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Dead And Gone (novel)
''Dead and Gone'' is the ninth book in Charlaine Harris's series ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries''. This title was released on May 5, 2009, and reached #1 in the New York Times hardcover best-seller list. Plot summary In this novel, the weres and shifters make their presence known, following the example of the vampires. At the same time, the King of Nevada, who now leads Louisiana as well, begins consolidating his power, which has a number of repercussions. The revelation of the existence of weres and shifters causes some problems. Sookie's boss, Sam Merlotte, reveals to the community that he is a shifter, and Tray Dawson reveals he is a Were, with both men changing into their animal forms at Merlotte's Bar on the evening of the announcement. Most residents of Bon Temps take the new revelation fairly well; Merlotte's initially sees some business slowdown, but then it returns to normal. However, Merlotte's waitress Arlene, who has been dating a member of the anti-vampire F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris Schulz (born November 25, 1951) is an American author who specializes in mysteries. She is best known for her book series '' The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', which was adapted as the TV series '' True Blood''. The television show was a critical and financial success for HBO, running seven seasons, from 2008 through 2014. Harris was born and raised in a small town in the Mississippi River Delta area of the United States. She lives in Texas with her husband; they have three children. She began writing from an early age, and changed from playwriting in college to writing and publishing mysteries, including several long series featuring recurring characters. Life and career Harris was born and grew up in Tunica, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta. In her early work she wrote poems about ghosts and teenage angst. She began writing plays while attending Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. Her most recent mysteries have been in the urban fantasy genre. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Compton (vampire)
William Thomas “Bill Compton” is a fictional vampire in ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries;'' a series of books by Charlaine Harris. He is introduced in the first novel of the series, '' Dead Until Dark'' and has appeared in every subsequent novel. In the television adaptation, ''True Blood'', he was portrayed by the actor Stephen Moyer. Bill Compton is a vampire and sometimes lover of the series' protagonist, Sookie Stackhouse. He is sometimes referred to as "Vampire Bill" by the locals from the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. Fictional history ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' According to the book series, Bill was born on April 9, 1840. As a human, he lived in Bon Temps. He was a married farmer with several children. Prior to becoming a vampire, Bill was a tax accountant, where he was noted for being an exceptional worker. Bill was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. In 1865, a vampire named Lorena turned Bill into a vampire. He continued to have a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speculative Crime And Thriller Fiction Novels
Speculative may refer to: In arts and entertainment *Speculative art (other) *Speculative fiction, which includes elements created out of human imagination, such as the science fiction and fantasy genres **Speculative Fiction Group, a Persian literature group whose website which is named Fantasy Academy **Speculative poetry, a genre of poetry that focuses on fantastic, science fictional and mythological themes *Speculative screenplay, or spec script, a non-commissioned, unsolicited screenplay *The Speculative Society, a Scottish Enlightenment society dedicated to public speaking and literary composition, founded in 1764 In computing *Speculative execution, in computer systems is doing work, the result of which may not be needed. This performance optimization technique is used in pipelined processors and other systems *Speculative multithreading, a dynamic parallelization technique that depends on out-of-order execution to achieve speedup on multiprocessor CPUs. It is a kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Vampire Novels
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Fantasy Novels
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit Circa 300 BC, as part of the Brahmi numerals, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. How the numbers got to their Gupta form is open to considerable debate. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 American Novels
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit Circa 300 BC, as part of the Brahmi numerals, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. How the numbers got to their Gupta form is open to considerable debate. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam (vampire)
Pamela "Pam" Ravenscroft, also known as Pamela Swynford De Beaufort, is a fictional character from the television series ''True Blood.'' Pam is portrayed by actress Kristin Bauer van Straten. The series was created by Alan Ball and is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' by author Charlaine Harris. In the series, Pam is a vampire sired by Eric Northman. She is the co-owner of ''Fangtasia'', a vampire bar. Her age is never explicitly referenced in the television series''.'' In the short story " Two Blondes," it is revealed that she is approximately 160 years old. Fictional history ''The Southern Vampires Mysteries'' Background Pam's human life is rarely referenced in the novels until the seventh book in the series, ''All Together Dead,'' when Pam tells Sookie Stackhouse that she lived in London with her parents during the Victorian era. As a human, Pam was characterized as romantic and bold. At the age of 19, while traveling at night to see a friend's cousin with who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Brigant
