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Bram Stoker – 100 years gone

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Nephele Administrator Joined: November 2008 Posts: 6748 Location: New York Gender:	Bram Stoker – 100 years gone Quote: It is 100 years today [April 20th] since Bram Stoker, the creator of Dracula, died. Here are 10 facts about the former Daily Telegraph journalist... Click here for article. -- Nephele
Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:33 am

Black Milk Administrator Joined: April 2002 Posts: 4130 Location: Ireland Gender:	Re: Bram Stoker – 100 years gone Beat me to it! I'd actually been looking around (granted, not that hard) for stories about this or even just recognition of it in Irish media, and was disappointed to not find anything (so far). _________________ Goth.nets resident Atlantean (Thanks to Nephele) David Bowie - All the Madmen lastfm
Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:19 am

orlok Maladomini Joined: October 2010 Posts: 951 Location: Courtenay, British Columbia Gender:	Re: Bram Stoker – 100 years gone This also means that Dracula has been a part of Western culture for a century. Related - I believe Stoker originally wanted to call his count "Wampyr." Could you imagine how much of a difference that would make now if Bram Stoker never found a 15th century Roumanian warlord to serve as inspiration? Or if Bela Lugosi never played the count? What if Graf Orlok (where my Gnet username stems from) was the only vampire we knew up to Anne Rice, Dark Shadows, etc. Christopher Lee sure would seem different. _________________ Gothic Name: Wytt Deathmneme courtesy of Nephele My Blog: http://orlokknyghtshroude.blogspot.ca/ My SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/viktororlokkshroude I bid you a good evening. and a tumblr. http://orlokknyghtshroude.tumblr.com/
Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:19 am

LegendGirl Administrator Joined: July 2003 Posts: 2240 Location: NH, USA Gender:	Re: Bram Stoker – 100 years gone Yes, and supposedly Stoker got the inspiration for his vampire from "Varney the Vampyre, or The Feast of Blood" and Polidori's Lord Ruthven. If you want a LOOOOONNNNGGG read, pick up a copy of "Varney". The paperback is huge. Varney The Vampire _________________ AKA Stellana Neptunes, thanks to Nephele "The Dead Travel Fast." ~ Bram Stoker, Dracula's Guest
Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:50 am

orlok Maladomini Joined: October 2010 Posts: 951 Location: Courtenay, British Columbia Gender:	Re: Bram Stoker – 100 years gone LegendGirl wrote: Yes, and supposedly Stoker got the inspiration for his vampire from "Varney the Vampyre, or The Feast of Blood" and Polidori's Lord Ruthven. If you want a LOOOOONNNNGGG read, pick up a copy of "Varney". The paperback is huge. Varney The Vampire I have that as an e-book . . . goodness, while I do know it was meant to be a weekly thing in The Penny Dreadfuls, it gets rather bland after a while. IMHO. I never finished it. I might one day. _________________ Gothic Name: Wytt Deathmneme courtesy of Nephele My Blog: http://orlokknyghtshroude.blogspot.ca/ My SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/viktororlokkshroude I bid you a good evening. and a tumblr. http://orlokknyghtshroude.tumblr.com/
Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:58 am

Midieval Fantasy Manisha Joined: October 2009 Posts: 8319 Location: Jacksonville Florida. Gender:	Re: Bram Stoker – 100 years gone Thanks for the links to Stoker. Today is the perfect day to watch Dracula: The Vampire & the Voivode through Netflix streaming! From the website of the movie : Quote: Shot in Transylvania, Whitby, London and Dublin this documentary tells the true story of Bram Stoker and his gothic novel Dracula. _________________ "May I have the Enlightenment of Buddha, the Peace of Gandhi, the Balance of Loazi, the Confidence of Hypatia, the Logic of Dawkins, and the Science of Sagan to guide me in all things." -Midi
Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:58 am

