Anno Dracula 1899 and Other Stories
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 6/16/2018
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 6/16/2018 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I got this UK-edition softcover online. It's a collection of Newman's short stories, including one from his "Anno Dracula" universe. Among my favorites:
"Famous Monsters," told as a celebrity memoir of the narrator's career in horror movies - but the narrator's not a human actor, it's a tentacled creature who may be a Martian from War of the Worlds. Very entertaining, and all too believable, at least in a world where alien beings needed to make a living.
"Is There Anybody There?" is an unusual take on seances, with a communicative spirit getting itself bound to the clairvoyant's circle - for an unexpectedly long time.
"The Snow Sculptures of Xanadu", a poignant vignette themed on "Citizen Kane".
"Ubermensch" and "Coastal City" each take a different view of superheroes and what a world that contained them might be like.
"Yokai Town" takes characters from Anno Dracula and has them confined to a special city in Japan, where the Japanese spirits who officially don't exist all must now dwell. (Seems that all yokai are different forms of vampire. Interesting!)
[There's a TV Tropes page on the "Anno Dracula" series, including comments on One Thousand Monsters, the novel of which the short story "Yokai Town" is an introduction.]
"Famous Monsters," told as a celebrity memoir of the narrator's career in horror movies - but the narrator's not a human actor, it's a tentacled creature who may be a Martian from War of the Worlds. Very entertaining, and all too believable, at least in a world where alien beings needed to make a living.
"Is There Anybody There?" is an unusual take on seances, with a communicative spirit getting itself bound to the clairvoyant's circle - for an unexpectedly long time.
"The Snow Sculptures of Xanadu", a poignant vignette themed on "Citizen Kane".
"Ubermensch" and "Coastal City" each take a different view of superheroes and what a world that contained them might be like.
"Yokai Town" takes characters from Anno Dracula and has them confined to a special city in Japan, where the Japanese spirits who officially don't exist all must now dwell. (Seems that all yokai are different forms of vampire. Interesting!)
[There's a TV Tropes page on the "Anno Dracula" series, including comments on One Thousand Monsters, the novel of which the short story "Yokai Town" is an introduction.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Main Street (See Release Notes For Details) in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, October 31, 2018
GoryDetails at Main Street (See Release Notes For Details) in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (10/31/2018 UTC) at Main Street (See Release Notes For Details) in Nashua, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I plan to leave this book, bagged against the elements, on a bench or window ledge near the movie-themed mural on Main Street, in honor of the many marvelous film references in the stories. Hope the finder enjoys the book! [See other recent releases in NH here.]
*** Released for the 2018 Spook-Tacular October release challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2018 Tick Tock release challenge. ***
