Category Archives: fantasy

“Daybreakers”: vampires as corporate America

“Bromley Marks” sounds and acts like a bloated investment bank feeding off the remains of humanity.
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We love vampires, because we don’t want to look in the mirror

Dorian Gray is alive in each human being. The dark trick comes at a cost, though.
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The real appeal of Stephanie Meyer’s restless vampire romance

Sure, it's abstinence porn, loaded with those moments that fill pages with purple prose to recreate throbbing tension.
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“Twilight”: captain’s log

If you’re turned into a vampire as a teenager, are you doomed to suffer awkward erections for the rest of eternity?
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From Tolkienites to Warcraft warriors: an interview with Ethan Gilsdorf

"If you want to wear a purple robe and paint your face blue because you're a Fairy from the Land of Nod, look out."
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