The Light at the End
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The Light at the End is a 1986 vampire novel by John Skipp & Craig Spector which became a New York Times bestseller and is often credited as the book that started the splatterpunk movement.
Story[edit]
The book takes place in the 1980s punk subculture of New York City. While riding the subway, a young street punk named Rudy Pasko is attacked and turned by an old vampire. Drunk off his new power, Rudy takes to the night-life and goes on a murder spree, but his actions lead to the formation of a posse composed of several local messengers, artists, and working class citizens who devise a plan to hunt him through the New York underground.
Influences[edit]
According to Joss Whedon, the novel was the inspiration for Spike, the punk vampire on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Coincidentally, in the Season Five episode, "Fool For Love" there is a scene in which Spike fights a hunter in the subways of New York.
Re-release[edit]
For its 25th anniversary, the novel was re-released as an e-book from Crossroad Press on October 31, 2010.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ "news: Return of the Original Punk Vampire". The San Francisco Chronicle. October 21, 2010. Archived from the original on May 21, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
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