Niall Brigant is a fictional character from ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' by author Charlaine Harris. He first appears in '' From Dead to Worse''. He is Sookie and Jason Stackhouse's great-grandfather and Claude and Claudine's grandfather. He is tall and slim, extremely handsome with long pale gold hair. Sookie describes Niall as being a lovely creature and having some age to him. He tells Sookie that his son, Fintan, and Sookie's grandmother, Adele, had two children: Corbett (her father) and Linda (her aunt and Hadley's mother). Adele's husband could not give her children due to a prior bout with mumps, which left him sterile. Niall is a fairy prince who has powerful enemies and wants to keep his new relationship with his great-granddaughter secret to protect her. In '' Dead and Gone'' it is revealed Niall's nephew, Breandan, is out to kill all those humans who have fairy blood in them and that, for a long time, Fintan was able to keep Sookie's whereabouts secret. It is this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Stackhouse
Jason Stackhouse is a fictional character from ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' book series by author Charlaine Harris. Introduced in the first novel, '' Dead Until Dark'', Jason is Sookie Stackhouse's older brother and a road crew supervisor for Bon Temps, Louisiana. Stackhouse is described as sexually active and has had many sexual relationships with women in Bon Temps and its neighbouring communities. Initially portrayed to be callow and selfish, Jason's character changes as the series progresses and he begins to mature and become more supportive of Sookie and her supernatural issues. In '' Dead Until Dark'', Jason is suspected of killing a series of girls in Bon Temps. Videotapes of his sexual encounters with each girl are damning evidence against him. However, Jason is eventually found innocent. In later books Jason is implicated in other crimes, and despite his innocence, these accusations continue to erode his reputation. In '' Dead to the World'', Jason disappears. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters Of The Southern Vampire Mysteries
This is a listing of significant characters in Charlaine Harris's ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' / Sookie Stackhouse novels only. HBO created a television series called ''True Blood'' based on the novels. Main characters Sookie Stackhouse Sookie is the main character of ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', and resides in the fictional town of Bon Temps in rural northern Louisiana. In the first novel, ''Dead Until Dark'', she describes herself as being 25 years old, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She also states that her "legs are strong and [her] bosom is substantial... [with] a waspy waistline”. She is written to wear a ladies size 8-10. Sookie, although not highly educated, is well read and has an extensive vocabulary. This is primarily attributed to her affinity for her “word-of-the-day” calendar. Although Sookie appears to be human, she possesses telepathic abilities, which manifested at a very young age. Later she learns she is a fairy-human hybrid. She is able ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Merlotte
Sam Merlotte is a fictional character from ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' book series, written by author Charlaine Harris. He is introduced in the first novel of the series, '' Dead Until Dark.'' In ''True Blood,'' the HBO television adaptation, Sam is portrayed by actor Sam Trammell. At the beginning of the series, Sam Merlotte is Sookie Stackhouse's employer and the owner of Merlotte's Bar and Grill in the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. Sam is a shape shifter (or "shifter") and has the ability to physically transform into an animal he has seen (and imprinted on) at will. When Sam is introduced, the existence of shape shifters is not public knowledge (unlike vampires following the Great Revelation prior to the events of ''True Blood'' and ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' series.) Fictional history ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' Sam is an army veteran who grew up in Wright, Texas. After his father died, he used his inheritance to buy the local bar in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Northman
Eric Northman is a fictional character in ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries,'' written by Charlaine Harris. The character is introduced in the first novel, Dead Until Dark, as vampire living to be about a thousand years and is included in all subsequent novels. Human life In the early books, little is revealed about Eric's past. In the ninth book, '' Dead and Gone'' Eric reveals details about his human life as a Viking. Furthermore, he was deemed a man at the age of twelve. At sixteen he married Aude, his brother's widow, the couple had six children, but only three were living at the time of his turning, two boys and a girl. Aude and their sixth child died of a fever shortly after the birth when Eric was in his early twenties. It is revealed in the television series that the Vampire King of Mississippi murdered his entire family before stealing his father's Viking crown. In the books, he was ambushed one night by a Roman vampire named Appius Livius Ocella and subsequently turned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
