Let’s round out October with some horror fiction!
These are the first five of Fred Saberhagen’s Dracula novels — The Dracula Tape (1975), The Holmes-Dracula File (1978), An Old Friend of the Family (1979), Thorn (1980) and Dominion (1982). There are more, but Saberhagen returned to the series in 1990 and the covers just aren’t that swell from that point on.
The first novel is sort of an attempt to do what John Gardner did with Grendel (1971) to Dracula — tell the “true” story from the villain’s perspective, make him empathetic while still preserving the danger that is central to his appeal. It kind of works. Its fun, at least. As the novels goes on, the saga gets more preposterous and Dracula becomes ever more heroric, but the series never really runs out of charm. Worth pointing out, too, that the first novel is a recorded interview, a conceit Anne Rice would use for Interview with a Vampire the very next year.
First three covers by Bob Adragna. Thorn is uncredited. Dominion, surprisingly, is by Howard Chaykin.
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chillin with my large son
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Dabi's entire character arc in a nutshell.
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DO YOU KNOW THIS CHARACTER?
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Round 7 (semi-finals)
Shoe + Wagahai (Ace Attorney) vs Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
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Arthur: Merlin, you owe Mordred an apology. Now!
Merlin: I’m thinking of how to word it.
Arthur: Try 'I’m sorry.'
Merlin: Somehow, that just doesn’t feel right…
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impromptu third place poll!
The Cat (Coraline): "The Cat is one of the major supporting characters of the story. He demonstrates the ability to appear and disappear on a whim, often to hide from danger or to help Coraline from danger. For unexplained reasons, he is able to speak in the other world."
Cat (Stray): a cat that you get to play the game as! you get to explore the world as a silly little kitty cat!
Salem (Sabrina the Teenage Witch 1996): "Salem Saberhagen is a 500-year-old witch who was sentenced to spend 100 years as a cat by the Witches Council as punishment for attempting to take over the world.... Despite his megalomaniac desires for world domination, he is generally portrayed as having a good heart and being a loyal friend to Sabrina, giving her guidance and causing her trouble in nearly equal portions"
i (mod orange) decided on a whim last night to do a third place poll! i was just curious to see the results. also cat and salem have been separated for this since it would be a pain to make another poll if they had won as a team. so...
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