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Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Autor(a) de Hôtel Transylvania

147+ Works 8,772 Membros 115 Críticas 32 Favorited

About the Author

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro was born in Berkeley, California on September 15, 1942. She graduated from San Francisco State College in 1963 and worked as a demographic cartographer until becoming a full-time writer in 1970. She writes horror, science fiction, and fantasy novels including Time of the Fourth mostrar mais Horseman, To the High Redoubt, Spider Glass, Arcane Wisdome, and The Saint-Germain Cycle series. She has received several awards including a Life Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association in 2009 and a Life Achievement Award from the World Fantasy Convention in 2014. In 1997, the Transylvanian Society of Dracula bestowed a literary knighthood on her. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Hôtel Transylvania (1978) 752 exemplares
The Palace (1978) 435 exemplares
Blood Games (1979) 399 exemplares
Path of the Eclipse (1981) 298 exemplares
A Flame in Byzantium (1987) 289 exemplares
The Saint-Germain Chronicles (1983) 254 exemplares
False Dawn (1978) 244 exemplares
Crusader's Torch (1988) 212 exemplares
A Baroque Fable (1986) 203 exemplares
Better in the Dark (1993) 202 exemplares
Tempting Fate (1981) 197 exemplares
Blood Roses (1998) 196 exemplares
Darker Jewels (1993) 190 exemplares
Night Blooming (2002) 189 exemplares
Out of the House of Life (1990) 181 exemplares
Come Twilight (2000) 175 exemplares
Ariosto (1980) 173 exemplares
Dead and Buried (1980) 173 exemplares
Writ in Blood (1997) 171 exemplares
A Feast in Exile (2001) 171 exemplares
Mansions of Darkness (1996) 168 exemplares
A Candle for d'Artagnan (1989) 164 exemplares
Dark of the Sun (2004) 161 exemplares
Midnight Harvest (2003) — Autor — 159 exemplares
Communion Blood (1999) 159 exemplares
States of Grace (2005) 153 exemplares
Messages from Michael (1979) 131 exemplares
A Mortal Glamour (1985) 128 exemplares
Roman Dusk (2006) 127 exemplares
Time of the fourth horseman (1976) 125 exemplares
Cautionary Tales (1978) 122 exemplares
Borne in Blood (2007) 107 exemplares
The Angry Angel (1998) — Autor — 102 exemplares
A Dangerous Climate (2008) 89 exemplares
To the High Redoubt (1985) 87 exemplares
In the Face of Death (2001) 85 exemplares
Burning Shadows (2009) 74 exemplares
Saint-Germain Memoirs (2007) 71 exemplares
An Embarrassment of Riches (2011) 65 exemplares
Crown of Empire (1994) 63 exemplares
The Soul of an Angel (1999) 59 exemplares
Bad Medicine (1976) 58 exemplares
Commedia della Morte (2012) 55 exemplares
False Notes (1979) 53 exemplares
The Godforsaken (1983) 53 exemplares
More Messages from Michael (1986) 48 exemplares
Beyond The Gate of Worlds (1991) — Autor — 46 exemplares
Nomads (1984) 45 exemplares
Poison Fruit (1991) 39 exemplares
Signs and Portents (1984) 37 exemplares
Michael's People (1988) 36 exemplares
Cat's Claw (1992) 35 exemplares
Hyacinths (1983) 34 exemplares
Beastnights (1989) 34 exemplares
Firecode (1987) 34 exemplares
Sins of Omission (1980) 29 exemplares
Two views of wonder (1979) — Editor — 28 exemplares
The Merchant Prince Volume 2: Outrageous Fortune (2002) — Autor — 27 exemplares
Four Horses for Tishtry (1985) 25 exemplares
Michael for the Millennium (1995) 21 exemplares
The Spider Glass (1991) 21 exemplares
Dark Light (1999) 21 exemplares
Napoleon Must Die (1993) 19 exemplares
Taji's Syndrome (1988) 17 exemplares
Apprehensions and Other Delusions (2003) 17 exemplares
Monet's Ghost (1997) 16 exemplares
A Cold Summer Night (2004) 14 exemplares
Locadio's Apprentice (1984) 13 exemplares
Magnificat (1999) 12 exemplares
Alas, Poor Yorick (2002) 9 exemplares
Charity, Colorado (1993) 9 exemplares
Floating Illusions (1986) 8 exemplares
The Lost Prince (2007) 7 exemplares
The Law in Charity (1989) 6 exemplares
Arcane Wisdome (2014) 5 exemplares
A Bright Winter Sun (2004) 4 exemplares
Cabin 33 4 exemplares
Frog Pond 3 exemplares
Un Bel Di 3 exemplares
Tra gli orrori del 2000 — Autor — 3 exemplares
Dead In Irons 3 exemplares
Lost Epiphany 3 exemplares
Discrete Madame (2019) 2 exemplares
Investigating Jericho 2 exemplares
Harpy 2 exemplares
Renfield’s Syndrome 2 exemplares
Lapses 2 exemplares
Ogilvie, Tallant and Moon (2008) 2 exemplares
Endra -- From Memory 2 exemplares
Fine Tuning Fiction (2014) 1 exemplar
Beastnights 1 exemplar
Baroque Fable 27fl (1986) 1 exemplar
Shattered Light 1 exemplar
Dark Discoveries - Issue #34 (2016) 1 exemplar
Reencarnações 1 exemplar
Novena 1 exemplar
Night Mare {short story} (1988) 1 exemplar
A Taste of Wine (1984) 1 exemplar
Salome 1 exemplar
Renewal 1 exemplar
Traditional Values 1 exemplar
Dark Wisdom #10 1 exemplar
The Arrows 1 exemplar
Advocates 1 exemplar
Genius Loci 1 exemplar
Catching Dreams 1 exemplar
De medepassagier 1 exemplar
Best Interests [short story] (1978) 1 exemplar
Sugar Skulls 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (1987) — Contribuidor — 884 exemplares
Women of Wonder (1975) — Contribuidor — 332 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women (2001) — Contribuidor — 286 exemplares
Dark Delicacies (2005) — Contribuidor — 272 exemplares
A Whisper of Blood (1991) — Contribuidor — 256 exemplares
Vampire Sextette (2000) — Contribuidor — 234 exemplares
Gallery of Horror (1983) — Contribuidor — 223 exemplares
Don't Open This Book! (1998) — Contribuidor — 203 exemplares
