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Post by dedwyre on Jul 3, 2008 22:22:22 GMT -5
I just finished reading The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon, possibly on the reccomendation of someone here, and absolutely loved it. I reccomend it to everyone. If you've not heard of it it's a WW2/adventure story punctuated by gory werewolf horror. The main character Michael Gallatin is very cool, kind of like how James Bond might have turned out if he'd been raised by wolves. I read, like, half of that, and I liked what I read. I'm just impatient and I had a lot left to go. |
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Post by Marcus on Jul 4, 2008 8:54:09 GMT -5
I've never been big on modern day settings. I much prefer fantasy type settings. Which tends to make it hard to enjoy good werewolf novels as most of them are all modern day settings.
Been reading a few novels set in historical times, mainly roman Britan. Which I've enjoyed too.
So, are any of the werewolf books you've read set in those kinds of settings?
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Post by ArcLight on Jul 4, 2008 10:34:18 GMT -5
Off the top of my head there's "Wolf Moon" by Charles De Lint. Very good book. And "Heart of Midnight" by J. Robert King takes place in the Ravenloft role playing game setting.
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Post by Marcus on Jul 4, 2008 10:55:58 GMT -5
Is Wolf Moon the one where it starts with the werewolf (who's a woman) killing off her family, and ends with her fighting in Ragnarok? If so, I've got that one.  |
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Post by keywolf on Jul 4, 2008 14:52:59 GMT -5
Actually I'd like to check out some medieval/fantasy werewolf books too.
Marcus, I think the only historical werewolf books I've read have been The Werewolf of Paris (set in 1850's I think) and Wagner the Werewolf (set in early 1500's), both classics.
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Post by ArcLight on Jul 4, 2008 19:54:36 GMT -5
Is Wolf Moon the one where it starts with the werewolf (who's a woman) killing off her family, and ends with her fighting in Ragnarok? If so, I've got that one. No. At least, not this one. Isn't the one you describe the Bloodfang books by Michael D. Weaver? |
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Post by Marcus on Jul 6, 2008 12:59:56 GMT -5
Checked my bookcases, turns out I'm thinking of one called Wold Dreams by Michael D Weaver
I'll look up the Wolf moon one you've mentioned.
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Post by keywolf on Aug 11, 2008 8:45:17 GMT -5
I went a bit mad and read three werewolf books in quick succesion recently. They were:
Wolf Moon - Charles de Lint
A short and charming fantasy. I like the role reversal of the werewolf as hero, and handsome, harp-playing hunter as villain. Definately check this out if you're into fantasy werewolf stories.
4/5
Shapeshifter - JF Gonzalez
I loked the basic idea- an unscrupulous businessman blackmails a werewolf into taking out his rivals- but it was too trashy and mean-spirited for me to enjoy, and I didn't really like any of the characters.
2/5
Ravenous - Ray Garton
This one was really good. Kind of like Salem's Lot with werewolves, lycanthropy is an STD that spreads quickly through a small town. Highly recomended for horror fans.
5/5
After I've read a couple more Stephen Kings (the completist in me has decided that I need to read them all) I'll start on Darker Than You Think, as it's supposed to be a werewolf classic.
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Post by Nyctivoe on Aug 28, 2008 8:56:37 GMT -5
"Wilding" by Melanie Tem, is very good if you don't mind a wandering plot and a rather offbeat take - I'd recommend it to those who enjoyed "Ginger Snaps", since it has a cast of all-female werewolves who ritually transform using wolfskins and an ungent made of baby fat (from their male children - only females are allowed to live). The youngest member, the gothy-weirdo and very pregnant Deborah, spazzes on the eve of her first transformation and runs off, but her family's efforts to find her are hampered by tensions between their city-dwelling clan and the rival clan living in the mountains who seem to primed for a takeover. There are some very sweet scenes (a homeless man who takes care of Deborah while managing to ignore her feral nature) and humor (two doddering senile werewolves lure a young man home for dinner), but overall it's a captivating, bleak read.
I'd love to see this as an indie flick . . . sort of like Juno, only with werewolves and without the sucking.
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Post by keywolf on Aug 29, 2008 4:13:04 GMT -5
Hmm, that sounds quite interesting.
I just finished reading Darker Than You Think (love the title), a classic werewolf novel from the fifties, which was not at all what I was expecting. The werewolves, such as they are, are a race called witch-people who use a sort of astral projection to manifest their will as a predatory animal. This (usually invisible) animal can walk through walls, and kill people by manipulating probability, and it's far too hard to describe so maybe you should just read it.
I liked it, but it's very odd, and I thought it could have been more 'werewolfy'- the witches turn into all kinds of animals, one of the main witches even becomes a were-pterosaur at one point! (which I admit is quite cool).
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Post by Nyctivoe on Aug 30, 2008 10:43:01 GMT -5
I've read that! I thought it was interesting that the main character turned into some unusual critters, especially the sabertooth, and I like how each different form had different sensory abilities (although I had to laugh a little at the snake's excellent hearing, since real snakes are deaf).
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Post by keywolf on Aug 30, 2008 11:23:36 GMT -5
Haha yeah, that sort of bothered me. Then again I believe snakes 'sense' sound through vibrations in their jaw, or something, so maybe it was just his interpretation of that sense.
Before I'd read it I was puzzled that it hadn't been adapted into a movie, as it's fairly old and well known, but having read it, it's so bizarre it would be very difficult to film. Would be interesting to see someone try it though, David Cronenburg perhaps?
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Post by Nyctivoe on Sept 4, 2008 9:40:57 GMT -5
Oh man, I would love to see Cronenberg take it on, although he'd probably make the transformations more solid and visceral than the astral projection of the book. I genuinely enjoyed it, especially how the "bad guys" won at the end.
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Post by dedwyre on Sept 6, 2008 16:09:48 GMT -5
If they made a film, I'd probably see it because it involves werewolves, but then I'd be depressed after it was over. That's what happened each time I saw a "Ginger Snaps" movie, especially the last one. Call me old fashioned, but I don't usually like movies where the "bad guy" wins in the end unless it's ironic. Actually, "Ginger Snaps 2" was kind of like that, but I saw the ending of "Ginger Snaps Back" coming a mile away. And I guess no one really wins in "Ginger Snaps."
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Post by Nyctivoe on Sept 7, 2008 9:13:57 GMT -5
Actually ,who the bad guy is in that book depends in your viewpoint. When the main character thinks he's human, he tries to resist his lycanthropic urges, but he eventually comes around to accepting his true nature. From the point of view of the humans, the shapeshifters are the "bad guys", but from their viewpoint they're just trying to survive. What I meant was more like it was nice for a change to see human vs. other species / werewolf end with the werewolves winning.
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