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exadius's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I think she's probably a better writer than I am a reader, unfortunately.
bobbygw's review against another edition
5.0
Unjustly neglected for years, ‘I, Vampire’ by Jody Scott is an exuberantly clever and wildly iconoclastic feminist and SF take on vampires in fiction. If you thirst for something really witty, quirky, with bags of brains – and not much blood – you'll do no better than this wonderful novel.
Sterling O’Blivion is a bright, phenomenally well-read and irreverent 700 year old vampire. Now living in Chicago, she’s a bored instructor of a dance studio. But soon she’s on a madcap adventure spree, falling in love with a rejuvenated Virginia Woolf, dealing with Mr Spock (the Baby and Child Care one), and negotiating with multiple aliens up to no good.
Rave reviewed when first published by The Women’s Press in 1986 and since out of print, good, super cheap second hand copies – starting at a penny/cent! – are easily available online.
Praised and loved by such SF mavericks as Theodore Sturgeon, Samuel Delaney and Barry N. Malzberg, why not satisfy your ungodly fictional cravings with something madcap, radically different and deliciously feminist?
[A version of this review was originally published on For Books' Sake website, as part of their book gift guide for Xmas 2014: http://forbookssake.net/2014/12/10/christmas-feminist-gift-guide/.]
Sterling O’Blivion is a bright, phenomenally well-read and irreverent 700 year old vampire. Now living in Chicago, she’s a bored instructor of a dance studio. But soon she’s on a madcap adventure spree, falling in love with a rejuvenated Virginia Woolf, dealing with Mr Spock (the Baby and Child Care one), and negotiating with multiple aliens up to no good.
Rave reviewed when first published by The Women’s Press in 1986 and since out of print, good, super cheap second hand copies – starting at a penny/cent! – are easily available online.
Praised and loved by such SF mavericks as Theodore Sturgeon, Samuel Delaney and Barry N. Malzberg, why not satisfy your ungodly fictional cravings with something madcap, radically different and deliciously feminist?
[A version of this review was originally published on For Books' Sake website, as part of their book gift guide for Xmas 2014: http://forbookssake.net/2014/12/10/christmas-feminist-gift-guide/.]
mar's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
do NOT read this for a good story, or worldbuilding, or pacing. or a good romance. or good LGBT representation. DO read this if you want to experience the most batshit combination of unrelated and mostly unresolved plot points ever written.
like, it has its moments, but mostly it's just... swinging wildly over the line between "fun bad" and "just bad" like a goddamn pendulum
like, it has its moments, but mostly it's just... swinging wildly over the line between "fun bad" and "just bad" like a goddamn pendulum
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, and Sexual content
Minor: Cannibalism and Racism
jaciacarlile's review against another edition
3.0
This was wild from start to finish, and while it’s not my kind of humor I certainly had my friends rolling with the passages I sent.
missdaisyanna's review against another edition
1.0
My god. This book. Was dreadful.
I picked it up because the blurb sounded so ridiculous. I thought it might give me a few laughs. To be fair, it did, but only at how bad it was!
The plot was complete nonsense. There was absolutely no logical thread through ANY of it. The writing was diabolical - random capitalisation, context less sentences, phrases and metaphors that made absolutely no sense. The pacing was completely nonsensical - a walk to work could take a chapter, then a murder could pass by in two sentences. Despite focussing on a female/female romance, there were a bunch of homophobic slurs thrown in at the end for (seemingly) no reason. And to TOP IT ALL OFF, it ends with EVERYONE'S LEAST FAVOURITE TROPE: "And it was all a dream!".
This book wasted four days of my life. I can't understand why it's a cult classic, much less a "feminist romp" or "underrated sci-fi novel".
I picked it up because the blurb sounded so ridiculous. I thought it might give me a few laughs. To be fair, it did, but only at how bad it was!
The plot was complete nonsense. There was absolutely no logical thread through ANY of it. The writing was diabolical - random capitalisation, context less sentences, phrases and metaphors that made absolutely no sense. The pacing was completely nonsensical - a walk to work could take a chapter, then a murder could pass by in two sentences. Despite focussing on a female/female romance, there were a bunch of homophobic slurs thrown in at the end for (seemingly) no reason. And to TOP IT ALL OFF, it ends with EVERYONE'S LEAST FAVOURITE TROPE: "And it was all a dream!".
This book wasted four days of my life. I can't understand why it's a cult classic, much less a "feminist romp" or "underrated sci-fi novel".
cosmicjellies's review against another edition
3.0
worth reading for the weirdness but i found it hard to concentrate on and not as funny as i think it was trying to be
essarbee's review against another edition
5.0
Vampires, aliens, lesbians, and a critique of consumer capitalism. This book has everything.
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