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Dracula: The First Hundred Years
He has haunted our dreams and our waking hours, a fiend with a single purpose... to disarm us, to seduce us, to take the life from us. And Count Dracula, Bram Stoker's Vampire King, has been doing it for 100 years. As you will see in The First Hundred Years, the image of Dracula is forever shifting and changing, reflecting not himself, but our own fears and secret longings. Include chapters on Dracula in film, the novel, and comics.
324 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1997
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About the author
Bob Madison
8 books3 followersBob Madison is a former communications executive turned writer. He has written everything from magazine articles to blogposts, television documentaries, nonfiction books, cookbooks, novels and even … trading cards.
His first YA novel, SPIKED!, was published by Vulpine Press. A thriller, The Lucifer Stone, was published by by Airship27.
His comedy, Cash and Carrey, will soon be released by Vulpine.
Bob wrote the narration for 2021 documentary Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story for MPI, produced and directed by Mary O’Leary. It was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award.
Bob Madison has been married to Russell Frost since 1990, and the two live in Huntington Beach, CA. Bob currently sits on the board for The Literacy Volunteers of Huntington Beach Public Library.
Contact him on Twitter @thatbobmadison, or visit his Web site, www.thatbobmadison.com.
His first YA novel, SPIKED!, was published by Vulpine Press. A thriller, The Lucifer Stone, was published by by Airship27.
His comedy, Cash and Carrey, will soon be released by Vulpine.
Bob wrote the narration for 2021 documentary Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story for MPI, produced and directed by Mary O’Leary. It was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award.
Bob Madison has been married to Russell Frost since 1990, and the two live in Huntington Beach, CA. Bob currently sits on the board for The Literacy Volunteers of Huntington Beach Public Library.
Contact him on Twitter @thatbobmadison, or visit his Web site, www.thatbobmadison.com.
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February 22, 2025
As with most volumes that are comprised of entries by different authors, the quality here varies. I would put the articles by Madison ("Dracula in the 1990s" and "Books of Blood"), Frank Dello Stritto, and the interview with John Badham by Tom Weaver as the most interesting and/or entertaining.
The remaining contributions are a mixed bag that I cannot even recall the gist of even re-reading the Table of Contents as I write this review.
As for NY Johnny, all I can say is that I find his review highly...suspicious. In 2019, the author of the article in question claims to have only recently "re-discovered" (2018-ish) his "original" article nearly 20 years after publication. And so, how does the reviewer (whose review is from 2013) know what the original article contained to know it had been so grossly "mistreated?" Seems unfair to make such accusations if you haven’t read the “original” text. The only other answer I can think of is that the reviewer read one of MANY "claims" over the years by the author of the article as to what occurred (IF it occurred). If this is the case, a review based on hearsay (original text unavailable) again seems unfair.
As for the author of said article…had it been me, and my article had been so massively re-written and "butchered" as claimed, I wouldn't have waited 20 years - I'd have ransacked my house right then and there to find the darn thing to be able to tell the world "Look! See what's been done?" Or, even without the original copy, would it have been so hard to take the “butchered” text, identify what you didn’t write….and correct it?
But no. Easier to slander one's editor upon poor reviews.
The remaining contributions are a mixed bag that I cannot even recall the gist of even re-reading the Table of Contents as I write this review.
As for NY Johnny, all I can say is that I find his review highly...suspicious. In 2019, the author of the article in question claims to have only recently "re-discovered" (2018-ish) his "original" article nearly 20 years after publication. And so, how does the reviewer (whose review is from 2013) know what the original article contained to know it had been so grossly "mistreated?" Seems unfair to make such accusations if you haven’t read the “original” text. The only other answer I can think of is that the reviewer read one of MANY "claims" over the years by the author of the article as to what occurred (IF it occurred). If this is the case, a review based on hearsay (original text unavailable) again seems unfair.
As for the author of said article…had it been me, and my article had been so massively re-written and "butchered" as claimed, I wouldn't have waited 20 years - I'd have ransacked my house right then and there to find the darn thing to be able to tell the world "Look! See what's been done?" Or, even without the original copy, would it have been so hard to take the “butchered” text, identify what you didn’t write….and correct it?
But no. Easier to slander one's editor upon poor reviews.
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