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Summary: Very Funny
Review: This is a very funny book. The "true" story of Dracula, told from Dracula's point of view (naturally), the book does not spoof so much as utilize the classic. It helps to have read at least part of the classic (in fact, after reading The Dracula Tape, it may be impossible to read Dracula by Stoker the same way again), but Saberhagen quotes all the relevant passages. I've always been fascinated by the idea of a story behind a story behind a story (What REALLY happened?) and The Dracula Tape is one of the best you-haven't-heard-the-WHOLE-story examples I've come across.Where Saberhagen succeeds is that he does not simply flip-flop the original, turning Dracula into a beleagured victim, beset by villains. The reader may be on Dracula's side, but you don't exactly trust the guy. Dracula's "voice" is wry, self-deprecating, often annoyed, humorous and cunning. Fact is, Dracula isn't telling the WHOLE story either.
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Summary: Dracula tells his Story
Review: This is a very imaginative, well written account of the Dracula story from Dracula's point of view. The main theme and events run very close to the original book, but describing the events as Dracula himself saw them; all the way from when Jonathan Harker first came to visit the Count, up to and including Dracula's apparent death. It is essentially written is somewhat of a diary format and stays very consistent with the original novel. In other words, the pace, the accounts, and overall feel of the book are in line with Bram Stoker's novel. For Dracula fans, this is a must read, since it gives a different perspective of the legend. The Transylvanian Society of Dracula even went so far as to award this book as the Best Novel inspired by Dracula in the past century. You can't get higher praise than that.
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Summary: First and best installment of an excellent series
Review: This is Brahm Stoker's Dracula written from Dracula's point of view. Clever and compelling. Saberhagen makes Dracula into a person... not necessarily a nice person... but not a monster. He's honorable, honest, unyielding, fearless, and passionate. If you have yet to be convinced that Saberhagen is a genius, read this.
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