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Post by dedwyre on May 6, 2008 23:15:32 GMT -5
I know some of you have read more werewolf novels than I have, or at least different ones than I have, so I have a question...what is the average physical appearance of the werewolves in books you read?
I'll show you what I'm talking about by describing the ones in books I've read...
Bitten - Big quadruped wolf with no tail
Werewolf Chronicles and Wolfsong - Big wolf, though on one occasion the main character turns herself into a biped wolf.
Wolf's Trap - Big wolf
Blood & Chocolate - Regular wolf
Werewolf Chronicles series (Juvenile, not related to the novel) - Biped wolf
Short story werewolves tend to lean towards biped wolves; I think I've only read one where the werewolf resembled the Lon Chaney Jr./Paul Naschy-style werewolf.
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Post by Werewolf on May 7, 2008 2:03:31 GMT -5
I think the majority of books i've read tend to have either quadraped werewolves or simply wolves.
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Post by Marcus on May 7, 2008 2:59:55 GMT -5
Same where, not read many, but the ones I have from memory were all either normal wolf or giant wolf looks.
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Post by keywolf on May 11, 2008 3:41:54 GMT -5
Just getting started on werewolf literature really, but so far they've overwhelmingly been regular or oversized wolves.
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Post by Solange on May 13, 2008 10:44:18 GMT -5
Hmmm.. If my memory is correct, I believe that Wolffile by Jack Woods was a mixture of both large wolf form and bipedal werewolf.
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Post by dedwyre on May 13, 2008 15:29:21 GMT -5
The reason I'm curious is because I'm planning on writing a book, and I want to know what most people might expect.
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Post by Werewolf on May 14, 2008 2:20:38 GMT -5
Well as i've said most of the books i've read have been quadraped, i think Guy N Smith wrote to some werewolf books but i can't remember whether the wolf was biped or quadraped. Personally i prefer biped.
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Post by Marcus on May 14, 2008 3:06:29 GMT -5
Me too, I like Bipeds best. So you planning on setting your book in modern times? or medivel? or fantasy? or in the future? Don't forget to include a really good hunting/stalking scene in your book  |
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Post by dedwyre on May 14, 2008 9:45:55 GMT -5
Me too, I like Bipeds best. So you planning on setting your book in modern times? or medivel? or fantasy? or in the future? Don't forget to include a really good hunting/stalking scene in your book Modern times. I like to write stories where extraordinary people and situations are put in ordinary times and chronicle the reactions of the people involved. |
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Post by darkwolfavenged on Jun 14, 2008 12:52:41 GMT -5
Personally I prefer a large quadruped wolflike beast. Very much wolf looking, only bigger and nastier. Similar to An American Werewolf in London. I'm also in the middle of writing a werewolf novel. I've already written a short story that serves as a prequel. It is all set in a universe I've been writing about full of all sorts of creepy beasties. Check it out below if you like. www.fanlib.com/s/6s6d6l |
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Post by thedamnedthing on Jun 14, 2008 21:44:49 GMT -5
I've found that most werwolf novels do tend to feature quadrupedal werewolves. I can only think of a few exceptions, the one that springs immediately to mind is The Hyde Effect.
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Post by werewolves on Jun 15, 2008 10:01:03 GMT -5
Go against the flow, man!
If you want your werewolf to be menacing (or womenacing, depending), make it like AWIL. If you want really men/womenacing, make it like the howling 1, or dog soldiers. And make it were a really honkin big spiked collar. Now that would be cool.
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Post by dedwyre on Jun 15, 2008 23:01:54 GMT -5
"Womenacing"? Feminism has gone too far.
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Post by Marcus on Jun 16, 2008 4:07:26 GMT -5
hmmm . . . a genetic war against feminism, where some insane scientist has infected the water supply that turns all the men into raging werewolves . . .
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Post by dedwyre on Jun 16, 2008 9:10:00 GMT -5
I could write that, but I don't know that it would sell.
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