Dracula The Un-Dead
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- Print length432 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherNAL Trade
- Publication dateOctober 5, 2010
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions5.62 x 0.92 x 8.32 inches
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A quarter of a century after Count Dracula "crumbled into dust," Quincey Harker-the son of Jonathan and Mina Harker-leaves law school to pursue a career on stage, only to stumble upon the troubled production of Dracula, directed and produced by Bram Stoker himself.
As the play plunges Quincey into the world of his parents' terrible secrets, death begins to stalk the original band of heroes that defeated Dracula a quarter-century ago. Could it be that the count survived and is now seeking revenge? Or is there another, far more sinister force at work whose relentless purpose is to destroy anything and anyone associated with Dracula, the most notorious vampire of all time?
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Ian Holt is a Dracula documentarian, historian, and screenwriter. He lives on Long Island.
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ASIN | B005B1E69O |
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Publisher | NAL Trade; Reprint edition (October 5, 2010) |
Language | English |
Paperback | 432 pages |
Reading age | 18 years and up |
Item Weight | 12.8 ounces |
Dimensions | 5.62 x 0.92 x 8.32 inches |
Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 651Reviews |
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Customers find the characters interesting and enjoyable to follow. They also describe the pacing as fast. Opinions are mixed on the readability, story length, and writing quality. Some find the book great and entertaining, while others say it's awful and a terrible sequel.
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I give this book 4.5 stars but that is not an option so I rounded up.Besides the story its self,what is catching about this book,is all the famous real life people used in the story including Bram.Who is struggling with failing health,and the lack luster success of Dracula,tring too redeam himself by directing a play of his book.People such as Doyl and Irving are mentioned.Along with charecters who are over looked,or didnot make the orginal book.Even Jack the ripper has a role in this tale of a Gothic London.General historical references:Along with events pretaning too Dracula,and another charecter,for whom, he is based off of :also aid in this books tale.This book was broughttoo my attention less then a month ago-when i finished reading last years Graphic novel Dracula Everlasting(pretty good story its self).In that book it states,the creators found evedence fromThe Novel Dracula's publisher that Stoker,Seemed too beleive his story to be real.Atleast too a point.I found this book,while tringtoo find clarification on that,as it was something I donot ever remember reading or hearing.As a result i found this book,withthe subtitle "UNDEAD"ment too be used as the first books title.And this find was well worith it enjoy.
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In 1912, Stoker is frustrated as he struggles to convert his horror thriller Dracula to the London stage. However, although the author knows the full truth, he and the others except perhaps the ever vigilant Van Helsing are unprepared for a gruesome serial killer horrifying London. Scotland yard once again believes a fanatic Van Helsing is deeply connected to the killings, but too old to perform them. Those involved with what happened back then find themsleves and their loved ones under siege as if Van Helsing's belief the Count will return from the dust has occurred. The survivors of the previous encounter regroup to battle evil again although they are unsure who stalks them.
This is a super vampire thriller that brings forward the stars of Dracula into the Edwardian Era with a where are they now tale. The clever story line is fast-paced while introducing the audience to the survivors of the previous horrific encounter to include Bram Stoker. Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt explore the essence of evil and good through a cast of humans who have used psychological defense mechanisms to barely survive and a vampire who may or may not be Dracula, but has the same attitude re the food chain as well as a thirst for the blood of vengeance. Filled with terrific twists fans of Dracula and those who appreciate a strong historical urban fantasy will relish the THE UN-DEAD.
Harriet Klausner
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1. The title doesn't make much sense and could easily get confused with the 1997 book of the same name, also a sequel to the original book.
2. Calling it a sequel doesn't add up when the original is depicted as a book in-universe and said to be inaccurate.
3. The note of hope at the end seemingly being cancelled out by the book's last line. It felt rather sad and almost mean-spirited.
But all in all, a great read. My main gripe is the fact that Dacre left it open for a sequel by revealing Bathory's connection to an unrevealed rival of Dracula and never followed up. Maybe some day.
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The historical figure was a true monster, and the fictional Vlad was another kind of monster. Sexy, cool, and so powerful. Vampires have always fascinated me, espeically the Anne Rice type of vampires, like Lestat, and the True Blood HBO series vampires. This novel was a lot of fun. The intro features a letter from Mina Harker telling her son, Quincy, that she may have been killed by a vampire, and reveals that a lot was kept from him over the years. The letter is genius, and Dracula's fangs were in my neck right after I read the letter from Mina--I mean the literary hook was solidly set into my brain. I wanted to know more. It's set during the early 1900's and had a very Victorian feel to it. I didn't fly through the novel, but found it quite entertaining, though predictable. The best thing about it was that the original Bram Stoker story was turned on its head. We find out that the events recounted in the novel by Bram Stoker were not represented accurately. Yes, it really happened, but not as Stoker described.
