Vampires in Their Own Words: An Anthology of Vampire Voices,   ISBN:9780738712208

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Though I`m still reading the book, I can certainly affirm that it is quite interesting! I have even discovered that I myself am an "electrical interference vampire" as I benefit from storms and also, without willing to do so, drain watches batteries and also more or less once in each 3 months I`m responsible for blowing electrical bulbs! It Is interesting, isn`t it? Well, I like this book not only because I can see myself in it but also because there we can get acquainted with the many different approaches to vampirism that exist! So, you have a wide scenario , a wide perspective to see the phenomenon.

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This book has a great deal of information in a format that is easy to understand and fun to read. If you are Vampire curious I recommend this as a "must read".

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This is not about folklore vampires, fictional vampires, or Hollywood vamps. This is about people who believe they are vampires, absorb energy, and live a vampire life. This book gets into vampire ethics, how to feed, how to join a House, how to go on your own, what it means to be a vampire, donors, etiquettes, traditions, and all the other tiny details that you may wish to know about vampires. The chapters are written by different people and each chapter gives you a rainbow of views, so you can decide on your own about what a vampire is, why they need to fed and how they should live.
If you don't believe in vampires, blood drinkers or energy feeders, don't even bother to pick up the book. You need an open mind or a really need to understand what the authors are saying. This is a serious book, so if you are looking to laugh at them or make fun of their views or you think this is part of a role playing game, I suggest you look elsewhere.

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I love and cherish this book, it has great true stories of how real vampires are, in life, in socity, and how they look that themseleves. Must buy for anyone looking for the truth!

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I gotta give a huge thumbs up for this book. I have been going nuts reccomending this book to many members of the local Vampire Community as well as the Pagan community, and anyone who is interested in knowing more about Living Vampires.
For the first time the Vampire Community has a book that is written by well respected members of that community, as opposed to an outsider looking in. Some such books have had a rather biased view of the community, either treating it as a freakshow or as some dangerous bunch of nuts. This book doesn't. This is a well written piece, meant to inform and educate. It's not a bunch of 14 year old EMOs or power ranting that "Vampires will rule humanity"
It does pull the veil off some of the more shadowy areas of the culture, putting up the Black Veil and other works to the mainstream (or anyone who picks up the book at a bookstore).
If you are someone in or outside the Vampiric community, don't be quick to overlook this book. This has some great resources for a lot of younger communities (such as where I live) who don't know as much about it. Even if you have been around for a while, it's well worth the read. The differences in points of view alone are worth reading.
Many thanks to Michelle for being able to pull this together in such a fashion.