Happy Belated Book Birthday to TEETH!

[ellenkushner]

Yesterday the fab new anthology of tales that puts the bite back in vamps for YA  finally hit the stands!  Here's a video of all the authors (starting with meee & Cat Valente) telling which "vampire attribute" they would most like to have:

There's another, longer, video in which we all answer the question "Would you want to be a vampire for a month?" - with, to me, some surprising results.  Holly Black & I teamed up on this one (in the hall of the hotel at WFC, with Ellen Datlow pointing a vidcorder at us - it seemed to work better when we were egging each other on).

And don't miss Terri Windling's great Introduction to the anthology, giving teens (and everyone) the basic literary history of vampires to the present day.  It's online, along with Genevieve Valentine's story and Steve Berman's story, as part of Harper Teen's "sneak peek" program.  I've been reading my way through this book, and can promise you a box of tasty treats.  Our own dear deliasherman 's "Flying," about a grounded young trapeze artist, is definitely one of them.  Who doesn't like a nice story about a circus with a cat act . . . and bloodsucking monsters who can't quite get the hang of this TubeYou thing?

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_stranger_here/]

I'm fascinated by the fact that nearly all the men -- and only the men -- wished for the power to charm/glamour others. I don't want to draw any easy conclusions from this, because I suspect there is a complex weave of factors feeding into that answer, but... it is really interesting.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Congratulations. I must look out for a copy.

[threeoutside.livejournal.com]

So Neil Gaiman wants to be able to walk into a room and have all conversation stop while everybody turns toward him and says (or thinks) "Whoa. Is HE cool!"?

Seriously?

Can't wrap my head around that...

[kirby-crow.livejournal.com]

Because it already happens? :)

[kirby-crow.livejournal.com]

I had the page up to order this from Amazon when the vid reminded me that I needed to buy Kathe Koja's "Under the Poppy", too. :) Thanks!

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

I can't wait for my library's copy to come in and get processed. I already have 3 kids who want to read it, and I GUESS I'll let them read it before I do. (two of the kids are twins. They can fight over it for a few days before they both finish it)