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They Thirst (1981)

door Robert R. McCammon

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A vampire turns Los Angeles into a city of the dead in this novel by the New York Times-bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Swan Song.   The Kronsteen castle, a gothic monstrosity, looms over Los Angeles. Built during Hollywood's golden age for a long-dead screen idol with a taste for the macabre, it stands as a decaying reminder of the past. Since the owner's murder, no living thing has ever again taken up residence. But it isn't abandoned. Prince Conrad Vulkan, Hungarian master of the vampires, as old as the centuries, calls it home. His plan is to replace all humankind with his kind. And he's starting with the psychotic dregs of society in the City of Angels.   The number of victims is growing night after night, and so is Vulkan's legion of the dead. As a glittering city bleeds into a necropolis, a band of vampire hunters takes action: an avenging young boy who saw his parents devoured; a television star whose lover has an affinity for the supernatural; a dying priest chosen by God to defend the world; a female reporter investigating a rash of cemetery desecrations; and LAPD homicide detective Andy Palatazin, an immigrant who survived a vampire attack in his native Hungary when he was child and has been hunting evil across the globe for decades.   Palatazin knows that to stop the Prince of Darkness, one must invade his nest. He knows it's also a suicide mission. But it's the only way to save the city--and the world--from vampire domination.   "Suspenseful, exciting, and visceral," They Thirst is one of the earliest novels by the versatile author of such masterpieces as Boy's Life, The Wolf's Hour, and the Matthew Corbett series (Kirkus Reviews).  … (meer)
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Fangfully delightful!! This is one of my favorite vampire stories....and I love vampire stories!! I've read them all, from Kings " Salem's lot", another favorite, to Meyers " Twilight"
This is old school, terrifying vampires done right! ( )
  Jfranklin592262 | Oct 3, 2022 |
Ancient Evil!

I am not giving my normal backstory so just laying out my thoughts as this tome of a vampire book has quite a few characters that are involved within the story, but I will set out two main characters with thoughts.

Character Thoughts:

Two main characters are:

Prince Conrad Vulcan - Master Vampire of Kronsteen castle. Vulcan wants to take over the city of Los Angeles making the whole city under his rule and eventually to encompass the whole state as he takes in more territory. He wants to show that he is king of the vampires and he will do whatever it takes to see that accomplished.

Andrew "Andy" Palatazin is a homicide detective for the LAPD - there have been a rash of killings that seems to be the work of a serial killer and as he tries to make sense of what is going on with the killings, he is thrown for a loop when he finds out that some cemeteries are missing coffins and then he has an inkling that "something" might be leading him to Kronsteen castle as an ancient evil is no doubt lurking there.

Book Thoughts:

This was my first time reading this author, Robert McCammon. Not sure why I haven't stepped into him long before now, but he was recommended by a few of my Goodreads friends who have given his work high praises, so I decided to step into his work to see those high praises. :)

Writing style was great and I was drawn right away into the storyline. I am always looking for some type of vampire book that has the "old school" vampires within and this book really took me in that direction.

This book was a slow start with introductions of all the characters that lie within so it took awhile for anything to get going with the master vampire character which led to the first half of the book being a struggle with slow pacing, but there was quite a bit of intrigue and suspense as well which was wrapped up with the serial killings and the detective.

Normally I like my books where something happens within the first few chapters, but there was definitely a "dread" feeling right away as I could feel that something eventually was about to explode with vampire action and the last half of the book was total vampire carnage! Giving this book five "Fatal Fangs stars! ( )
  BookNookRetreat7 | Jul 25, 2022 |
So this is the first book that McCammon was confident enough to not have pulled. And it's his first "epic" novel, that is, one with a very large cast and a reasonably complex pacing to it.

Does it work? Yeah, most of the time, it's an excellent ride. There's occasionally some apparent waffling on the part of McCammon to get some supernatural stuff in there. Spirits. Ghosts. Mediums. Don't really know if it's needed, because his vampires were very well done. And bonus points for the line, "I fang-fucked her all night." And, as usual, McCammon plays to his strengths--creating varied, engaging characters.

Unfortunately, he telegraphs the ending a bit too much with a slightly cartoonish over-confident vampire leader. If I could change anything, it would be to have toned that down a touch.

But overall, kudos to McCammon for using LA as his stage. Yes, he still has his Renfield and his Van Helsing and his Mina Harker, but the setting is so contemporary that he's able to disguise them fairly well.

Overall, this felt like one of those big, fat, fun late-70s, early-80s horror novels that just aren't created anymore...not even by guys that used to write them, like McCammon and King and Masterton. And that's just a shame, because these are just awesome to read.

