For newcomers, the GaryView is a review of books/films/TV/entertainment carried out as a conversation between Lissa Wilson (librarian) and Gary Hooper (vampire), characters from my book The Opposite of Life. I have ordered the reviews in categories.

• Television
• Books
• Films
• Other

New

• Death and the Spanish Lady by Carolyn Morwood
  “I guess crime stories aren’t really like maths equations. Otherwise all crimes would get solved by the scientists.”

Television

• Beauty and the Beast Pilot Episode
  “That wasn’t very plausible.”
• Being Human
  “Does this mean there are werewolves and ghosts as well?”
• Chances: ‘Blood Lines’
  “If we really had mind control, I wouldn’t be using it to find out out sporty you are.”
• Chances: ‘What Rough Beast’
  “That was just disturbing.”
• Dexter
  “What’s the best vampire show on TV at the moment?”
  “Dexter.”
  More on Dexter
• Moonlight
  “Beth reminded me of you. Always asking questions.”
• Pride and Prejudice – 1995 BBC TV series
  “Going back to the vampire-themed stuff we usually watch, then – which of the characters do you think would have made a good vampire?”
• Sherlock Holmes: “The Last Vampyre”
  “I know what I hated the most. Those people burning the weird teacher’s books after he died.”
• True Blood
  “I thought all the vampire sex would squick you out”
• The Vampire Diaries
  “Was your school that melodramatic?”

Films

• Across the Universe
  “You know I don’t really understand musicals.”
• Blood Angels
  “I think doom-laden voiceovers about demons and ancient evil shouldn’t sound like it got copied from Scooby Doo.”
• Blood: The Last Vampire
  “I’ve seen Japanese cartoons, and this was nothing like Astroboy.”
• From Dusk Till Dawn
  “That was… bizarre. And grotesque. And… slightly comforting.”
• High School Musical
  “My life isn’t a musical.”
• High School Musical 2
  “Why does Sharpay make me think of Buffy?”
• The Hunger
  “This really does bother you, doesn’t it?”
• The Librarian:Quest for the Spear
  “There is not a single action sequence in this film that obeys the laws of physics.”
• The Librarian 3: Curse of the Judas Chalice
  “Perhaps it’s true what they say. Guys stop looking at girls about six months after they’ve died.”
• Vampires Anonymous
  “I liked the way they mucked about with the Buffy imagery.”
• The Vampires of Bloody Island
  “… there are worse things to miss out on before you die. “

Books

• The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod (book 1) by Heather Brewer
  “Just because I’m undead, it doesn’t mean I like grime.”
• Death and the Spanish Lady by Carolyn Morwood
  “I guess crime stories aren’t really like maths equations. Otherwise all crimes would get solved by the scientists.”
• The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike
  “Did you know that Christopher Pike is a character in Star Trek?”
• Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Raynor Roberts
  “I have a sudden image of you in a toga supervising the building of bridges.”
• The Nymphos of Rocky Flats
  “You’re all streaky. My God, Gary, are you wearing make-up? “
• On the Road by Jack Kerouac
  “Didn’t you connect with Kerouac?”
  “No. I didn’t even understand him most of the time.”
• The Pop-Up Bram Stoker’s Dracula
  “It’s for your collection. Look! POP-UP CEMETARY!!”
• Real Vampires Don’t Diet by Gerry Bartlett
  “I didn’t know girls clothes shrank all the time.”
• The Wolf House Book One
  “I think it’s sad, the idea of waking up undead and being scared and confused and alone.”
• The Wolf House Book 2: Roads and Crosses
  “I liked it but I thought it was a bit…. it made me… a bit… sad, I guess.”

Other

• Vampireology 2011 Calendar
  “What’s this bit about vampires attracting victims by doing a jig to ragtime music?”
• Aussiecon 4 report
  “Someone actually thought I was in costume. Saw my teeth and asked where I got them done.”
• Get Vajazzled for $17
  “And they thought I was weird for asking what is was?”
• John Brack exhibition at NGV
  “Let me know what you like and I’ll go back at night and steal it for you.”
• Tomorrow, in a Year
  ” I’ve never heard anyone sing about the fossil record before.”
• Dracula’s Cabaret Restaurant
  “Gary, stop telling me what’s coming up in the ghost ride. It’s supposed to be a surprise.”
• A Vampire Christmas
  “Here, I’ve got something for you.”
• Vampire Skull
  “I doubt your skull looks as evil as this sculpture.”
• Time Ninjas and Eric
  “What’s a podcast?”
• Vampire Teeth
  “Will you tell me if people really eat placentas?”