Re: YASID x 2 "Vampire" in space and a space opera

connor.moran@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've been thinking recently about the reading teacher who helped
> introduce me to good SF when I was in 7th grade, 

If you were to say when you read those (rather than what grade you were
in at the time), that might be useful.

> and I was remembering
> two books he lent me which I have forgotten authors/titles for. Some
> of the details are a little sketchy, but here's what I remember:
> 
> The one I remember best was about a guy who was a part of the "real"
> species that inspired both vampire and werewolf myths. He was immortal
> and had to drink either blood or a modern substitute. When he drank
> actual blood, though, he had the power to shape****ft into a wolf. I
> believe that the bulk of the action took place in space in the future,
> although the character had been alive for a very long time and there
> may have been flashbacks.
> 
> The one that's so sketchy that there might not be anything anyone can
> do to help felt like a real classic space opera swashbuckler. It took
> place in a universe where there had been humans on a bunch of planets
> and Earth was just another human planet. There were also swordfights.
> I'm sure this describes a bunch of books, but it's worth a shot.

For either -- are there any details which you consider too trivial to
mention?  Mention them; you never know what might spark someone's
memory.


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