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The Vampire Tapestry [Kindle Edition]

Suzy McKee Charnas , Catska Ench , Cory Ench
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Hailed by Stephen King as "scary and suspenseful" and "unputdownable," and by Peter Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn, as "The best vampire novel I have ever read," The Vampire Tapestry examines the classic monster as a biological, rather than supernatural, predator who awakens from hibernation every few decades needing to relearn human culture. After years of secret effort, the self-styled Edward Weyland has become a respected anthropology professor and director of a sleep research lab. With reliable access to unsuspecting blood donors, he grows complacent and makes a near-fatal error. First critically wounded by a strong and canny woman, then imprisoned and humiliated by a power-mad Satanist, he is forced on a journey toward an empathy with his prey that threatens the foundations of his survival.

The Vampire Tapestry features cover art by Cory and Catska Ench.

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Dr. Edward Lewis Weyland is an anthropologist, a professor and student of man. His interest in this field is, however, more than academic, for he is a vampire, not a spirit creature but a perfectly evolved predator: strong, swift, cunning, and aloof. However, when Weyland stalks a woman who proves a more adept hunter than himself, he winds up critically wounded and humbled, and obliged to make a journey toward the greatest threat he's faced yet: empathy for the very creatures he must feed on to survive.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 463 KB
  • Print Length: 292 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0765320827
  • Publisher: ElectricStory.com, Inc. (1 Aug 2001)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004183L2G
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #93,277 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love this book. I read it several times, and each time was the same delight. Suzy Mc Kee Charnas woves her tapestry with delicate hands and a deep insight into an inhuman mind. "the more I talk to you, the more real you become" says the vampire. Weyland his a beautiful and alien creature, and we see him changing, becoming more human than many humans. One of the most complex vampires that I know. (please forgive me, my english is not good, I'm a french reader)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By M. A. Ramos TOP 1000 REVIEWER
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The Vampire Tapestry is the story of dream researcher and vampire Dr. Edward Weyland. This is a very unique vampire story. Unlike the horror stories we are use to, here we have a complicated creature without fangs or any of the other things we expect; but he still needs blood. The main character, the vampire, gets kidnapped and after escaping begins talking with a psychologist. He is not the stereotyped vampire at all and the author does not make him sad, pitiful, or sexual in any way. A very good read and something different. This type of vampire could actually exist...
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
One of the genre's best. 25 July 2003
By Kellyannl - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Humans are cattle. There is no other reality for vampire Edward Weyland. That is, until two wounding bullets at the hands of vampire huntress Katje de Groot leave him vulnerable to a greedy third-rate Satanist named Reese, and his existence is changed forever by a frantic, knee-jerk act of compassion by a sensitive teenager named Mark. Further affected by the love of a disturbed psychiatrist named Floria and the friendship of a kindly but troubled professor named Irv, Weyland must discover if these three humans have given him a great gift - or a terrible curse...

This is a novel that doesn't allow you to leave your brain at the door. Charnas is delightfully subtle - there's no one big moment where you can point out that Weyland has changed, and it is sometimes a whole chapter later before you find out what effect the human "guest stars" have had on him, all of them affecting him in very different ways. And she never lets you forget what he is - this is not someone you would ever want to have a cup of tea with. This is probably the best depiction of the vampire as a predator, neither good nor evil. We remain rather detached from Weyland as he almost clinically self-examines himself.

Weyland's relationships with the humans he encounters are so different that each chapter varies wildly in tone. I personally found Mark's chapter the most powerful, with a wonderful picture of the terror and aching conscience of a truly good boy, and Floria's curiously anticlimatic considering her obvious significance. Everyone will have a favorite.

Though not quite perfect, a welcome addition to any vampire fiction collection.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
A different kind of vampire 11 Dec 2003
By Allison - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Unlike Anne Rice or even Bram Stoker's vampires, Suzy McKee Charnas' view of the vampire is more realistic and grounded. Her vampire is more akin to a scientific or evolutionary mutation. Dr. Edward Weyland is a professor at a prolific university, teaching and testing the effects of dream therapy; a clever disguise in order to lure test subjects in and victimize them for his own cravings for blood.

Instead of fangs, he has a stinger on his tongue and as for garlic, crosses, holy water and sunlight, they are, to him, laughable myths that have no bearing. He knows of no other like himself and has only vague memories of the centuries he lived before and no memory at all of his life (if there was one) before becoming what he is.

This is almost like an intimate character study of what a real vampire might be like and what he might go through. There are no slatherings of sexual overtones or manic violence; what little there is of both are done with a realistic detachment. If your looking for a break from the usual tale of the undead, then this should be right up your alley.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Vampire Tapestry 24 Dec 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
By far one of the very best books I have ever read. I think Stephen King puts it best with the comment of "Unputdownable". It took me a little time to get into the story, the first 20 or 30 pages are a little slow, in my opinion. After that I had a hard time stoping. It was easy to read the 285 pages in a night. Suzy writes a revolutionary vampire novel, I found myself thinking 'Weyland' could be a real person some place in the world, vampire and all.The ending gives me a very satisfied feeling, and the entire book is a pleasure.
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