Thursday, November 13, 2025

Dracula by Bram Stoker - 11/13/2025 - Ian Lindemuth



Other vampire movies and versions may have simplified ..  this book has some interesting And unexpected depth.

Would like to imagine reading the book as it is we're the first time reading anything from this genre, how would it have been taken

How was it received in 1897

Earth box idea.
Tethered to your place 

Transporting across running water

The book is Sacrilegious with host.  What was the religious disposition of ramstorker? Was he more of an enlightened modernist?

Lots of new technologies in the book. Interesting to list them off 

What is Bram Stoker saying about past vs modernity

End of romanticism before Jung and Freud 

Renfield - chain of life

2nd diary book good literary device 

Gang of friends hunting evil

Ref: Lady Bathery?

Thanks to Isaac for the following 
This podcast deals with some of the demonic possession aspects of vampirism we were discussing this evening: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lord-of-spirits/id1531206254?i=1000541415449




Track this down?
Scary stories for young foxes 

Good boy... Another interesting children's book to read to the kids? 

Thanks to Nate Cooke for this link
https://open.spotify.com/track/5X4ROt8QIDmmNfhpslbgMI?si=vtqx-VbsTjSmXtobIdR_eA