My wife and I have been reading a series of Vampire novels set in America’s Deep South. Written by Charlaine Harris and featuring a telepathic waitress called Sookie, the Southern Vampire Mysteries are more humorous, personal drama that horror. The setting is a world in which Vampires have moved into our world with the invention of Tru Blood, a synthetic blood which allows Vampires to feed without preying on humans. The books do need to be read in order and start with Dead Until Dark. We have read the first seven books, with the eighth in the series due in paperback on March next year.
True Blood is the name that HBO have given to the TV series that they are basing on the books. It premieres in September. HBO are already starting an extensive publicity campaign. In addition to information on the HBO site, there is a site investigating how vampires have used the invention of synthetic blood to reveal themselves, a human/vampire dating site, and a product site for Tru Blood.
Sookie (Anna Paquin)
This puts me in the unusual position of intending to follow three new series (OK one new and two returning) in the autumn, Tru Blood, Dexter, and Heroes.
[...] I blame it on time wasting admiring Star Wars Art for I don’t watch TV though I hear that True Blood is good [...]