{"first_publish_date": "1980", "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Hailed by Stephen King as \"scary and suspenseful\" and \"unputdownable,\" and by Peter Beagle, author of THE LAST UNICORN, as \"The best vampire novel I have ever read,\" THE VAMPIRE TAPESTRY examines the classic monster as a biological, rather than supernatural, predator who awakens from hibernation every few decades needing to relearn human culture. After years of effort, the so-called Edward Lewis Weyland has gained a post as an anthropology professor and director of a sleep research lab. With reliable access to unsuspecting blood donors, he becomes complacent and makes a near-fatal error. First critically wounded by a strong and canny woman, and later imprisoned and humiliated, he begins a journey toward an empathy with his prey that threatens the foundations of his survival."}, "title": "The Vampire Tapestry", "covers": [721658], "lc_classifications": ["PS3553.H325 V3"], "key": "/works/OL175622W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL22322A"}}], "dewey_number": ["813/.54"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Fantasy", "Vampires", "Fiction", "Fiction, horror", "Fiction, general"], "latest_revision": 9, "revision": 9, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-10-20T17:54:34.708058"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2024-04-17T05:10:22.286513"}}