Series
The Vampire Tapestry
Suzy McKee Charnas · 1 novel · 1 novella · 1 novelette · 1979–1980
The Vampire Tapestry follows Dr. Edward Lewis Weyland, Suzy McKee Charnas's 1980 vampire, whose condition is framed as a biological anomaly rather than a supernatural curse, as he preys on people while investigating what he actually is. Its clinical, non-romantic take on vampirism set it apart from Gothic vampire tradition and led critics to read it as feminist science fiction. The catalog pairs it with a same-named companion story, "Unicorn Tapestry," following the same character.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
The Vampire Tapestry at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1970s1
- 1980s2
Shape
1 novel · 1 novella · 1 novelette
1 author · completed series
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Vampire Tapestrydarkest · calmest
- Unicorn Tapestrybrightest · most intense