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Brilliant take on Just re-read this book in a day 8-Jan and: Brilliant take on the vampire trope. Aug 19, ayanami rated it really liked it Shelves: Oct , 2nd read, 4 stars: This has to be one of the strangest and most unique vampire stories I've read though admittedly, I haven't read that many vampire stories. Sabella Quey is a reclusive young woman living on her own in Novo Mars when she receives an invitation to her aunt Cassi's funeral.
Cassi has left her some money, some items, and an ominous letter stating that she found out Sabella's secret and that is where everything begins It's really hard to talk about this story without g Oct , 2nd read, 4 stars: It's really hard to talk about this story without giving away a lot of its twists and intrigue. The plotline is pretty unexpected as Tanith Lee makes a lot of unusual choices and I could not predict what would happen at the end though it's my second time reading it, I had forgotten much of the story.
At the core, this is a story about self-discovery, acceptance, and redemption. The main character deals with a lot of emotional issues and has to come to terms with herself. I was really impressed with how Tanith Lee pulled off such an usual tale downright bizarre at times! Sabella herself is a very compelling character.
Alluring and cynical, she has a weird sort of sinister appeal and like her victims, you can't help but be drawn in.
Sabella, or, The Bloodstone
She's essentially a predator, a killer-- her exploits are often simultaneously sensuous and horrifying-- and yet everything about her reads as incredibly emotionally true. Lee manages to make us sympathize with her and feel for her. The setting is very unique-- it's a vampire story that's also a science fiction, taking place on a future, human-colonized Mars. The technology reflects what people in the 80s thought the future would be like-- there are self-driving cars and electric flash-guns, but there are also mailmen who deliver letters and packages.
Meanwhile, wolves with champagne-coloured fur live in the Martian wilds, and the planet is not without its own long history: Thin pillars soaring, leveled foundations crumbling, cracked urns whispering of spilled dusts-- all the Martian dreams that old Mars denied to mankind. Though this prior race, whose wreck men inherited, left small self-evidence beyond their architecture. Maybe men find it, anyway, more romantic to guess.
Feb 16, Ludmila rated it really liked it. Love, passion, vampires, strog women, science fiction, all together for a bigger purpose; introduces us to a very new point of view of people's relationships in the future. Written in 80's, the author takes us to a ride in a new plant where people share interests between future and past Jun 19, Sean rated it really liked it.
The descriptions of untrammeled sexual ecstasy and erotic vampirism easily surpass Anne Rice at her best. Disturbing, fascinating and engrossing in equal measure. Jul 19, Milliebot rated it liked it Shelves: This review and others posted over at my blog. I loved Sabella as a character, but as a book, not so much. Yet, I wished it had been a bit more spacey? In this book, by the end, I was really wondering why the hell Sabella ended up with the man she did and what kind of twisted relationship she was in. There is an extra…extra-terrestrial plotline thrown in at the end, a sort of origin story for Sabella that links this book further with the sci-fi realm and I wish there had been more development of that earlier on.
I was more interested in how vamps ended up on Mars or what happened to turn Sabella than which guy she was going to end up with. Dec 17, Bert rated it liked it. Tanith Lee is a bit of a forgotten voice these days, but I personally really like her slightly gothy beatnik stylings and I was drawn in by this little sci-fi vampire novel. This was a nice alternative, feminist though possibly the end lets this down a bit viewpoint to the usual dominant-male vampire storylines, with lots of talk of menstruation, male douche-baggery, and alienation.
Written in , I think, this still felt cool and edgy and much-needed. Aug 05, Ming rated it liked it. This is relatively early Tanith Lee, meaning she still hasn't quite figured out when description is necessary and when it isn't, and where cities are always being set on fire by a gorgeous red sunset and every building and person drowns in this beautiful deep red suffusing the landscape every other chapter. I liked that this story was a cross between Sci-Fi and a vampire story, I didn't predict the ending but it wasn't a surprise to me. I appreciate the amount of world-building, though This is relatively early Tanith Lee, meaning she still hasn't quite figured out when description is necessary and when it isn't, and where cities are always being set on fire by a gorgeous red sunset and every building and person drowns in this beautiful deep red suffusing the landscape every other chapter.
I appreciate the amount of world-building, though I finished this mini-novel wanting a little more. I think the story was saved from being a wreck by the unusual circumstance and premise that the novel started out with, which required significant worldbuilding and one would hope some kind of explanation in the end.
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This unfortunately, towards the end of the novel, resulted in a rather heavy-handed exposition, view spoiler [ although this was alleviated by the fact that it was put forth as a "theory" by Sabella hide spoiler ]. Jun 28, Dina rated it really liked it Shelves: Jun 26, Ruby Hollyberry rated it it was amazing Shelves: Really awesome science fiction vampire story.
Any vampire fan who aims to read them all should add this one to their list. Well above the quality of most newer vampire novels, and the setting is wonderfully different. Dec 09, Lauren rated it it was amazing Shelves: I wrote a song inspired by this book, which addresses a lot of emotional issues, disguised as a scifi vampire story. Apr 24, Catie rated it really liked it Shelves: Better, much better, than expected. I'm pretty sick of vampires these days, but found this fresh in a slightly dated way.
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Short of time now but will try to expand later. Nov 12, Jan rated it it was amazing. Well-done vampire sci fi by a favorite author of mine.
She actually has something new to say in the form, I think! Mar 05, Josh Karaczewski rated it really liked it. A premise that sounds ridiculous when you write it out Vampires and Ghosts on Mars is made enthralling by Lee's writing.
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Lush and hypnotic, tense and sexy. Mar 02, L. Brooks rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: I absolutely adore this book. Each time I read it, I see something different.
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Jul 11, Valerie rated it really liked it Shelves: The first book I know of to take a look at what it would take for vampires to be real. Perhaps a precursor to all of those new alternate-history vampire books. Dec 03, Andromeda M31 rated it liked it. To my knowledge, Sabella or the Bloodstone was only printed once, in cheap 70's pulp paperback form.
This is early Tanith Lee, so her prose is beginning to grow and expand but has yet to reach the absurd levels of her later work. This sets in motion a series of actions that pull out Sabella from her lonely existence, and force to reckon with her existence and power. Vamp To my knowledge, Sabella or the Bloodstone was only printed once, in cheap 70's pulp paperback form.
Blue Ice marked it as to-read Jan 30, Jacqui Durante marked it as to-read Aug 09, Valarie marked it as to-read Nov 18, Jolene marked it as to-read Jan 27, B,Butler marked it as to-read Jul 02, Jesse Coon added it Oct 05, Jayaraj marked it as to-read Mar 28, There are no discussion topics on this book yet. About Peter de Sade. Books by Peter de Sade. Blood Knot Book 2: Blood Stone Book 3: Blood Unleashed Upcoming Book 4: There was so much intensity between the characters, the chemistry between Winter, Nial and Sebastian left me panting in places…I emerged with a lump in my throat, tears in my eyes and my heart racing.
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