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series of adventures, readers learn what a charming, caring fellow he really is. Several of the novels are predicated on Dracula's concern for the Southerland family. These are Mina Harker's modern-day descendants, and they seem to attract dangers from the supernatural realm. Luckily for them they have a protector, and he first appears as such in An Old Friend of the Family (see #216). |
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214.. The Dracula Tape. New York: Warner, 1975. Paperback. (New York: Tor, 1989.) |
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In a series of tape recordings Dracula (Vlad Tepes) tells his version of events involving Jonathan Harker, Mina, Lucy Westenra, Van Helsing and the others made famous in Stoker's story. Vlad insists that he did not do any of the dastardly deeds ascribed to him in the aforementioned infamous tale. In fact he is a very nice guy and tries to help others whenever he can. Certainly his feelings of love for Mina are genuine. This is a wry, witty rebuttal to the vampire classic. |
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215.. The Holmes-Dracula File. New York: Ace, 1978. Paperback. |
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It is the year 1897. One night, while walking the streets of London, Dracula is hit from behind and over the head with a stout piece of wood. Steel or iron would have done no damage, but wood causes horrendous harm to a vampire. When he awakens he finds himself prisoner in some dank room and with no memory of who or what he is. Meanwhile Sherlock Holmes has been hired by a young woman to find her fiancée. The two divergent story lines converge soon enough because both involve a terrible creature called the Giant Rat of Sumatra. The reader also discovers that Dracula and Holmes are almost identical in appearance. |
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Element(s): Dracula, Mystery. |
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216.. An Old Friend of the Family. New York: Ace, 1979. Hardcover. (Paperback. New York: Tor, 1987.) |
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A terrible evil has overtaken the Southerland family. Kate has been murdered, but is not quite dead, and her brother has been kidnapped. Matriarch Clarissa turns to her grandmother Mina's friend, a vampire who calls himself Dr. Emil Corday. The reader quickly figures |
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