What does everyone think about the sudden explosion of vampire fiction in the market, especially within the YA range? Will it end? What caused it? And why is it so popular?
Does anyone think meyer's twilight series was the reason?
And last of all, which vampire fiction series/novel do you think is the best in the YA range?
Thanks ;)
2009-08-27T09:40:28Z
Thanks a lot everyone!
I knew about vampire fiction before Twilight but I tried to put some emphasis on the huge boom of vampire fiction. I know about pre-Twilight vampire novels!
but thanks so much! ;)
Anonymous2009-08-27T09:06:01Z
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Hi there,
I do not think that "Twilight" started it, I think that it just hit the nerve of the time. However, its success prompted a lot of writers to write about vampires, too. Of course it will end, just like every trend ends at some point.
Its popularity - well, I really don't know. Maybe its the fact that vamps have this peculiar sex appeal. You know, just a different form of "bad boys". Also, fantasy topics in general have been en vogue for quite some time.
I know of not a single fictional work containing vampires that I would recommend, apart from perhaps Anne Rice (though I do not really enjoy her books myself).
I don't think Twilight started it. However, I think Twilight pushed the genre over the edge. Before Twilight, sure, there was lots of angsty vampire fiction out there, but Twilight just over-saturated the market. Once Twilight made the author a multimillionaire, people started thinking, "Hey, maybe the same can happen for me!" so they all tried to publish their hopelessly bad vampire novels.
I don't think it will end any time soon, not while Twilight is still popular. I'm assuming it will slowly fade out and the trend-writers will jump onto sci-fi or realistic fiction or whatever the next new thing is.
I think it's so popular because everyone feels the need to make their male vampires unspeakably hot. (Edward Cullen wasn't the start of this.) Pre-teens who are interested in "dark stuff" and like to write emo poetry cling to vampires. And who can blame them? They're the epitome of "dark". Pale, drinks blood, wears all black. The cliche vampire has some sort of lure to it for people like this.
I honestly can't answer that last question. I gave up after reading "The Vampire Diaries" and "Twilight". The truth of the thing is that vampires have been worn out, and it's just too difficult to put a creative spin on them. If you find a genuinely great YA vamp story, I'd love to hear it.
I have a little rule when I go book shopping for books: if it has to do with vampires I don;t even bother reading it.
I think that ever since twilight got popular vampire books got popular. Usually I don't mind a good vamp book if it involves vampires bursting into flames in the sunlight & being savage beasts, but I absolutely can't stand the vamp books out now. (love stories, ect.)
If I was going to recommend a vamp series it would be the Rachel Morgan Series by Kim Harrison.
Its not just about vamps though. The main character is a witch living with a vamp & a pixy in Chicago who works as a bounty hunter.
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There's always been vampire fiction. Anne Rice's vampire books were huge in the 1980s, although not as big as Twilight because they didn't appeal to the teen audience. We saw the same thing when Harry Potter got big ten years ago. This vampire craze will end as the current batch of fans move on to other things and a new craze grabs the next crop of teenagers, in about seven or so years (my prediction).
I personally think vampires are silly, even Bram Stoker's original "Dracula" novel, but I don't have to read them. Let people get interested in writing. Those who have the talent will stick with it an enlarge their writing horizons, those who don't will move on to something else.