Today

Dracula: The Un-dead

The first sequel to 'Dracula' that has been approved by the Stoker family is being released. It was written by Dacre Stoker, the great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker. I'm looking forward eagerly to reading it.

I've written about my fascination with the original 'Dracula' in the past. Unlike the tweeny vampire novels that are so popular today, there's no teenage angst and unrequited struggles of love in the novel. The vampire is evil. Period. What the novel is is an allegory to the stuggle of life for most people - the struggle of good vs. evil, the ultimate vanquishing of evil by good, but in the battle good is hurt, damaged, and changed.

But perhaps the evil wasn't vanquished after all. We now have a sequel. I won't know until after I finish reading it...

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