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The March 2012 issue of British science-fiction magazine SFX features interviews with both Deborah Ann Woll and Charlaine Harris.

On Jessica, Deborah says:

“Part of what makes Jess so interesting are the extremes, the contrast she has within her.  She can be so sweet and human and innocent, and then very sexual and aggressive and violent.  So, with the love stuff there’s a place for the more innocent side, but I like when I get the opportunity to bring out the vampire side more.”

Charlaine Harris discusses her literary influences, and talks about her affection for showrunner Alan Ball, saying:

“I think he’s a genius!  I admire him intensely.  I knew when I watched Six Feet Under and American Beauty that he got what I was doing.  He understands the mixture of tragedy and humour that my books are comprised of.  He’s also a Southern guy so I figured that he could tap into the roots of the story.  He’s an amazing guy!”

And good news!  SFX’s Vampire Special is hitting stands on the 23rd of January!

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Book 5: Dead as a Doornail

As you’re all probably aware, True Blood has been deviating further and further from the Southern Vampire Mystery novels on which it is based.  But Alan Ball has maintained that the show will continue to take inspiration from the books, so let’s look at the major plot points from Dead as a Doornail and ponder on what may or may not feature in season five…

Warning! Contains spoilers for those who have not read the books!

Panther Jason

1) The Shifter Shootings – Calvin Norris and Sam are two of the victims of the shifter-hating sniper, but since Calvin has already pegged it in the show, then he’s not a candidate to take a bullet in season five.  Sookie gets shot in the book too, but hell, she gets shot all the time.

2) Jason turns into a werepanther – Not going to happen!  Or is it?  Seemed like a bit of a waste to have all that build-up and then no panther Jason!  Perhaps we’ll just have a litter of half-Jason half-panther cubs instead?  And Jason is still dating Crystal in Dead as a Doornail, but that looks VERY unlikely, since she’s a rapist skank in True Blood.

3) The Pirate Vampire – Charles Twining!  He’s all piratey and has an eyepatch and says “Argghh” and everything!  But will he be joining the ranks of the undead in True Blood?  Since his presence in the novels is a result of Eric staking Longshadow, and that story is done and dusted in the show, with Bill as the culprit and Jessica the punishment, then Mr. Twining would have to have a different reason to show up in Bon Temps.

Patrick Devins - Werewolf?

4) The werewolf packleader contest – A certainty for inclusion in the show.  But will it be Alcide’s pa in the ring, or Alcide himself?  And will the competition be refereed by weretiger Quinn, or will he be left out of the show, since Sookie already has so many men fawning over her?  And is Terry’s old army buddy Patrick the same Patrick Devins who was Hervaux Senior’s adversary in the packleader contest?

5) Tara and Mickey – Since Franklin in the show was an amalgamation of Franklin and Mickey from the books, then it looks as though we won’t be seeing Tara getting kidnapped by a psycho vampire again. On the other hand, Mickey’s maker is Salome, who we know for a fact will feature in the show, so perhaps she will be Franklin’s maker instead?

6) Sookie’s house burns down – well they only just cleared up all the Maenad mess, surely they don’t want to re-build that set all over again?  And Claudine certainly can’t be the one to save her, since she’s already kicked the bucket.

7) Sookie fretting over whether Eric will remember shagging her and the fact that she murdered Debbie – In the show, he already remembers all the juicy parts of his time with amnesia, but Sookie may still be concerned that he knows she murdered Debbie, and it’s very possible that we’ll get the scenario in which Eric disposes of Debbie’s body for Sookie.

Alcide is gonna be pissed when he finds out.

8) Debbie’s family investigate her killing – No doubt Sookie murdering the she-wolf will have repercussions, so could we see the rest of the Pelt clan?  It’s been suggested that Debbie’s sister could be her twin, which would give the excellent Britt Morgan a chance to return to the show.

9) Sookie and Alcide sexual tension – This one’s another given for season five.  Though whether they’ll go on a werewolf funeral date or not remains to be seen.

10) Bill dates Selah Pumphrey, Sookie is jealous – Since Selah’s character and Portia’s were amalgamated for season four, this seems unlikely.   It’s probable though, that Bill will find another love interest, so will Sookie be consumed by jealousy, or is she over him now?

Please comment with your thoughts on which book five plotlines will feature in season five!

For those of you that cannot wait until May to read what happens next to Sookie Stackhouse – and I know you’re out there… an excerpt from the new Sookie Stackhouse book, “Deadlocked,” has been released by Charlaine Harris on her website. It’s from chapter 2 and is about fifteen pages long.

Go check it out here. Then let us know if this has whet your appetite!

The next Sookie Stackhouse’s novel in the saga created by Charlaine Harris is named “Deadlocked” and will be published on May 2012.

The cover art for the book has been released recently insinuating some clues on what’s to come. So far, we see the Cluviel d’Or opened, Sookie with a letter in her hand, wolves everywhere, a solitary house and alarmingly, no vampires at all! What’s going on here?

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Earlier this week, author Charlaine Harris spoke at Bouchercon 2011 in St. Louis and admitted that some of the actors of True Blood don’t quite look like how she pictures them in her head when writing The Southern Vampire Mysteriy books.

“There are a couple of the characters in the show who look very much like they do in the book,” Charlaine said.

“Chris Bauer, who plays Andy Bellefleur, looks very much like [my] Andy, and a couple of the others. Kristin Bauer Van Straten’s not very far from the actual Pam, she’s a little skinnier. So I do sometimes see them in my head.”

“But to me, Anna [Paquin] has never been the way I think of as Sookie. I think she does a great job, but she’s just not my Sookie.”

While we couldn’t see anyone else as Sookie but Anna, there are no rules when it comes to taste!

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Usually we have to wait until May to hear more about Sookie Stackhouse by author Charlaine Harris, but today we are treated with a brand new book, The Sookie Stackhouse Companion that has all kinds of good and fun stuff in it.

There will be a new short story about Sookie that involves John Quinn. There is also an interview with True Blood series creator Alan Ball.

According to Amazon.com, Readers will:

• Tour Bon Temps, the small Louisiana town that Sookie calls home, and visit the houses of her Gran and her sometime vampire lover, Bill
• Prowl around the werewolf and were-panther communities
• Browse through her best friend Tara’s dress shop
• Belly up to the bar in Merlotte’s, where Sookie works
• Get must-have Bon Temps recipes-including Caroline Bellfleur’s famous chocolate cheesecake
• Test themselves with trivia questions from the series