ok, so.

[cimorene]

so i finished dracula. end was all anti-climactic. the end of saberhagen's parody is a lot better. i'll have to read it to console myself.

Comments

Narhgh.

[aeslis]

Ne, isn't Dracula like, the most tedious book...? I've read about... a page. Um. The only reason I read it was because I have a friend, who's aspiring to become a writer, and... he's influenced by vampires... and... his style is... so... dry... and flat. And terrible. To the point that, I showed one of his (17 page) stories to some friends. Four people attempted to read it. I got the furthest, and my record number of pages is 11. Everyone else stopped at about 3/4. :P But anyway, my point is that one said friend commented that his style was remarkably like that of the Dracula books, surprise surprise, one of his great influences.

That being said, I hope I never have to read it, ever. Congratulations on finishing. @_@

Re: Narhgh.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

well, there's only one bram stoker dracula, so it wouldn't be called "the dracula books"--in fact, that's what i call saberhagen's series, which isn't dry at all, but was begun early in the 70s new wave of sf. exciting and such. bram stoker is not nearly as dry as a lot of his contemporaries, ie, ann radcliffe, wilkie collins, mary shelley.