents...but not in every installment of the Chronicles!
Hamilton's vampires, despite their vibrant personalities and alluring characterizations, remind me all-too-often of the vampire stereotype. Her vampires are often dressed in antiquated dress, her vampires are often very hypnotic in their beauty, her vampires are often endowed with European accents, her vampires are often disturbingly beautiful, her vampires are often.........REDUNDANT.
And while Lumley's vampire must possess a certain redundancy for consistency, I never grow tired of the Wamphri. They are cold, calloused, powerful, grotesque, fearsome, territorial, loathsome creatures, stripped entirely of the Ricean sentiment and the Hamilton "Vladism." These vampires conform to what the vampire should truly be--a monster that haunts our most terrifying nightmares, not the immortal that cries at the sunset.
Lastly, as I realize that my post grows too long for an introduction :D , I'd like to cite the amazing quantum mechanics embedded in the Keoghverse as yet another reason for my fandom of said verse. Physics has always been interesting to me (to the point where I've chosen it as my major); it's always delightful to read a work that incorporates so much admittedly theoretical physics!
Again, I rejoice in being here.
---The Vampirologist
First, allow me to express just how honored and excited I am to be a member of this fine community. It is a rare opportunity--at least, in my experience--to casually encounter another Lumley Fan let alone any significant number of us. It is my hope that my membership here amongst you fans will generate meaningful bonds, forged through a mutual affection for the Keoghverse, and even more meaningful discussions.
I believe it proper to provide some information about myself; after all, how else would I generate the bonds spoken of above? My name is Ivan. I'm a United States (but, occassionally, the Mobius Continuum) resident and I suffer from an acute lack of humor ability as evidence by the previously mentioned joke. My interest in the Keoghverse was brought about by one of the only vices that I have above the Necroscope series, the vampire and all of his/her associated lore. I've delved into it all, from the romanticism of Anne Rice to the works of Laurek K. Hamilton with her more contemporary flair for the undead. Still, Lumley's contribution to the lore satisfies me in a way that Rice or Hamilton or even Stoker (okay, I admit that may be stretching it a tad) couldn't.
Though I love Lestat to death--or undeath, whichever--I confess that I do sometimes grow tired of his, and by extention every Ricean vampire's, vampiric condition. He uses his enhanced senses to constantly describe the texture, the aesthetics, the scent, the luminesence, the utter sensuality...of a button.........or any other object that may catch his preternatural eye. Since Interview With A Vampire, I've understood that the vampire of that verse is equipped with an enhanced perception of their surroundings and, yes, it is is enjoyable to be reminded of such talents...but not in every installment of the Chronicles!
Hamilton's vampires, despite their vibrant personalities and alluring characterizations, remind me all-too-often of the vampire stereotype. Her vampires are often dressed in antiquated dress, her vampires are often very hypnotic in their beauty, her vampires are often endowed with European accents, her vampires are often disturbingly beautiful, her vampires are often.........REDUNDANT.
And while Lumley's vampire must possess a certain redundancy for consistency, I never grow tired of the Wamphri. They are cold, calloused, powerful, grotesque, fearsome, territorial, loathsome creatures, stripped entirely of the Ricean sentiment and the Hamilton "Vladism." These vampires conform to what the vampire should truly be--a monster that haunts our most terrifying nightmares, not the immortal that cries at the sunset.
Lastly, as I realize that my post grows too long for an introduction :D , I'd like to cite the amazing quantum mechanics embedded in the Keoghverse as yet another reason for my fandom of said verse. Physics has always been interesting to me (to the point where I've chosen it as my major); it's always delightful to read a work that incorporates so much admittedly theoretical physics!
Again, I rejoice in being here.
---The Vampirologist