tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post6566279411433537241..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: World Dracula Day!Will Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-60350265199895906472020-10-25T01:17:51.624-07:002020-10-25T01:17:51.624-07:00Just stumbled into your blog on a Clive Barker sea...Just stumbled into your blog on a Clive Barker search. Enjoying myself. Catching up in a kangaroo fashion. <br /><br />The Penguin Classics cover for Dracula is way more erotic than I would think that house would publish. Nice find. Brian Pawlowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312691781880720263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-79711767459980317832020-07-04T17:53:24.243-07:002020-07-04T17:53:24.243-07:00Even though I'm gay, I love Stephen King's...Even though I'm gay, I love Stephen King's vaguely homophobic description of Barlow in "Salem's Lot" —who is clearly implied to be Dracula himself— where it's said "he had his hair swept back like one of those fag pianists from the 50's"! So King is saying Dracula basically "had lots of wavy hair like Liberace" (as the old song "Mr Sandman&Omri Van Peerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08605752726989816149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-85836722061475002342020-06-05T06:40:36.003-07:002020-06-05T06:40:36.003-07:00It's always odd when the covers stick on Lugos...It's always odd when the covers stick on Lugosi or Lee, when the Dracula of the novel looks nothing like them.Killer Metorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16390703905695958598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-72013926839644731172020-05-28T00:15:35.040-07:002020-05-28T00:15:35.040-07:00I quite agree with you, Will, on the importance of...I quite agree with you, Will, on the importance of Dracula. I know you've talked about Danse Macabre at length at least once - I too have reread my copy to tatters before getting it on Kindle. But man if you could write up a post about King's thoughts (from DM) on Stoker's novel, along with your own thoughts on Dracula and King's words on it, *and* even mix in some thoughts about CoachRDWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209176592836408618noreply@blogger.com