The Mammoth Book of Vampires

The book is about the size of a medium phonebook made up of stories focusing on one of the more popular horror creatures, the vampire. What I like about this book is that it has none of the stupidity all courtesy of the twilight saga, not even close. No this is a book of stories about the creature of the night. Stories about them hiding and preying on the unwary, stories about the struggle of humans against them for survival. Each one enjoyable and not the once over done, making you after each one wanting to read the next one after. If you want a book of vampire stories that's not overdone, that doesn't reek of someone profiting over young, ignorant, desperate, teenage girls this is the book for you.

This book is amazing. It is a prime example of the creative influence the vampire theme. I highly recommend this collection. They are not very scary but great stories.

A pretty decent collection of vampire stories. Chosen by Stephen Jones, these are mostly horror stories, not the girl lusts after nightclubbing vampire in tight pants type of thing. Well worth a look for both vampire and horror fans, as an impressive lineup of authors to be found. Mammoth Book of Vampires : Human Remains - Clive Barker Mammoth Book of Vampires : Necros - Brian Lumley Mammoth Book of Vampires : The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady - Brian M. Stableford Mammoth Book of Vampires : A Place to Stay - Michael Marshall Smith Mammoth Book of Vampires : The Brood - Ramsey Campbell Mammoth Book of Vampires : Root Cellar - Nancy Kilpatrick Mammoth Book of Vampires : Hungarian Rhapsody - Robert Bloch Mammoth Book of Vampires : The Legend of Dracula Reconsidered as a Prime-Time TV Special - Christopher Fowler Mammoth Book of Vampires : Vampire - Richard Christian Matheson Mammoth Book of Vampires : Stragella - Hugh B. Cave Mammoth Book of Vampires : A Week in the Unlife - David J. Schow Mammoth Book of Vampires : The House at Evening - Frances Garfield Mammoth Book of Vampires : Vampyrhhic Outcast - Simon Clark Mammoth Book of Vampires : The Labyrinth - R. Chetwynd-Hayes Mammoth Book of Vampires : Beyond Any Measure - Karl Edward Wagner Mammoth Book of Vampires : Doctor Porthos - Basil Copper Mammoth Book of Vampires : Straight to Hell - Paul McAuley Mammoth Book of Vampires : It Only Comes Out at Night - Dennis Etchison Mammoth Book of Vampires : Investigating Jericho - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Mammoth Book of Vampires : Dracula's Chair - Peter Tremayne Mammoth Book of Vampires : A Taste for Blood - Sydney J. Bounds Mammoth Book of Vampires : The Better Half - Melanie Tem Mammoth Book of Vampires : The Devil's Tritone - John Burke Mammoth Book of Vampires : Chastel - Manly Wade Wellman Mammoth Book of Vampires : Der Untergang des Abendlandesmenschen - Howard Waldrop Mammoth Book of Vampires : Red as Blood - Tanith Lee Mammoth Book of Vampires : Laird of Dunain - Graham Masterton Mammoth Book of Vampires : A Trick of the Dark - Tina Rath Mammoth Book of Vampires : Midnight Mass - F. Paul Wilson Mammoth Book of Vampires : Blood Gothic - Nancy Holder Mammoth Book of Vampires : Yellow Fog - Les Daniels Mammoth Book of Vampires : Fifteen Cards from a Vampire Tarot - Neil Gaiman Mammoth Book of Vampires : Vintage Domestic - Steve Rasnic Tem Mammoth Book of Vampires : Try a Dull Knife - Harlan Ellison Mammoth Book of Vampires : Andy Warhol's Dracula - Kim Newman Roman dead ringer. 4 out of 5 Summer lovin' cut horribly short. 3.5 out of 5 Humans rule, ok? With some AIDS, that is. 4 out of 5 Rita biter maid. 2.5 out of 5 Moth problem. 3 out of 5 Tiny monster. 3.5 out of 5 Drty woman. 3.5 out of 5 Media vampires. 3 out of 5 Crash recovery. 3.5 out of 5 Ship to shore, we need your blood and gore. 4.5 out of 5 Stakes are odd, legal, and useful. 3.5 out of 5 Footballers look tasty. 3 out of 5 Interloper redux. 3.5 out of

Great collection of stories by a variety of authors; Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, Kim Newman, Bram Stoker, to name a few. I liked "Midnight Mass," best, the story of a priest, a Jew, and vampires, as it brought up some interesting theology questions. I have wondered since I was a kid how Jewish people protect themselves from vampires. What a great story. The best stories, IMHO, were the novellas at the end, "Midnight Mass," "Yellow Fog," and, "Red Reign." There are shorter stories that are great, but the novellas made the book for me. There were only two stories that didn't interest me and I skipped. That's not bad for such a large book, and believe me, it lives up to its name, it is big!

This collection contains some of the best known writers in the genre: Clive Barker, Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Bloch, Edgar Allen Poe, Richard Christian Matheson, Graham Masterton, Melanie Tem and Basil Cooper. Most of these tales are modern-day although there are a few classics peppered throughout. The Mammoth Book of Vampires represents the variety of tales and legends to its fullest extent.