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The Space Vampires
Author: | Colin Wilson |
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Hart-Davis, 1976 |
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Book Type: | Novel |
Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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The titular space aliens areenergy vampires, as opposed to the familiar stereotypical blood-sucking Earth vampires that suck blood and change into bats. They consume the "life force" by seducing living beings with a deadly kiss and also have the ability to take contol of their victims. Though initially the aliens' "true" form appears to be a bat-like creature, the creatures are ultimately revealed to be insubstantial energy-beings from a higher dimension. The novel's main protagonist is Captain Olof Carlsen, the commanding officer of the space exploration vehicle which discovered the vampires' spacecraft.
Also published as Lifeforce when the book was made into a movie of that name.
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