All the survivng characters from the book are back, and they are so messed up and flawed. Dark and gloomy would be an understatement. It was like a car crash you couldn't look away from. Ian Holt and Dacre Stoker did a pretty good job portraying the characters and keeping the plot moving, but by skipping into so many points of view it lessened the impact for me. The idea of the novel was to weave historical events into the narrative, and though I found that interesting, I didn't think it was totally necessary. I can see why the authors took this tactic, but I would have rather had "the Prince" be the main focus, rather than the extremely famous murders that acutally happened in London.
I would recommend this book to any fans of Bram Stoker's original novel. It was cool to see what the greatest living Dracula fan (Ian Holt) and a descendent of Bram himself (Dacre Stoker) would do. Reading the very long Afterward about the writing of the book was possibly the best part of my reading experience. Bram Stoker's widow went through terrible times regarding the copyright of the original novel, and now we Dracula fans have a chance to help the Stoker family get back some of what was stolen from them so long ago. And we get to read the direct sequel to the original classic! What else can I write except: He returns . . .
Paul Genesse
Author of The Dragon Hunters
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There are many twists and turns in this book which kept me turning the pages late into the night, many readers will moan and complain about liberties taken with the history/intentions of the original characters, but not I. I enjoy the way Stoker and Holt twist and maneuver into new territory with the Characters and allows you to delve further into the what-if and thoughts of the characters.
The character of Bathory almost overthrows the entire story because I found her background and determination at times to be more powerfully interesting then all of the other subplots combined.
The most convincing moment came not from reading a passage in this book, but when I was walking past a book shelf at Target and picked up a copy of 'Twilight' (Never seen nor read any of those books) so I decided to look and see how the two vampire books compared. I was appalled at how badly written Twilight is, it seems to be written for simpleton's seeking out cheap juvenile vampire hi-jinks. Sad to see the explosion of teenage Vampire books flooding the market, all poorly written and unimaginative.
I recommend anyone wanting to read a Vampire book to pick up this sequel to the original Dracula and PUT DOWN those over Twilight/Vampire Diaries/whatever books.
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I could not have been more wrong! This book was so awful, so terribly written and had such a ridiculous plot that I could barely even finish it! I must admit I pretty much skimmed the final third - before throwing the horrible thing across the room in disgust.
This book is just awful - it contradicts and even re-writes Stoker. The treatment of the original characters is disrespectful and an insult to Stoker's intent. The writer tries to bring historic characters into the mix throwing in everything from Elisabeth Bathory (who here is a true vampire), Jack the Ripper, even (and I saw this one coming a mile away), The Titanic!
Dacre was obviously influenced by Francis Ford Coppola's film, "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and that could have been a good thing, except that the writer handles plot and character development so ineptly that the whole story falls flat and is anything but sexy. Coppola's version may not have been true to the letter of the original book, but it did retain the original spirit, was a fun adaptation and was intelligently executed on the screen. Of course Coppola played up the love angle between Dracula and Mina, which was NOT in Stoker. But that was Coppola's take on the tale, we've been there and done that now - one expected this book, written by a Stoker, to go back to basics and evoke Stoker's original vision. But no - 'Ol Dacre has to go and handle the whole thing so incompetently that there are not even any entertaining passages, and at no point is the reader truly engaged on any level. It is impossible to feel anything toward the unlikable characters this fool of a writer throws at us.
One thing that really disgusted me was that Dacre perpetuates the silly notion that sunlight is fatal to vampires, a concept not in the original novel, nor in any other vampire fiction or mythology until Hollywood invented the notion! To Coppola's credit, he went back to Bram Stoker on this concept - in his film, the Van Helsing character explains in a voice-over, "contrary to some beliefs, vampires, like all nocturnal creatures, can move about by day, though it is not their natural time and their powers are weak." But 'ol Dacre ignores his grandfather and all vampire mythology and has the vampires bursting into flame in the sunlight! Yawn!
Maybe the silliest aspect to the book, besides the whole Bathory vs. Dracula angle which makes no sense whatsoever, is making Bram Stoker a character alongside his fictional characters. I mean, WTF?! And the author does nothing interesting with this concept at all! That whole subplot is just unbelievably silly and ludicrous! In fact the whole damn book is a sloppy, unfocused, infuriating mess that had me laughing out loud at how ridiculous the author's little twists were as the lame "plot" stumbled along! It was also over the top gory and mean spirited in how it dispatched some of Stoker's original characters.
Avoid this mess at all costs! Will we ever get a worthy sequel to Dracula? It is seeming more and more unlikely! I hated this book - it was a complete waste of money and I regret buying it and supporting this writer and his silly book! Don't make the same mistake!
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Es wurde die blutrünstige Gräfin Elisabeth Bathory als Bösewicht eingeflochten und auch Bram Stoker selbst spielt als Theaterregisseur mit. Die beiden Autoren haben sich in vielen Punkten eher an dem Film mit Gary Oldman orientiert und so einiges eingebaut, was mit dem Vorgängerbuch nicht so ganz zusammenpaßt. Sie haben aber im Nachhinein auch erklärt wieso sie dies gemacht haben, um auch die Filmgemeinde, die das Buch nicht kennen, zu erreichen.
Mir hat das Buch gefallen und ich würde es jederzeit wieder lesen.
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