Dracula is long. And pretty darn Victorian, for being a novel about vampires.
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - May 04, 2004 11:05:29 am PDT #2633 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 11:05:58 am PDT #2634 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Thanks - must go back and reread. Does he make reference to that supposed inability to cross running water, and why Vlad is immune? Or does he not touch that one?
random vampire not, before I head out for the day: I very much liked Stephen King's explanation for why vampires can't deal with garlic.
He said he suspects it's an allergy.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 11:08:52 am PDT #2635 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Jilli, did you not like Delicate Dependency, by Michael Talbot? One of my favourites about vampires. The head vampire, Lodovico, is amazing.
I loved Dracula, but as Dana points out, it's relentlessly Victorian. I sometimes wonder if Stoker himself realised how clearly he was portraying his own Victorian terror of female sexuality.
§ ita § - May 04, 2004 11:10:53 am PDT #2636 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jilli, how do you feel about Brust's Agyar?
Polter-Cow - May 04, 2004 11:11:19 am PDT #2637 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Which came first chronologically?
Atropa - May 04, 2004 11:13:35 am PDT #2638 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, did you not like Delicate Dependency, by Michael Talbot? One of my favourites about vampires. The head vampire, Lodovico, is amazing.
I *did* like it, and can only offer sleep-dep as the reason for leaving it off my list.
I am currently trying to force myself to finish The Book of Common Dread by Brent Monahan, and suspect I'm going to be giving up on it soon.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 11:13:46 am PDT #2639 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Which came first chronologically?
Which? Did you mean Dracula or Frankenstein? Because Frankenstein was about 70 years earlier - Mary Shelley was Regency period (she was born at the end of the 18th century), and Stoker was a Victorian Irishman.
Atropa - May 04, 2004 11:14:38 am PDT #2640 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, how do you feel about Brust's Agyar?
I haven't read it in about 10 years. I remember liking it, but I really need to track down a copy and re-read it.
Strix - May 04, 2004 11:16:13 am PDT #2641 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I'm so glad to see Brite on your list! I like her a lot; she distrubs me, but she writes very well.
I've been trying to find Exquisite Corpse for a couple of years, and never run into it. Have you read it?
Atropa - May 04, 2004 11:21:20 am PDT #2642 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm so glad to see Brite on your list! I like her a lot; she distrubs me, but she writes very well.
I like her writing, but for me, nothing she has written comes close to Lost Souls, except (surprisingly) for the novel she did for The Crow franchise.
I've been trying to find Exquisite Corpse for a couple of years, and never run into it. Have you read it?
I have, and I'm kinda meh about it. To me, it comes across as her writing thinly-disguised RPF porn that hits all her kinks AND managing to get paid for it. Yes, Poppy, we know. Yes, you're fascinated by serial killers. You really, REALLY want to be a queer Asian man in his 20s. That's nice. Now write about something else.