Not a perfect vampire novel (that honour is a tie between 'SALEM'S LOT by King and THE LIGHT AT THE END by Skipp and Spector), but it's a fun ride, nonetheless. ( )
1 stem TobinElliott | Sep 3, 2021 |
At points terrifying and hilarious, this old-school vampire story felt almost cinematic, somehow capturing the feel of a high budget 1980s horror film.

Even if the carefully constructed imagery reminded me of Kubrick's rendition of The Shining, the writing was leagues beyond King's workmanlike prose.

I often found myself pausing to enjoy the balance the author struck with the language, finding a point where the writing is vivid, beautiful, clever, and well paced. Imagery and wordplay abound, and even when the writing is absurd, it is so in that deliciously overwrought camp horror way. Case in point the title drop halfway through, ("EVIL. THEY THIRST." writ loud across a ouija board) which is enhanced rather than spoiled by how easy it was to see it coming. Anticipation is the mother of suspense, and McCammon has a firm grasp on that art.

That's not to say I found the plot predictable- instead I kept being surprised as the story seemed to redefine itself in scope, building towards an unexpected cataclysm that reshaped everything I'd come to expect.

Of course, some might decry the ending for involving a Deus Ex Machina, but I disagree-- the final events were at least lightly foreshadowed, and insomuch as they involved a godly intervention, well-- when the opposition is as demonic as this one, who else does humanity turn to? That's not to say victory was easily won-- characters die for the cause, making sacrifices that seem meaningless until the moment they all pay off at the end.

Overall, even when the evil in the story was horrifying me I couldn't turn away, kept reaching for the next page. And that ending -- very well done. ( )
1 stem MCBacon | Aug 2, 2021 |
I did not finish this at 10 percent. I got nothing to say besides the writing hurt my head. I either love Robert R. McCammon or I don't. This is definitely one of the ones I don't love. There is too much thrown out and none of it makes much sense. This is a shame though because the prologue was so freaking good. And then when it moves to LA I just started to feel overwhelmed. Since I only got up to 10 percent I can say that the characters are too many and the book should have just been vampires. Instead it just jumps around a lot and I had no idea what was going on.

These seem to be vampires as we have known them in older horror novels (Dracula) and not the Twilight and Discovery of Witches vampires. I still cannot get over vampire yoga. Seriously? So that part was good. I just thought that the writing was a bit much and I didn't have a character to really follow to anchor the story. This book read to me like "Swan Song" though with vampires which caused me to drop it quickly.

I really could not deal with another long read this weekend (this is 531 pages) so gave up around page 55. I did skim to the end and woo boy, that ending was just odd. And also borrowed heavily from "The Stand." So now I get why other reviewers were complaining about. ( )
  ObsidianBlue | Jul 1, 2020 |
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Robert R. McCammonprimaire auteuralle editiesberekend
Edwards, LesIllustratorSecundaire auteursommige editiesbevestigd
Edwards, LesArtiest omslagafbeeldingSecundaire auteursommige editiesbevestigd
Morrill, RowenaArtiest omslagafbeeldingSecundaire auteursommige editiesbevestigd
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A vampire turns Los Angeles into a city of the dead in this novel by the New York Times-bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Swan Song.   The Kronsteen castle, a gothic monstrosity, looms over Los Angeles. Built during Hollywood's golden age for a long-dead screen idol with a taste for the macabre, it stands as a decaying reminder of the past. Since the owner's murder, no living thing has ever again taken up residence. But it isn't abandoned. Prince Conrad Vulkan, Hungarian master of the vampires, as old as the centuries, calls it home. His plan is to replace all humankind with his kind. And he's starting with the psychotic dregs of society in the City of Angels.   The number of victims is growing night after night, and so is Vulkan's legion of the dead. As a glittering city bleeds into a necropolis, a band of vampire hunters takes action: an avenging young boy who saw his parents devoured; a television star whose lover has an affinity for the supernatural; a dying priest chosen by God to defend the world; a female reporter investigating a rash of cemetery desecrations; and LAPD homicide detective Andy Palatazin, an immigrant who survived a vampire attack in his native Hungary when he was child and has been hunting evil across the globe for decades.   Palatazin knows that to stop the Prince of Darkness, one must invade his nest. He knows it's also a suicide mission. But it's the only way to save the city--and the world--from vampire domination.   "Suspenseful, exciting, and visceral," They Thirst is one of the earliest novels by the versatile author of such masterpieces as Boy's Life, The Wolf's Hour, and the Matthew Corbett series (Kirkus Reviews).  

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