Well I 'loved' how she threw Charles de Lint in there. Some of his stuff I can read and some of his stuff I can't. It's a matter of personal taste. But his landscape is incredibly rich and purposeful.
I've only read Charles de Lint in the last couple of years. I did read Anita Blake first. But she was hardly the first one. I'd say that Robin Cook and Michael Crichton got me prepared for the idea. And I think P.N.Elrod (or someone very like her) had me thinking of vampires living among humans in more modern times.
But now it hits me as I think of this, that she says how the publishing houses wanted her to write things about the vampires not being known to society and yet she's the first one to do xyz. I can give her that she might have been the first one to portray modern life plus supernatural life plus the politics of modern living; laws, statues, all night blood banks. I don't believe she was the first one to do paranormal romance. And I don't believe she was the first one to blend genres.
Straining to think of other books, I just end up going Gael Baudino and Misty's Diane Tregarde books (not to mention the Bard ones in the city - Bedlam's Bard?) Then there's Susan Cooper and I can't think of anymore names, just the stories. Maybe she discounts those people (the ones I can't remember), however, because some of the wrote YA.
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Date: 2007-05-06 06:10 pm (UTC)I've only read Charles de Lint in the last couple of years. I did read Anita Blake first. But she was hardly the first one. I'd say that Robin Cook and Michael Crichton got me prepared for the idea. And I think P.N.Elrod (or someone very like her) had me thinking of vampires living among humans in more modern times.
But now it hits me as I think of this, that she says how the publishing houses wanted her to write things about the vampires not being known to society and yet she's the first one to do xyz. I can give her that she might have been the first one to portray modern life plus supernatural life plus the politics of modern living; laws, statues, all night blood banks. I don't believe she was the first one to do paranormal romance. And I don't believe she was the first one to blend genres.
Straining to think of other books, I just end up going Gael Baudino and Misty's Diane Tregarde books (not to mention the Bard ones in the city - Bedlam's Bard?) Then there's Susan Cooper and I can't think of anymore names, just the stories. Maybe she discounts those people (the ones I can't remember), however, because some of the wrote YA.