What are you reading right now?

Rue · 05-27-2017, 01:28 PM

The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche.

Rue · 06-04-2017, 10:31 AM

A Discourse on the Method by René Descartes.

Robbe264 · 07-05-2017, 06:03 PM

reading the Bardo Thodol, book about psychedelics. Experiences and advice and such.

Trollheart · 07-13-2017, 03:26 PM

Re-reading Dracula, basically after reading a Sherlock Holmes/Dracula crossover that was quite good, but did point out a huge number of flaws in Stoker's plot. First of all, why was Dracula coming to England? What brought him there? Haven't seen any explanation yet... Enjoying it on one level though for sure.

Deenosaur · 07-21-2017, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Re-reading Dracula, basically after reading a Sherlock Holmes/Dracula crossover that was quite good, but did point out a huge number of flaws in Stoker's plot. First of all, why was Dracula coming to England? What brought him there? Haven't seen any explanation yet... Enjoying it on one level though for sure.

I thought it was to expand his power? Like to create more vampires in a powerful society? It's been a long time since I've read Dracula and I remember it being a less than an enjoyable read, unfortunately.

I'm currently reading Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. I am always unsure whether or not I enjoy his style of writing.

The Batlord · 07-21-2017, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Re-reading Dracula, basically after reading a Sherlock Holmes/Dracula crossover that was quite good, but did point out a huge number of flaws in Stoker's plot. First of all, why was Dracula coming to England? What brought him there? Haven't seen any explanation yet... Enjoying it on one level though for sure.

Seriously? You make me sad. Dracula just wanted to see the world basically. It wasn't any massive thing, Dracula was just tired of being stuck in the ass end of Europe.

**Janszoon** · 07-22-2017, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Re-reading Dracula, basically after reading a Sherlock Holmes/Dracula crossover that was quite good, but did point out a huge number of flaws in Stoker's plot. First of all, why was Dracula coming to England? What brought him there? Haven't seen any explanation yet... Enjoying it on one level though for sure.

He was offered a professorship at King's College.

**Frownland** · 07-21-2017, 10:44 PM

Dracula is xenophobic as ****.

Bram Stoker: So this guy he sucks blood and he's like muahahaha
Crowd: *blank stare*
Bram: And he's from Transylvania!
Crowd: *shrieks* Not a foreigner!

~~MicShazam~~ · 07-22-2017, 12:23 AM

I don't know how much the book and the Francis Ford Coppola movie are alike, plot wise, but in the movie, Dracula comes to London because he wants to find Mina, who he believes to be a reincarnation of his dead lover from centuries past.
It's entirely possible that the whole love story angle was something a script writer came up with, but I think it works really well.

The Batlord · 07-22-2017, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I don't know how much the book and the Francis Ford Coppola movie are alike, plot wise, but in the movie, Dracula comes to London because he wants to find Mina, who he believes to be a reincarnation of his dead lover from centuries past.
It's entirely possible that the whole love story angle was something a script writer came up with, but I think it works really well.

It was. There was always a sexual subtext, but he was very much the enemy of all good Christian women, and all those boorish men from the movie were the height of woman-saving Christian men. They were still idiots though.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Dracula is xenophobic as ***. Bram Stoker: So this guy he sucks blood and he's like muahahaha Crowd: blank stare* Bram: And he's from Transylvania! Crowd: shrieks Not a foreigner! __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I don't know how much the book and the Francis Ford Coppola movie are alike, plot wise, but in the movie, Dracula comes to London because he wants to find Mina, who he believes to be a reincarnation of his dead lover from centuries past. It's entirely possible that the whole love story angle was something a script writer came up with, but I think it works really well.