Al4 - Wednesday, May 19, 1982 - North Shore News ES community round up ie AT THE LIBRARY Vampires are alive and thirsty! By BLAIR THOMPSON The “Undead” acy alive and well and living in the modern novel at the North Vancouver Distnct Library. Remarkable. really, how many times the vampire theme has been, you should pardon the expression, “dug up” and re-worked in recent fiction. Count Its apparent that Dracula and all his PET CORNER children are, as the legend contends, really tough to kul off. How to account for the ongoing appeal of the vampire? Many of us simply crave a good spine-tingler. of course. But beyond that, there’s an opportunity for the reader to cheat death vicariously and = achieve immortality by joing the ve Mb epbrennpieaei hit sse YOUNG male German Shepherd/Lab is black and very friendly. If you can help him find a home please phone Doris Orr 987-9015. Come tnto Midas and meet the Hrake Specralist He's a trained brake expert wethoanintricate how ledge of the hundreds of brake parts which have te work too bring vou toa safe stope Your Midas Hrahe Spex valist offers vou profe sidnal Own your car. ace alse: Cocoreve toe foot Maret . mee 980-5301 At Midas we ate te hornpes brah « a tie ern) 800 Marine Drive, North Vancouver This Top Gun will give Brake shoes and pads guaranteed for as long as you rake workmanship a fair price ranks of the “Undead,” nourished by the blood of the human victims. O.K. we suppose, if you don't mind a steady diet of Bloody Marys -- and Michaels, and Manans. Also there's the undeniable erotic element to the vampire myth -- the nocturnal invasion of the maiden’s bedchamber and delivery of the ulumate hickey. To appreciate how modern writers have turned the vampire legend upside down, look for the novels hsted at the end of this article at the Drystrict Library. But if you're ex- pecting crucifixes and garlic around the window to keep the bats out. wooden stakes and a monster that has to be back in his coffin before sunup, several of these books will surprise you. The new generation of vampires may be unfazed by sunlight, play Mozart sonatas, and have neuroses -- one vampire visits a shrink because he's beginning to sympathize with his victims, surely a serious occupational hazard tor a blood-sucker'! The modern vampire doesn't even necessarily kill his victim, which of course opens the door to a genuinely radical re-inter- pretation of the vampire myth, one in- which the creatures are treated sympathetically and = may firstaquality, brake port ane} the Midis Brake Warranty, That a tesget combination boercaat borat ats ria-t What oony ed ea preet fro de profes. bertaad at Moda spo ctalists brah beangre we Olona i past aoarrutfler sticoyp w¢ even be the heroes’ or heroines of the novels. While a few of the listed books are more or less traditional treatments of the vampire-as-menace theme, several of them will leave you wondenng just who the victim of the piece really is, with the poor vampire trying to understand his condition as a blood” disorder, something like mono- nucleosis, all the while on the run from some _ truly monstrous human beings. Great escapist fare for fans of the occult: Suzy M. Charnas: The Vampire tapestry (1980) Jan Jennings: Vampyr (1981 - paperback) Maybe it's time you jumped into somethi more demanding than a car pool. Gi a OFFICE PERSONNEL Jule Elford = Sylvia Gowans TEMPORARY - PERMANENT oda OFFICE ASSISTANCE We save you the search 107 —140W 15 Street Stephen King: Salem's Lot (1975) G. Reeves-Stevens: Bloodshift (1981-paperback ) Anne Rice: Interview with the vampire (1976) Whitley Strieber: The Nortn Vancouver hunger (1981) Michael Talbot: Delicate 984-0251 dependency (1982 - paperback) CORRECTION NOTICE: Listed on page 8 of our flyer insert, pre- pasted, pure vinyl, scrubbable, totaily dry-strippable wallpaper should read — Regular price 12.49 to 13.49. Pre- pasted, scrubbable, drystrippable foils should read — Regular price 13.99. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Color Your World.