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The Space Vampires (1976) by Colin Wilson

7/25/2016

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Less than thrilling account of spacefarer Olof Carlsen battling alien energy vampires who can move from one body to another. After an early encounter with one such creature, in the body of a beautiful woman, Carlsen finds himself psychically linked to her, with new powers of his own to drain the energy of others as well as read their minds, using his abilities principally to cheat on his wife. Perhaps it's not as bad as all that, but this is a slow-mover that talks a good game -- linking criminality (particularly in the sexual arena) to vampirism -- but fails to demonstrate it with any meaningful action. The book, says Wilson, is "indebted" to A. E. van Vogt's short story "Asylum." Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) directed the adaptation in 1985 as Lifeforce.

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Bookstooge
7/29/2016 05:21:14 pm

I didn't think anyone else was unfortunate enough to have read this.

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Brian
7/30/2016 09:05:45 am

This was a case of movie first - by many years. Not that the movie, Lifeforce (dang, just realized I need to update the review to include the movie), was all that great, but you know I like to get both sides, as it were. I was hoping for an improvement over the film, but, yeah, I didn't get it. I do love the title, though.

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