mothlight reviewed I, Vampire by Jody Scott
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4 stars
Wow, for a vampire novel, this is pretty wild. Luckily, vampires in this world don't sulk, obsess about what they are wearing, or (aack) play baseball. Vampires are fairly normal except that they live for a really long time and occasionally have to drink some blood.
When it comes down to it, this novel is only vaguely about vampires. The main character, Sterling O'Blivion happens to be one and has lived 900 years but that just makes her the logical choice to oversee the psychic evolution of the human race (or face extermination by the Rysemians). She and her Rysemian lover, in the body of Virginia Woolf, head up a company to sell a Famous Men's Sperm Kit, which is intended to spur this evolution (although I still have no idea why or how). They also run into a rival alien race who just wants to capture humans to ship …
Wow, for a vampire novel, this is pretty wild. Luckily, vampires in this world don't sulk, obsess about what they are wearing, or (aack) play baseball. Vampires are fairly normal except that they live for a really long time and occasionally have to drink some blood.
When it comes down to it, this novel is only vaguely about vampires. The main character, Sterling O'Blivion happens to be one and has lived 900 years but that just makes her the logical choice to oversee the psychic evolution of the human race (or face extermination by the Rysemians). She and her Rysemian lover, in the body of Virginia Woolf, head up a company to sell a Famous Men's Sperm Kit, which is intended to spur this evolution (although I still have no idea why or how). They also run into a rival alien race who just wants to capture humans to ship them off as food/slaves/curiosities.
Really, the plot itself or why things happen doesn't matter so much. Like lots of science fiction, there is lots of blah blah technical details which sounds good but whether they make sense doesn't really matter so much. The writing is hilarious and witty. There are lots of funny images, like rows of cloned Nixon's being used as servants (although they are the old model and are being gradually updated to the new Reagan models).
The places it goes keeps being totally unexpected and intriguing. Even the second to last chapter, the shift leaves you rethinking everything that has come before. Pretty original stuff. If you are expecting either a vampire novel or a sci-fi novel, this isn't it. It has bits of both but lots more.