Vampires with Tentacles?
February 13, 2011 12:17 PM Subscribe
Vampire fiction series from the seventies - with tentacles?
Asking for a librarian in my system:
Can anyone name the series of vampire fiction books, prior to 1980, which involved vampires having symbiotic relationships with humans? The vampires fed through tentacles that came out of their arms when they were feeding, but were retracted when unneeded. The patron thinks the author was a man and the books could have been written any time before 1980--she read them in the 70's. She thinks the human participants were called "syphicants" or something that sounds like it. I did a little hunting around on fantastic fiction and good reads, as well as Amazon and general web searches, but I'm hoping there's someone left in the system who will go, "Oh, sure....That's _______!"
Asking for a librarian in my system:
Can anyone name the series of vampire fiction books, prior to 1980, which involved vampires having symbiotic relationships with humans? The vampires fed through tentacles that came out of their arms when they were feeding, but were retracted when unneeded. The patron thinks the author was a man and the books could have been written any time before 1980--she read them in the 70's. She thinks the human participants were called "syphicants" or something that sounds like it. I did a little hunting around on fantastic fiction and good reads, as well as Amazon and general web searches, but I'm hoping there's someone left in the system who will go, "Oh, sure....That's _______!"
How certain is the patron about the 70's part? If there's some wiggle room on the year, it sounds an awful lot like the Necroscope series by Brian Lumley, a series rife with vivid descriptions of tentacle vampire feedings.
posted by girl scientist at 1:56 PM on February 13, 2011
posted by girl scientist at 1:56 PM on February 13, 2011
Sorry, that should have been a question mark. Necroscope definitely has a symbiotic thing going on, but was published in 1986 and my memory is hazy about tentacle details.
posted by usonian at 1:56 PM on February 13, 2011
posted by usonian at 1:56 PM on February 13, 2011
Response by poster: Thanks y'all this appears correct - patrons are always sure it was this decade or the other, that the book was big and red, etc. This must be it.
posted by cinemafiend at 5:09 PM on February 13, 2011
posted by cinemafiend at 5:09 PM on February 13, 2011
Best answer: It might be this also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sime_%E2%80%93_Gen_Universe
posted by shoyu at 6:09 PM on February 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by shoyu at 6:09 PM on February 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
Re shoyu's comment, if you recall that in the novel you read, the tentacled vampires had two kinds of tentacles, the larger tentacles being used for holding the prey and the smaller ones being used to suck out life force, then it is the Sime/Gen series that you were reading, and not Necroscope.
posted by grizzled at 7:21 AM on February 14, 2011
posted by grizzled at 7:21 AM on February 14, 2011
Response by poster: Had to take back my best answer choices - it turns out the patron was indeed thinking of the Sime/Gen series. Thanks everybody!
posted by cinemafiend at 12:58 PM on February 14, 2011
posted by cinemafiend at 12:58 PM on February 14, 2011
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posted by usonian at 1:52 PM on February 13, 2011