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Sto caricando le informazioni... Anno Dracula (originale 1992; edizione 1994)di Kim Newman
Informazioni sull'operaAnno Dracula: romanzo di Kim Newman (1992)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. En 1885, el conde Drácula, tras pasar cuatrocientos años en su castillo de Transilvania, llegó a Londres decidido a propagar la peste del vampirismo en el corazón de la Inglaterra victoriana. El monstruo fue derrotado y destruido por el doctor Van Helsing y sus valerosos compañeros y el mundo quedó a salvo de mayores horrores. Pero ¿y si Van Helsing hubiese fracasado y el plan de conquista de Drácula hubiese sido un éxito? Not the worst book I have ever read, but the first quater was a mix of annoying and boring. Mostly because the author seems to think that filling up each chapter with references to other works (some of them his own which apparently I am expected to know even through they are independent from this story) excuses him from actually doing some characterization himself. The idea is interesting, and since I like 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' I had high hopes for 'Anno Dracula', but it just didn't work for me. I gave up on page 90. I realized that there was no point trying to read something that I'd tried to read four times and couldn't. There's something about this book that just won't grab me. I don't know what it is. The characters? Maybe. The plot is interesting enough, something something Dracula marries queen Victoria and England is well and truly fucked something something. But I just... Can't get into it. So, after four tries, bye bye Anno Dracula, sorry I couldn't get into your story. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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For a dark decade, Dracula has ruled the British Empire, unchecked. Now, on the verge of his Tin Jubilee, forces are gathering to challenge his insidious reign. In London, vampire journalist Kate Reed has been summoned to a meeting with the Council of the Seven Days, a secret cabal dedicated to destroying Dracula. Meanwhile, the sinister Lord of Strange Deaths is planning to use the Jubilee celebrations for his own nefarious act of sedition. This all-new adventure written by Kim Newman and drawn by Paul McCaffrey, sees master storyteller Kim Newman's vast cast of characters explore the terrifying reality of a world ruled by the deadliest vampire of all times. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Finally found this book as a result of doing recent TBR culls and decided to read ahead of listening to "Dracula" on the Craftlit (http://www.craftlit.com) podcast.
It's Victorian England, Vampires are an established fact, and more and more people are "crossing over" to the Undead. Dracula is now the Prince Consort, married to a now un-dead Queen Victoria. His dirty blood line is being passed down into the lower dregs of society, into the prostitutes and lowlifes.
A killer, known as "The Silver Knife" has been killing vampire prostitutes in the fog bound London, and the newly dead Lestrade asks for help from an older Vampire to help investigate the killings. Meanwhile, the secret Diogenes Club sets its own "warm" investigator to persue his own inquiries. Soon they join forces to progress to find the killer who has been renamed in the press as "jack the ripper". It ultimately comes to a face off with a Dracula and his followers looking as you've never seen him before
Lots of fictional and non fictional characters have been included in the story. The Chinese elder vampire subplot I thought was a little redundant and could easily have been dropped - a lot of wordage was wasted purely to show how strong Genevive was (and how she recovered from her injuries). I think it could have been dropped in favour of the ending with Dracula.[return][return]Otherwise I think this is perhaps the best of the vampire books I've read. Certainly better than Twilight (spits into corner). I'll be interested to compare it to the original. ( )