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Post by lowtacks86 on Feb 12, 2023 20:24:32 GMT
Which of these two classic horror novels do you prefer?
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Feb 12, 2023 20:30:00 GMT
Frankenstein
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Post by politicidal on Feb 12, 2023 20:39:53 GMT
Novel: Frankenstein
Character: Dracula
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Post by jackspicer on Feb 13, 2023 0:33:58 GMT
Frankenstein
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Post by Zos on Feb 13, 2023 9:38:38 GMT
Both are pretty bloody awful for the classic ideas they contain.
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Post by llanwydd on Feb 13, 2023 12:06:25 GMT
I have read both and I found Dracula far more interesting in its construction than Frankenstein. The latter was written in a very traditional style, but Dracula was in a format of letters, news articles and diary entries which made it a fascinating read.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Feb 13, 2023 16:29:16 GMT
DRACULA.
FRANKENSTEIN is more philosophically profound (and somewhat amazing given it was written by an 18-year old!), but DRACULA is much more entertaining.
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Post by theravenking on Feb 13, 2023 17:21:58 GMT
Dracula
I just couldn't get into Frankenstein.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2023 18:53:43 GMT
Frankenstein. I enjoyed both but Dracula really had a lot of filler. There were so many chapters (in the form of letters) where Harker would just go on and on with lines like “Oh dear Mina! How I worry about her soul…” for paragraph after paragraph.
Frankenstein was also much more complex in both its plot and its themes.
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Post by gspdude on Feb 14, 2023 15:23:00 GMT
Dracula
Read these back to back a little over a year ago. Thought I would prefer Frankenstein since I liked the overall story better as I understood it from all the movies I had seen. But I enjoyed reading Stoker's novel more, perhaps it was the writing style, being written closer to modern times.
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 15, 2023 2:28:45 GMT
Frankenstein (obviously since I use a quote in my signature)
And having read The Last Man (which is more of a melodrama), it seems Mary Shelley was not only a trailblazer in science fiction stories about creating artificial human life but also about the end of human life. She predicted common post-apocalyptic tropes like the religious cult leader who uses doomsday fears to manipulate people and the solitary man wandering about with a dog.
Her writing style though--she had a way with words.
"Does not a stream, boundless as ocean, deep as vacuum, yawn between us?”
"Joy paints with its own colours every act and thought. The happy do not feel poverty—for delight is as a gold-tissued robe, and crowns them with priceless gems. Enjoyment plays the cook to their homely fare, and mingles intoxication with their simple drink. Joy strews the hard couch with roses, and makes labour ease."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2023 6:22:18 GMT
Frankenstein (obviously since I use a quote in my signature) And having read The Last Man (which is more of a melodrama), it seems Mary Shelley was not only a trailblazer in science fiction stories about creating artificial human life but also about the end of human life. She predicted common post-apocalyptic tropes like the religious cult leader who uses doomsday fears to manipulate people and the solitary man wandering about with a dog. Her writing style though--she had a way with words. "Does not a stream, boundless as ocean, deep as vacuum, yawn between us?” "Joy paints with its own colours every act and thought. The happy do not feel poverty—for delight is as a gold-tissued robe, and crowns them with priceless gems. Enjoyment plays the cook to their homely fare, and mingles intoxication with their simple drink. Joy strews the hard couch with roses, and makes labour ease." Interesting. I didn’t know she wrote post-apocalyptic stuff. I may have to check that out. I’m a sucker for old sci fi that was ahead of its time. Big HG Wells fan.
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 15, 2023 6:27:11 GMT
Interesting. I didn’t know she wrote post-apocalyptic stuff. I may have to check that out. I’m a sucker for old sci fi that was ahead of its time. Big HG Wells fan. Just don't expect it to be like Frankenstein. It is a long and drawn out story with lots of characters--like a soap opera. I can see why it is never been made into a movie. But I wanted to read it for a long time so finally got to it.
If you want to read a really interesting and unique sci-fi story--the Diamond Lens by Fitz James O'Brien. I am surprised that has never been made into a movie or something.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2023 6:31:10 GMT
Interesting. I didn’t know she wrote post-apocalyptic stuff. I may have to check that out. I’m a sucker for old sci fi that was ahead of its time. Big HG Wells fan. Just don't expect it to be like Frankenstein. It is a long and drawn out story with lots of characters--like a soap opera. I can see why it is never been made into a movie. But I wanted to read it for a long time so finally got to it.
If you want to read a really interesting and unique sci-fi story--the Diamond Lens by Fitz James O'Brien. I am surprised that has never been made into a movie or something.
My mileage varies with 19th literature. Some, I admit, I find very difficult to get into. Frankenstein was an exception.
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 27, 2023 0:03:01 GMT
Dracula, having the whole book told from various letters, journals and newspaper reports' viewpoints, is a little confusing, but not nearly as confusing as this story was told to someone who was then told to someone who recaps the whole thing 3rd hand save for the last act.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 27, 2023 19:00:11 GMT
I’ve only read Dracula. Hated it.
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