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True Blood is based on Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Series.

There are eight full-length novels published so far, and seven short stories. The Sookie Stackhouse novels are typically released May of each year.

NOVELS:

1. Dead Until Dark (2001); 2. Living Dead in Dallas (2002); 3. Club Dead (2003); 4. Dead to the World (2004); 5. Dead as a Doornail (2005); 6. Definitely Dead (2006); 7. All Together Dead (2007); 8. From Dead to Worse (2008); 9. Dead and Gone (2009)

SHORT STORIES (in Anthologies): 1. Powers of Detection ["Fairy Dust"]; Edited by edited by Dana Stabenow; stories by Anne Perry, Michael Armstrong, Anne Bishop, Laura Anne Gilman, Simon R. Green, Jay Caselberg, John Straley, Mike Doogan, Donna Andrews, Sharon Shinn, Dana Stabenow, Charlaine Harris. (2004)

2. Bite ["One Word Answer"]; Stories by Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, MaryJanice Davidson, Vickie Taylor, Angela Knight. (2005)

3. My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding ["Tacky"]; Edited by P.N. Elrod, stories written by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Charlaine Harris, L. A. Banks, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Esther M. Friesner, Lori Handeland, Susan Krinard. (2006)

4. Many Bloody Returns ["Dracula Night"]; Edited by Charlaine Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner; stories written by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Bill Crider, Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher, P.N. Elrod, Rachel Caine, Jeanne C. Stein, Tanya Huff, Carolyn Haines, Tate Hallaway, Elaine Viets, Toni L.P. Kelner. (2007)

5. Wolfsbane and Mistletoe ["Giftwrap"]; Edited by Charlaine Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner; stories written by Donna Andrews, Keri Arthur, Patricia Briggs, Dana Cameron, Karen Chance, Alan Gordon, Simon R. Green, Charlaine Harris, Toni L. P. Kelner, J. A. Konrath, Nancy Pickard, Kat Richardson, Dana Stabenow, Rob Thurman, Carrie Vaughn. (2008)

6. Blood Lite ["An Evening with Al Gore"]; Edited by Kevin J. Anderson; stories written by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kelley Armstrong, Janet Berliner, Don D'Ammassa, Nancy Holder, Nancy Kilpatrick, J. A. Konrath and F. Paul Wilson, Joe R. Lansdale, Will Ludwigsen, Sharyn McCrumb, Mark Onspaugh, Mike Resnick, Steven Savile, D. L. Snell, Eric James Stone, Jeff Strand, Lucien Soulban, Matt Venne, Christopher Welch. (2008)

7. Usual Suspects [""]; Edited by Dana Stabenow; (Dec 2008)

First, the person has to be completely drained. Then they have to ingest vampire blood. Just ingesting vampire blood alone without being drained will cause your senses to be heightened, but you will not become a vampire.

Critics who reviewed the pre-aired Pilot were generally negative on Brooke Kerr's performance. They didn't think that she was right for the part so it went to Rutina Wesley.

Yes, HBO has already renewed True Blood for a second season.

Sources say Summer 2009.

(in Swedish) Eric: "Our little zoo is starting to grow" Pam: "I know"

In Season 1, Episode 10 it is confirmed that Sam is a shapeshifter, which means that he can shapeshift into another animal form (he says shifting into other humans is too complex) as long as that other animal form is nearby. So, Sam is sometimes a dog because there is also a real dog that hangs around the bar that he can easily take the shape of by taking over its body.

She might be Sookie's faerie-godmother "Claudine". Her scene was presumably deleted because she was not introduced in the first book. Whether she will be in the first Season or not -- is not known yet.

In episodes 1 and 2, it appears that Sookie used powers to wrap the chain around Mack Rattray's neck and lift him into the air. Not true. The chain wrapped tightly around Mack's neck because of natural force of a heavy object thrown around a stationary object, and it's been said that Bill kicked or pushed Rattray away from him. Sookie can only read minds. Nothing else.

Alternately, the tightening chain might be explained by the initial intent to cast Sookie's faerie-godmother "Claudine" during Sookie's defense of Bill from the Rattrays. In this original shooting, visible in the pre-aired pilot, the chain's movement is interpolated with Claudine's fixation on it -- possibly a telekinetic manipulation. Claudine is edited from the aired pilot, but the movement of the chain remains.

He said "Åh, du ljuva frihet!"

Means "Oh, sweet freedom!"