One of the most original and powerful takes on the vampire mythos. Indeed, of the many fine books authored by Somtow Sucharitkul (S. P. Somtow), Vampire Junction may well be his masterpiece. Originally published by Donning in in a fairly lackluster edition they have been painstaking about presenting this fine novel in the handsome format that it deserves. · Book Overview. Now acknowledged as one of the most important classics of twentieth-century gothic literarture, S.P. Somtow's tale of a twelve-year-old rock star vampire, his Jungian analyst, and the Wagnerian conductor who is his nemesis turned the entire genre upside down in the s and is considered the ancestor of the "splatterpunk" movement. Vampire Junction has been voted one of the 5/5(5). · So, having just recently finished S.P. Somtow's Vampire Junction, I wanted to give my opinions on it. I started it around April, and it pretty much took me an entire month to read the whole book (including school days). Suffice to say, it was kind of worth it!/5.
Now acknowledged as one of the most important classics of twentieth-century gothic literarture, S.P. Somtow's tale of a twelve-year-old rock star vampire, his Jungian analyst, and the Wagnerian conductor who is his nemesis turned the entire genre upside down in the s and is considered the ancestor of the "splatterpunk" movement. Vanitas: Escape From Vampire Junction (Timmy Valentine Series) (Volume 3)|S P Somtow, Suzuki DS Owners Manual DS |Suzuki, The Path to War: U.S. Marine Operations in Southeast Asia to |U. S. Marine Corps History Division, Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry, With Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV|Baron Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon. s. p. somtow; vampire junction; By all appearances, Vampire Junction looks to be just another addition in a tirelessly long line of mediocre paperback fare that was spewed forth by both talented and hack writers alike during the s. It's hard to go into a tale detailing the trials and tribulations of immortality with a straight face when the.
Acknowledged as one of the classics of twentieth century gothic literature, S.P. Somtow's tale of a year-old rock star vampire, his Jungian analyst, and the Wagnerian conductor who is his nemesis us considered ancestral to the modern "splatterpunk" movement. --This text refers to the paperback edition. Vampire Junction is the title of S. P. Somtow 's novel, the first in a series about Timmy Valentine, a year-old rock star who is actually a 2,year-old vampire. Unpublished for many years and rejected by over two dozen publishers, the novel uses a novel narrative technique inspired by the rapid intercutting of MTV music videos, and elevated the gore quotient of the horror novel to an unprecedented level by importing the imagery of "splatter" films to the literary novel. One of the most original and powerful takes on the vampire mythos. Indeed, of the many fine books authored by Somtow Sucharitkul (S. P. Somtow), Vampire Junction may well be his masterpiece. Originally published by Donning in in a fairly lackluster edition they have been painstaking about presenting this fine novel in the handsome format that it deserves.
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