The Vampire Tapestry
core novel 1980 The Vampire Tapestry
Record
| First published | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.59 (2,593 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780671254155 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Edward Lewis Weyland is an anthropology professor at a university, a quiet and cultured man who is secretly a vampire. His condition is biological, not supernatural: he is a predator of a different species who lives among humans and must feed on them to survive. The book is built from five linked, novella-length episodes, each seen through the eyes of someone whose life crosses his path, among them a colleague, a teenage boy and a psychotherapist. As suspicion gathers around him, Weyland moves to New Mexico and has to build a new life and new sources of prey, while struggling with his violent urges, his sense of who he is, and the unknown origins of his kind.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Vampire Tapestry
- Series: The Vampire Tapestry core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Suzy McKee Charnas
Awards (verified)
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 1981: finalist
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 1981: finalist
Notes
- A fix-up of five linked novella-length chapters; the third, 'Unicorn Tapestry', was first published separately.
- From the series record (The Vampire Tapestry): A standalone novel of five linked episodes about a vampire anthropologist.
Sources
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