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How on earth did Shaitan know about the “cones of light“? 

  Before I start reading them all, in which order would you recommend? I see that Lost Years Vol.1 and Vol. 2 were released after Blood Wars, but someone said they take place between Vamphyri and The Source.

I saw an older thread that someone replied with a link, but I can't get that link to work.

Bonus question: Are the three books I have left to buy worth getting?

Thanks!

Kyle

One of the things that fascinates me is the Wamphyri appreciation of music. They do, of course, possess enhanced hearing. We see this most clearly in the Vampire World trilogy, where the dog-lord Canker Canison becomes fascinated by a Szgany flute and asks Nestor to teach him 'the tune'- before he builds his own gigantic instrument out of bones. When discussing Canker's interest in music, one of the Wamphyri refers to Devetaki Skullguise's "Szgany troupe" which she kept in Masquemanse. Eventually though, Nestor starts to believe that Canker has warped and distorted the tune (he asks, "Do the Wamphyri corrupt everything?") It made me wonder about Szgany music and its connections to our world, and what we would recognise as Gypsy music in our reality. I tried to imagine how the alien music of the Vampire World might sound.

We then see the theme of the Wamphyri appreciation of music raised again in the E-Branch trilogy, where Lord Nephran Malinari reveals his love of traditional Blues music. I wondered if this was a reflection of Brian Lumley's own musical tastes being slipped in there! There's another scene in the taverna on a Greek island where Malinari and Vavara react negatively to a heavy metal song being played at the venue. It is a minor theme, but I just like these small details about these monstrously evil characters.

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Most exciting!  I can't wait to get it.

This, of course, ushers in the inevitable Question....will any of the other books get the audio treatment?  I hope so!

I would like to get thoughts from the members here on who they believe to be the strongest Wamphyri that has ever lived!These are my top three choices.

#1 Shaitan

#2 Eygor Killglance

#3 Shaithis

I am not including the Dweller or Harry in the choices(even though it could be argued that the Dweller should be included) and only using wamphryi outside Harry family line.

I look foward to any replies to this thread,,,I do like this site

So now the question is, Who is your Favorite of theese three?

the egg or the leech?

anyone figure this out. if your gonna spoil. give warnings....

-Who would win in physical fight?

-Who is hotter to you?

-Who is greater Vamphyri?

-What would happen if Wratha`s band escaped from Turgosheim while Karen was still living in her tower?

Edited: I have finished Bloodwars and Devetaki seemed to be greater than Wratha, she didn't let her lust and anger get in her way.

[ August 09, 2005, 01:58 PM: Message edited by: Lord Melkor ]

Look I know the story couldnt be with out Nestor becomming Whamphyri and Nathan was the ABSOLUTLY right choice to become the Necroscope..... BUT, I couldnt help feeling several times through the vamp world series, that Nestor could have been better than Harry Snr, Harry Jnr and Nathan, I cant say y, its just a feeling I continously got.... What do u think?

I even have the perfect beginning for the prologue:

"The Dweller or Harry jnr as he was known in another distant world awoke screaming in his dark grave feeling his mind being literally split in two, temporarily albeit..."

Basically The Dweller has just been decapitated and the moment he died his two minds (wolf and human/wamphyri) try to seperate themselves. Then the rest of the book is about him remembering his life and trying to merge with his wolf mind to remember the last bit. Might sound boring but we'll get to know about him and maybe about the time travelling he can do???

However, if nobady seizes this idea then nobody may ever know... lol. (By the way, I know this idea isnt exactly original, but... oh well)

But I assume that their Vampire powers can`t match those of true Lords? But they are also trully immortal?

Another problem: Julian Bodescu had great powers, while not being egg-son of Tibor, so half-Vampires are very powerful, am I right?

Used to love coming on here.

Come on guys, how bout some chat

It might be fun if we posted Wamphyri Duels"

For example lets say that Lesk the Glut vs Menor Maimbite would fight,,,who would win in in this fight to the death?Everyone who would play would pick the winner .The winner would simply be who gets the most votes,,,I would think 10 different votes would be needed to make this interesting.

It could be done 1 of 2 ways.The first,,,Have a starting list with all the wamphyri ,I would imagine we could get at least 50 wamphyri if not more,,and at random have them fight to the death,,,it would be one on one..with the loser being eliminated from the competition completely once they lose once ,,the winner would move on to the next fight.

The second ,,Each person could just name a potential fight they like,,,I prefer this one my self as even a wamphyri who loses one fight can be involved in another duel ,,I like this one better .

If anybody is interested join the game.

I will start us off :

Menor Maimbite vs Lascula Longtooth

My pick: Lascula longtooth.My reasoning is this.Menor really besides the immunity to silver and knelasch,,does not seem to have any fighting skills or special skills that make him stand out among the wamphyri .Lascula with his above average metamorphic skills would give him the edge.

We finished 2009 with Kenny asking...

That's 4 day's Helm, where are you. You have till tomorrow afternoon to post then your time is up my friend.

Of course it would be cool to communicate with the dead and learn from them and such, and the use of mobius doors would be a blast, but there is something just so alluring about the power and longevity of being Wamphyri. The only trade-back I can think of would be that you would slowly lose yourself to the leech.

Thoughts?

Does anyone know what Mr Lumley's particular aversion to the e-book format is? It is very hard to pirate Amazon's file type and I would think that having his books available on kindle would only help the sales of his fantastic novels - I for one would love to have his library on kindle to take with me to work, on holiday etc. would be great!

Play.com has no results and eBay only finds books listed in America.

Can anyone assist please?

(Is the book even released in the UK?)

Thanks!

been a member here for awhile but havent used the site much. Also an avid reader of all things Lumley.

Anyway, this has most probably been remarked upon before, but i noticed a reference to something id seen on this board today while reading Invaders.

When Lardis is first telling Jake about Sunside/Starside he says about the Lady Vavara, " For see,even as i speak that name-Vavaaara-so i shudder."

Just thought it was amusing considering Silky's profile.

It seemed to me sort of an in-joke if you will if you happen to use this site.

Seriously, it seem like we all need to band up and blast the crud out of someone to get Necroscope pushed either as a series, or a movie trilogy, before everyone else jumps on the bandwagon and Hollywood looks at it like "Meh, another vampire/Underworld/X-files/Supernatural spin-off attempt *shrug*. Not interested." :mad: