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Weak Vampires?

by Michael Grosberg <grosberg.michael@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mar 17, 2008 at 05:09 AM

There have been many variations on vampires in written fiction and
visual media. We've encountered good vampires, bad vampires, ones that
are susceptible or not to garlic, crosses, sunlight or wooden stakes.
Some have to be invited in, others disregard this piece of lore. Some
are fantasy creatures. Others have contracted some virus or have
altered genes. Some need human blood, others can sustain themselves on
animal blood. Some are sexy, some are ugly.

I was wondering what is the minimum requirement for still being called
a vampire. Obviously the one common theme in all vampire fiction is
that they have to drink blood. But the other recurrent theme is  that
vampires are harder to kill and they are faster and physically
stronger than ordinary humans. Vampires, in other words, are top
predators.

this in turn got me thinking: did anyone ever write about weak
vampires? frail vampires that hide in shadows and have to hunt in
groups, or use subterfuge, because they are weaker than their prey?




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Michael Grosberg <gros  2008-03-17 05:09:43 
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ilya2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-03-17 06:32:00 
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llennhoff@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2008-03-17 07:21:38 
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Lawrence Watt-Evans <l  2008-03-17 11:58:23 
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"Steve Harclerode&qu  2008-03-17 21:37:13 
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Lawrence Watt-Evans <l  2008-03-18 01:32:55 
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Aaron Denney <wnoise@[  2008-03-17 18:43:01 
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William George Ferguson &  2008-03-17 12:07:10 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-17 19:39:35 
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"Mike Schilling&quo  2008-03-17 19:43:58 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-17 19:49:27 
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Par <usenet@[EMAIL PRO  2008-03-18 05:46:22 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-18 07:45:15 
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dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-03-18 06:23:45 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-18 10:27:42 
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dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-03-18 08:37:58 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-18 18:05:21 
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John Schilling <schill  2008-03-18 16:20:30 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-19 00:14:15 
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Hallvard B Furuseth <h  2008-03-19 14:43:42 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-19 18:47:14 
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Par <usenet@[EMAIL PRO  2008-03-18 18:25:16 
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jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-03-18 15:13:30 
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Hallvard B Furuseth <h  2008-03-18 16:37:15 
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Par <usenet@[EMAIL PRO  2008-03-18 18:25:16 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-18 19:36:32 
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jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-03-18 19:47:31 
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cgoodin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-03-27 20:13:10 
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wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-03-28 08:32:35 
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Sean O'Hara <seanohara  2008-03-28 16:08:35 
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Beowulf Bolt <abd.al-h  2008-03-28 20:36:16 
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William George Ferguson &  2008-03-28 15:18:39 
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ravenlynne <ravenlynne  2008-03-29 06:19:37 
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Sean O'Hara <seanohara  2008-03-29 16:37:11 
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ravenlynne <ravenlynne  2008-03-30 08:27:11 
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wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-03-18 21:10:19 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-19 01:19:47 
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wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-03-18 21:39:31 
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Bill Snyder <bsnyder@[  2008-03-19 02:13:34 
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"Mike Schilling"  2008-03-19 13:58:27 
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Jaimie Vandenbergh <ja  2008-03-19 16:02:23 
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Alexey Romanov <alexey  2008-03-20 15:20:52 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-20 13:55:31 
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"Joel Olson" &l  2008-03-19 08:10:38 
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throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-03-18 23:32:02 
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norrin <adweiland@[EMA  2008-03-19 09:04:21 
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Michael Grosberg <gros  2008-03-24 11:55:38 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-24 19:01:34 
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Andrew Plotkin <erkyra  2008-03-17 19:42:50 
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IsaacKuo <mechdan@[EMA  2008-03-17 12:51:46 
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goldfarb@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-03-18 00:04:40 
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Kurt Busiek <kurt@[EMA  2008-03-17 17:24:16 
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"endy9" <end  2008-03-17 17:43:59 
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Howard Brazee <howard@  2008-03-17 16:54:39 
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Rebecca Rice <philosph  2008-03-17 18:08:56 
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Dave Hansen <iddw@[EMA  2008-03-17 16:22:14 
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dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-03-17 21:12:18 
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mzenier@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-03-17 18:29:18 
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Robert Carnegie <rja.c  2008-03-18 08:44:21 
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jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-03-18 15:50:48 
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William George Ferguson &  2008-03-18 11:18:52 
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Alexey Romanov <alexey  2008-03-20 15:20:56 
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dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-03-18 12:54:58 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-18 18:07:45 
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fairwater@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2008-03-18 22:16:37 
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David Cowie <me@[EMAIL  2008-03-18 15:51:50 
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Jeff Stehman <jeff5@[E  2008-03-18 20:07:07 
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Aaron Denney <wnoise@[  2008-03-18 23:14:06 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-19 00:13:02 
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Aaron Denney <wnoise@[  2008-03-19 00:41:59 
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Aaron Denney <wnoise@[  2008-03-19 08:40:31 
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Robert Carnegie <rja.c  2008-03-19 03:37:21 
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dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-03-19 09:04:13 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-19 18:42:42 
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Mark Stephen <mstephen  2008-03-19 20:04:10 
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Par <usenet@[EMAIL PRO  2008-03-19 16:25:15 
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fairwater@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2008-03-19 19:07:36 
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norrin <adweiland@[EMA  2008-03-19 08:54:46 
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Robert Carnegie <rja.c  2008-03-20 03:04:00 
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Kay Shapero <kay@[EMAI  2008-03-23 17:47:10 
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"Christopher Adams&q  2008-03-26 06:08:22 
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Robert Carnegie <rja.c  2008-03-20 03:12:32 
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Robert Carnegie <rja.c  2008-03-23 11:27:28 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-23 18:41:47 
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DouhetSukd <DouhetSukd  2008-03-23 21:27:44 
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David T. Bilek <davidb  2008-03-23 23:20:34 
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wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-03-24 23:09:46 
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DouhetSukd <DouhetSukd  2008-03-23 21:36:59 
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Robert Carnegie <rja.c  2008-03-24 07:51:49 
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DouhetSukd <DouhetSukd  2008-03-25 22:42:51 
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Robert Carnegie <rja.c  2008-03-27 07:37:29 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-27 16:59:29 
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"Christopher Adams&q  2008-03-28 05:02:48 
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"Mike Schilling"  2008-03-28 06:37:22 
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"Christopher Adams&q  2008-03-31 04:30:55 
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Robert Carnegie <rja.c  2008-03-29 16:52:09 
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-03-30 00:45:50 

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