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more about #chuckhogan more comments → Mike Byhoff: This looks overstylized and awful. What a disappointment. The books had so much promise to do something really groundbreaking on film, and these just ... more » mikecap: They should make a 24-style show, but with vampire zombies!! Apocalypse in real time, that's what turns people on. more » tetracycloide: it seems like every pitch to fox execs inevitably ends with them requesting it be rewritten as a comedy. more » bililoquy: This was really a pretty poor novel. Some of the folklorish flashback bits (obviously Del Toro's) were all right, but the plot was tired and the chara... more » smirkette: It was certainly a decent read, but like @geeky_reader, it didn't live up to my expectations. Del Toro's movies show a really unique aesthetic which ... more » Julius Seizure - Canuck: Don't throw things, please, but I didn't get more than 50 pages into the book before I gave up. I found his writing style too heavy-handed - spelli... more » geeky_reader: I liked The Strain, but only liked. I'll read the next 2 simply out of curiousity. I don't know, I guess I was just expecting more. To feel wowed, sca... more » FakingThroughLife: I don't remember the anal parasites in the book. Weren't they just parasites in general? more » MonkeyT: I don't ever want to see the words "anal parasites" and "comedy" in the same paragraph again. more » disatess: Good ,we need real vampire horror , not whiney love triangle / buffy crap . serious horror. more » bamboompvk: I will watch anything with del Toro's name on it. I will also watch anything with vampires in it. I am now very excited. more » ticktockman: I like the reviews here, too. If I want to know what Tor is putting out then I can look at the Tor website, or at the sci-fi section at the borders d... more » secretmission: David Hartwell's Year's Best SF 14 is even better than Dozois' anthologies... more » AileenPaterculus: I actually enjoy the way you guys do reviews because book specific sites and forums have always held tons of references for the less "arty" stuff. Th... more » AlessandroGiraffe: The Strain sounds an awful lot like Scott Westerfeld's Peeps, with vampirism portrayed as a parisitic disease that threatens civilization. more » -
#thestrain
Del Toro's The Strain May Come to TV After All
Fox may have dropped the ball on bringing Guillermo del Toro's The Strain to life as a television series, but plans are afoot to bring the gonzo vampire tale to the small screen, with a showrunner intimately familiar with bloodsuckers. More » -
#hotbookshelfinjection
Steampunk Brothel Spies And Million-Year Quests, In June Books
Whether you want a fun beach read or a sweeping philosophical epic, June's books have you covered. You can encounter witches in Toronto and killer courtesans, or you can delve into America's dismal future, or Alastair Reynolds' eon-spanning colonization saga.
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#thestrain
How Fox Ruined del Toro's "The Wire With Vampires" Pitch
We could have had The Wire, with vampires, a Guillermo del Toro show full of craziness, topped off with anal blood worms. But Fox had different plans for GDT's television show — and anyone else notice similarities between Strain and Fringe?
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#bookreview
Guillermo Del Toro's The Strain Is An Antidote To Fey Vampires
Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro and novelist Chuck Hogan have written The Strain, the first book in a vampire trilogy. And the good news is, their spin on vampires comes with a noticeable creep factor, despite silliness. Spoilers below.
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