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TELEVISION

Angel
(The WB, Monday, 9 p.m.)
Premieres Sept. 24

This season, Angel (David Boreanaz) will finally fly alone, now that he's been split up from his true love forevermore—as Buffy not only died, but she also moved to another network.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(UPN, Tuesday, 8 p.m.)
Premieres Oct. 2

At the beginning of last season, Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) had been through it all, we thought. Well, the big news was that UPN outbid The WB to snatch up Buffy with a two-year commitment guaranteeing a full seven years of the series, and later picked up Roswell just for the heck of it. UPN promptly scheduled Buffy for its old timeslot and put Roswell right after it, completely reinventing its image and its demographics. For those who feel left behind and have never gotten to see what everyone is talking about, here's your chance. Buffy goes into syndication this year on FX.
More: [http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue230/screen.html] Relic Hunter
(Syndicated)
Premieres the week of Sept. 16

That female action hero Sydney (Tia Carrere) has brains and beauty and can beat up the bad guys without breaking a nail. Along with her intrepid assistant Nigel Bailey (Christien Anholt) she trots the globe in search of missing artifacts. This season we'll find out more about Sydney's past and she runs into Adrian Paul, who just may be a vampire.
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Buffy the Animated Series
(Fox Kids) February 2002

Based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this animated series takes Buffy back to Sunnydale High School and through her struggles as the teen-age "chosen one." She is joined in her battles by her best friends, Willow and Xander, in adventures that never made the live action series. Executived produced and created by Buffy's Joss Whedon.

Ripper
(BBC)

Ripper is being developed by Buffy creator Joss Whedon, who obviously doesn't have enough to do. Whedon originally called this series The Watcher, because it's based on the Anthony Stewart Head character Giles from the Buffy series. Ripper refers to an old nickname Giles used to have in England. The series will indeed be filmed and take place in England. One of the reasons Head has cut back his appearances in Buffy is because he missed his family. As far as the series goes, it will revolve around Giles' Buffy-less adventures and should have more adult themes and its own tone.

BOOKS

Emotional Vampires : Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry (by Albert J. Bernstein, Ph.D.)

Best-selling author Albert J. Bernstein helped thousands of people deal with the dangerously stupid at work in Dinosaur Brains. In Emotional Vampires he goes even further to protect unsuspecting mortals from more devious and harmful creatures vampires ready to bite, suck, and kill the emotional and psychological wellbeing of their victims. More:[Amazon.com]

Dracula in London (Editor P. N. Elrod)

Dracula didn't spend all of his time in London stalking Mina Harker. He occupied his days exploring the teeming city-and meeting the likes of actress Ellen Terry, the Prince of Wales, and even a young author named Abraham Stoker... These brand new stories follow the legendary count through the gaslit streets of historic London-with the biggest names in vampire fiction as your tour guides: Fred Saberhagen * Chelsea Quinn Yarbro * Tanya Huff * Elaine Bergstrom * Roxanne Longstreet Conrad * Nancy Kilpatrick * P.N. Elrod and Nigel Bennett * Brad Sinor * Gary Braunbeck * Jody Lynn Nye * Gene DeWeese * Bill Zaget * Judith Procter * Julie Barrett * K.B. Bogen * Amy L. Gruss * and Catt Kingsgrave-Ernstein. More: [Amazon.com]

Blood and Gold (by Anne Rice)

Rice's new Vampire Chronicle tells the story of Marius, a mentor to Lestat, the creator of Armand, and the lover of Pandora. He has appeared in almost all the other chronicles, which presents Rice the task of maintaining continuity without treading too much old ground. The first 100 pages here are somewhat flat, especially for series neophytes, who may be confused by the detailed backstory. More: [Amazon.com]

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Narcissus in Chains

by Laurell K. Hamilton

Hamilton's vampire-hunting Anita Blake faces a plethora of foes in her tenth outing. Just returned to St. Louis after six months away, Anita is still no closer to choosing between her lovers--Jean-Claude, a vampire, and Richard, a werewolf. But she has to rely on both for help after two of the wereleopards that she has been watching are abducted at a seedy club called Narcissus in Chains.
Anita and her boyfriends rescue the wereleopards from the sinister people holding them, but Anita is wounded in the fight and put at risk of becoming a wereleopard herself. Richard angrily captures the wereleopard he believes is responsible and threatens to execute him. Anita must now rescue that wereleopard from Richard and the werewolves he leads, even as she mourns the apparent end of her relationship with him. Then she realizes that those who kidnapped the first two wereleopards are targeting other lycanthropes. Maybe she will be next. With plenty of steamy sex and graphic violence, this is engaging reading for vampire cultists.

Kristine Huntley Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved. [Amazon.com]

TIDBITES

Check The Writer's Garret for...
Blood Dreaming
Ebook by: Lewis Sanders. Go to ebooks. Check under Horror. There will be an order place to click.

Click for some interesting sites: Suprise!

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Also check out: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vampires (by Jay Stevenson, Ph.D.) @ Amazon.com

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