Under the Fang (1991) — Contribuidor — 186 exemplares
The Ultimate Frankenstein (1991) — Contribuidor — 167 exemplares
Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King (1982) — Contribuidor — 165 exemplares
Dracula in London (2001) — Contribuidor — 163 exemplares
Counter Attack (1988) — Contribuidor — 162 exemplares
Of War and Honor (1991) — Autor, algumas edições145 exemplares
The Ultimate Dragon (1995) — Contribuidor — 135 exemplares
Vampires: The Recent Undead (2011) — Contribuidor — 131 exemplares
Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern (2013) — Contribuidor — 130 exemplares
Cutting Edge (1985) — Contribuidor — 126 exemplares
Rage Against the Night (2011) — Contribuidor — 113 exemplares
The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury (1991) — Contribuidor — 104 exemplares
Strangers in the Night [Anthology 3-in-1] (1995) — Contribuidor — 102 exemplares
Invitation to Camelot (1988) — Contribuidor — 96 exemplares
Metahorror (1988) — Contribuidor — 91 exemplares
Crisis (1991) — Contribuidor — 87 exemplares
Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction (1997) — Contribuidor — 85 exemplares
Sisters in Crime 3 (1990) — Contribuidor — 79 exemplares
Shadows 3 (1980) — Contribuidor — 77 exemplares
Full Moon City (2010) — Contribuidor — 76 exemplares
Shadows 4 (1981) — Contribuidor — 75 exemplares
Blood Sisters: Vampire Stories by Women (2015) — Contribuidor — 75 exemplares
The Secret History of Vampires (2007) — Contribuidor — 73 exemplares
Blood and War (1993) — Contribuidor — 72 exemplares
Halloween (2011) — Contribuidor — 72 exemplares
The Ultimate Zombie (1993) — Contribuidor — 71 exemplares
Shadows 5 (1982) — Contribuidor — 67 exemplares
Nevermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery and the Macabre (2015) — Contribuidor — 67 exemplares
Greystone Bay (1985) — Contribuidor — 64 exemplares
Tales of the Dead (1981) — Contribuidor — 64 exemplares
Better Off Undead (2008) — Contribuidor — 60 exemplares
Shadows 8 (1985) — Contribuidor — 59 exemplares
Fears (1983) — Contribuidor — 57 exemplares
Virtuous Vampires (1996) — Contribuidor — 55 exemplares
Visitants (2010) — Contribuidor — 54 exemplares
Graven Images: Fifteen Tales of Dark Magic and Ancient Myth (2000) — Contribuidor — 53 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons (2013) — Contribuidor — 52 exemplares
Shadows 7 (1984) — Contribuidor — 50 exemplares
Blood Lines: Vampire Stories from New England (1997) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
Stagestruck Vampires: And Other Phantasms (2004) — Contribuidor — 47 exemplares
The Repentant (2003) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares
Anthropology Through Science Fiction (1974) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares
Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre (2013) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
Psycho-Paths (1840) — Contribuidor — 44 exemplares
Nightmares (1979) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
Young Monsters (1985) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
Horrors (1866) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
Beyond Time (1976) — Contribuidor — 41 exemplares
Strange Bedfellows (1973) — Contribuidor — 40 exemplares
Chrysalis (1977) — Contribuidor — 37 exemplares
Terrors (1982) — Contribuidor — 37 exemplares
Generation: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction (1972) — Contribuidor — 32 exemplares
The Complete Masters of Darkness (1991) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
Chrysalis 3 (1978) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
In the Fog: The Final Chronicle of Greystone Bay (1993) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
Dark Passions (2007) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Best of Shadows (1988) — Contribuidor — 28 exemplares
Poe's Lighthouse (2006) — Contribuidor — 28 exemplares
Chrysalis 4 (1979) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Cassandra Rising (1978) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
Devil Worshipers (1990) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
Streets of Blood: Vampire Stories from New York City (1998) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Tomorrow Today (Planet Series) (1975) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Dark Sins, Dark Dreams: Crime in Science Fiction (1978) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Brighton Shock (2010) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Galaxy Science Fiction 1971 March, Vol. 31, No. 4 (1971) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Interzone 216 (2008) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Surviving Tomorrow: A Charity Anthology to Fight COVID-19 (2020) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
From Twilight Till Dawn: Great Vampire Stories (2009) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
De sang et d'encre (1999) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Midnight From Beyond the Stars (2021) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Ghosttide: Tales of Horror, Dark Fantasy, Suspense (1992) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Fear of the Unknown (2005) — Introdução — 3 exemplares
Best Detective Stories of the Year - 1974 (1974) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Galaxies 2010 (2010) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Membros

