The Vampire Database - Cover to Cover #242: Vampire Powerhouse

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Cover to Cover #242: Vampire Powerhouse
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Author:	Summer Brooks
Audio Format:	MP3
Length:	69 min
Website:	http://www.dragonpage.com/2006/12/25/cover-to-cover-242/

This is an audio recording from a panel at the 2006 World Fantasy Convention. The panel was dubbed the "Vampire Powerhouse", and featured an amazing collection of vampire fiction authors.

Paula Guran, editor of Juno Books, is the moderator, and the panelists are Dean Anderson, P. N. Elrod, Charlaine Harris, Suzy McKee Charnas, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.

They talk about the longevity and continuing popularity of a character type that was thought to be "overdone" 25 years ago, about the evolution and metamorphosis of the vampire as lead and romantic foil in recent years, and much more.

This comes from a podcast called The Dragon Page: Cover to Cover which often has reviews of Sci-Fi and Fantasy fiction and has excellent interviews. This episode treats us to this great panel discussion.

Some featured books are:

Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris

My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding, collection edited by P. N. Elrod

Roman Dusk by Chelsea Quinn Yarbr