{"id":2196,"date":"2021-04-09T17:33:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T21:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2021-01-03T17:43:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T22:43:07","slug":"essential-vampire-series-the-strain-by-guillermo-del-toro-and-chuck-hogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=2196","title":{"rendered":"Essential Vampire Series: The Strain\u00a0by\u00a0Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Strain is a novel series which helped relaunch the vampires in horror genre after die hard horror fans got tired of seeing vampire appear in more romantic forms elsewhere. Its wikipage is here<\/a>. It has been adapted into a TV series and a graphic novel. -Michele<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Strain\u00a0<\/i>by\u00a0<\/i>Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan<\/span><\/p>\n

Harper; Reprint edition, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0ISBN-13: 978-0061558245<\/span><\/p>\n

Available: New and Used\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Boeing 777 plane arriving from Germany lands at the JFK airport and stops on the runway with all the window shades shut and no sign of life. When Dr Ephraim Goodweather of the CDC is sent to investigate, he finds a vampiric plague that starts to spread throughout New York City.\u00a0\u00a0 He teams up with Abraham Setrakian, a pawnbroker\/vampire hunter\/folklore expert, and pest\u00a0<\/span>exterminator Vasiliy Fet,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0to try to stop the spread of the disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Strain<\/i>\u00a0is an example of great horror being published by a mainstream press.\u00a0 The vampires in the book are vicious, blood-drinking monsters that hunt down their own families as an initial source of prey; there is no sparkling vampire love story here.\u00a0 The authors try to explain scientifically how vampirism is basically a virus or disease that changes the host, but there is still a supernatural component to the vampires- for instance, they can\u2019t cross running water. The vampire plague is actually looked upon as a combination of a biological virus with some supernatural properties. The forensic science component makes the story more convincing, and it feels like it could be real.\u00a0The Strain\u00a0<\/i>offers up solid storytelling. With well-fleshed out characters and good pacing, it makes for a thoroughly satisfying read.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Strain<\/i>\u00a0will have a larger appeal than to just horror genre readers, as it is also a thriller, with a dash of mystery.\u00a0 Readers will be turning pages to find out what happens next.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our Essential Vampire Series is an attempt to highlight the history of Horror conventions by topic through both MonsterLibrarian and the history or the genres.<\/p>\n

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