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Miniatures Adventure => Gothic Horror => Topic started by: Malamute on October 11, 2008, 08:33:49 AM
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I stumbled upon this the other day: The Dracula Dossier.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dracula-Dossier-Novel-Suspense/dp/0061711314/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223710124&sr=1-1
The Dracula Dossier tells the story of the Irish novelist, Bram Stoker's encounter with and conquest of Jack the Ripper-events which pass from the all-too-real into the fictive, and foreshadow Stoker's later "Dracula". Trouncing from Manhattan to London's West End and Whitechapel, from Dublin to a ritualistic denouement in Edinburgh, this sweeping, magnificent novel is a suspenseful trip into the heart of literature and history, as Stoker goes on the 'true' adventure that will inspire him to write "Dracula".
It sounds like it could be an interesting diversion to pass the long winter evenings. :)
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Sounds interesting...especially with the dark nights putting in and a good diversion to the soaps on the telly... ;D
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It looks very interesting. I like these sort of books, where they take real people and fictionalise contemporary events, then add some fantastical elements to provide new twists on old tales. The "thin wobbly plot" is a little worrying, but I've read plenty of those that gave me lots of entertainment, so I'm not too bothered.
In a similar vein, I read a novelisation of how Wells might have come to write War Of The Worlds, which involved several real and imaginary Victorian characters, aliens both dastardly and friendly and ... well I won't spoil the plot.
Sadly, being an old fool, I've forgotten the name of both book and Author >:(
It was pretty good though and showed plenty of imagination and deft touches.
The List of Seven, by Mark Frost is another one worth reading and does a similar thing with Arthur Conan Doyle, showing where he might have got the inspiration for Holmes and Watson.