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[eldritchhobbit]

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The Horror Writers Association has announced the nominees for the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award. The six finalists for "Vampire Novel of the Century" are as follows: The Soft Whisper of the

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[alivion]

I haven't read any of the nominated books; honestly, I sort of avoid post-Stoker vampire novels because the few I have read haven't been all that great.
I did start reading The Historian once, I wasn't terribly impressed but I do mean to pick it up and finish it some time. I've read maybe five pages of various Anne Rice novels (my sister adores her books) and, well, it took the publication of Twilight to make me realise that Anne Rice isn't all that bad in the grand scheme of things.
Gaiman's The Graveyard Book had a vampire in it, but it doesn't quite count as a vampire novel (it's also firmly on the side of the 21st century).
Brian Lumley's Necroscope series is about vampires. I read the first two or three books a while back and enjoyed them immensely. Not sure if they're "best of the century" material, but they are some of the best post-Lovecraft horror I've read (not that that says much, my reading tastes are ancient).

I think I will add I Am Legend, Those Who Hunt the Night and Anno Dracula to my list of modern books I should get around to reading some day.

I suppose it's just that Stoker's successors (unlike Doyle's) never quite live up to their model (Doyle's are hit-and-miss).