Discussions

Vampire, Austria, pre-wwII em Name that Book (Fevereiro 2018)
Humorous fantasy with songs in the back em Name that Book (Julho 2008)

Críticas

I tend not to re-read books. But this is one I read multiple times in HS and college. Sadly, I don't have a copy to re-read today. Yarbro does a masterful job juxtaposing the real-world life of the poet Ariosto against the imaginary, alt-history world of his imagination, the subject of his epic poems.
 
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Treebeard_404 | 4 outras críticas | Jan 23, 2024 |
A little slower than her usual entries but still very enjoyable. Count Ragoczy is on a mission from Czar Nicholas to try to slow down the arms race before WWI by acting as an emissary to King George and the Kaiser. It brings him the enmity of con Wolgast, an unscrupulous arms manufacturer. A nice look at the upper crust of this time.
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bgknighton | Jul 30, 2023 |
 
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moonlit.shelves | 17 outras críticas | Jul 16, 2023 |
The cover/packaging of this book make it look like a historical horror novel. But the blurb on the back accidentally gives note to what this really is when mentioning it's "a skillful blend of history and fiction, given added spice by the fact that its heroine happens to be a vampire..." Because that's the crux of it: the heroine just happens to be a vampire, but aside from that fact, the book is simply historical fiction.

You might be raising your eyebrow, wondering why I'd say this is just a historical fiction novel when at the same time admitting it's about a vampire. Before I'd read the book, I probably would have been doing the same thing. But it's the truth. The fact is, every bit of this book's plot/story could have remained the same if the heroine hadn't been a vampire. You'd take out the few references to her being five centuries old (they don't add anything but backstory, truly), change the few bits that seem to suggest her 'true death' wouldn't be the average person's death, and presto...it would simply be a historical fiction novel.

I'm really not sure what vampirism adds to the book, in all honesty. Perhaps it makes the heroine's confidence and awareness of the world slightly more believable(?), and her friendships more long-lasting, but all of the plotting and tension in the book comes from political and social affairs. I kept waiting for it to really matter that the heroine was a vampire--and perhaps some would argue that it did matter a bit in the end, just for that scene, though I'm not one of them--but as far as I can tell, Yarbro simply wanted to write historical fiction, and because she was known for horror, the book had to be given a horror spin. And 'vampires' mean 'horror'...right? Well, at least in this case, not so much. And all that's fine, but I wish the book didn't present itself as a historical horror, as I imagine it draws in plenty of readers who get knee-deep in it before realizing that it isn't nearly what they meant to sign up for.

If you want to read a historical fiction novel full of political intrigue in the time of the Byzantine Empire, around Year 545, by all means pick up this book. If you're looking for horror or vampires, however, I'd suggest steering clear.
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whitewavedarling | 2 outras críticas | Feb 22, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
147
Also by
96
Membros
8,772
Popularidade
#2,727
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
115
ISBN
289
Línguas
13
Marcado como favorito
32

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