Dracula the Un-Dead

The panelists are Jeane Stein (Legacy) Chris Marie Green (A drop of Red) Tony Lee (Dr Who) J.F. Lewis (Revamped) Moderator Les Klinger.

Topic: Bram Stoker, The Joss Whedon of his day?

It will be easy to point out the impact that Dracula has had over the first 112 years, by providing a wide variety of material for analysis. Bram’s creation has helped many scholars, writers, directors and actors make a living off of his product. What is interesting to me is that it has been on so many levels. Dracula has been credited with making commentary on social reform, repressed sexuality, making statements about technology, religion, to name a few.

The present interest in horror and vampires in pop culture, to a certain extent, is great entertainment, but may not approach the level of depth for the critics to analyze as has been the case for Dracula.

This book has been around for ages. Since 1897, it has been translated and printed in many countries. Because it has been in the public domain (Bram’s wife lost the copyrights after a lengthy legal battle) Dracula has spun off all sorts of stories, movies, toys, etc. So many of us have gotten to know Dracula through a wide variety of media and entertainment outlets.

A lot of people whom I have met during my research and writing of “Dracula The Un-Dead” are familiar with the many different versions and spin offs of Dracula, but not the actual characters from Bram’s original novel.

So I was just wondering how many of you have actually read the original version?

This is not a trick question, I am genuinely interested in knowing the answer, so please post a response. Have you read the original version?