And another thing...

I finished Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter the other night, and it was pretty good!  It was written by Seth Grahame-Smith, the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.  He took the same approach that he did with Pride and Prejudice, which was to start with what was already there and then fill in the blank spots in between.  Whenever history was unclear about what Abraham Lincoln had done, Seth had him off hunting vampires.  It did start to drag a bit toward the middle, as later in his life Abraham was more of a public figure and the story became less about tracking down lone killers and more about secret conspiracies and the vampires' plans for the United States.  But the story picked up again as Abraham became president and the Civil War broke out.

I've got some friends who are pretty heavily into vampires, but they've never held much appeal for me.  I tried playing that Vampire Masquerade RPG once, but I kept asking, "What's the point, where's the goal?"    So we exist in a torturously dark and seductive world of ever-lasting night?  Well okay, good for us I guess.  Stories about vampire hunters on the other hand, I can usually get more into them.  Someone who's willing to venture into that endless night and take arms against the inhabitants of that darkly seductive world?  That ranks much higher on my coolness scale.