Minty Cania Joined: April 2009 Posts: 1845 Location: Joie de l'Eau, Maice Isle, Gothsylvania, otherwise Blackheath, London, UK Gender:	Re: Bram Stoker – 100 years gone I agree about Varney... I can only read it in very short sessions because the book is so heavy it makes my arm ache to hold it Thank for the link to the documentary, Midi... I'm going to try and watch that over the weekend _________________ Minty's Mumblings Aka: Elodie Eulie SeaMajic... thank you Nephele (see here). Aka: Aimee-Jo LaDélicieuse and Amela Joie Délicieuse, thank you again, Nephele - (see here and here). Gothsylvania's ArchPagan... see here.
Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:58 pm

sgath92 Cania Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1643 Location: Under A Rock Gender:	Re: Bram Stoker – 100 years gone There was another documentary a few years ago that argued that Stroker was also influenced by the story of Princess Eleonore von Schwarzenberg and seems to make a more compelling case than the Vlad the Impaler theory for how Dracula was thought up. _________________ I'm on Last.fm, Facebook, Deviant Art, HearseSpace
Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:38 pm

Nephele Administrator Joined: November 2008 Posts: 6748 Location: New York Gender:	Re: Bram Stoker – 100 years gone sgath92 wrote: There was another documentary a few years ago that argued that Stroker was also influenced by the story of Princess Eleonore von Schwarzenberg and seems to make a more compelling case than the Vlad the Impaler theory for how Dracula was thought up. Interesting. Although the article I linked in the OP mentions that historian Fiona Fitzsimons states that, rather than Vlad the Impaler, it was Irish history that chiefly influenced Stoker. Particularly that of Irish ruler Manus the Magnificent, who was a direct ancestor of Stoker. The Irish members of our board can take pride in their vampiric roots! -- Nephele
Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:50 pm

orlok Maladomini Joined: October 2010 Posts: 951 Location: Courtenay, British Columbia Gender:	Re: Bram Stoker – 100 years gone Nephele wrote: sgath92 wrote: There was another documentary a few years ago that argued that Stroker was also influenced by the story of Princess Eleonore von Schwarzenberg and seems to make a more compelling case than the Vlad the Impaler theory for how Dracula was thought up. Interesting. Although the article I linked in the OP mentions that historian Fiona Fitzsimons states that, rather than Vlad the Impaler, it was Irish history that chiefly influenced Stoker. Particularly that of Irish ruler Manus the Magnificent, who was a direct ancestor of Stoker. The Irish members of our board can take pride in their vampiric roots! -- Nephele Sooo,vampires, good luck, able to hold their liquor, and pretty redheads too - the Irish rule! _________________ Gothic Name: Wytt Deathmneme courtesy of Nephele My Blog: http://orlokknyghtshroude.blogspot.ca/ My SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/viktororlokkshroude I bid you a good evening. and a tumblr. http://orlokknyghtshroude.tumblr.com/
Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:11 pm

Arquinsiel Nessus Joined: January 2008 Posts: 3033 Location: Dublin Gender:	Re: Bram Stoker – 100 years gone There are a few old legends about vampires floating around Ireland, but not all of them are recognisable as such because of the weirdness of the stories.
Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:53 pm

Osprey Phlegethos Joined: March 2012 Posts: 60 Location: Ferndale, MI Gender:	Re: Bram Stoker – 100 years gone orlok wrote: This also means that Dracula has been a part of Western culture for a century. Related - I believe Stoker originally wanted to call his count "Wampyr." Could you imagine how much of a difference that would make now if Bram Stoker never found a 15th century Roumanian warlord to serve as inspiration? Or if Bela Lugosi never played the count? What if Graf Orlok (where my Gnet username stems from) was the only vampire we knew up to Anne Rice, Dark Shadows, etc. Christopher Lee sure would seem different. That means that, without a Bela Lugosi, no 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' by bauhaus. And that...that's kindof depressing. You know what's funny? I've been in love with vampires for years, but never sat down to read Dracula. It's been gathering digital dust on my Kindle for ages now. Maybe now I'll actually sit down to read it. _________________ http://rush4torque.webs.com/ <- Read my writings\musings. Darkside Name: Lethal King Kieran(Thank you, Nephele )
Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:07 pm

orlok Maladomini Joined: October 2010 Posts: 951 Location: Courtenay, British Columbia Gender:	Re: Bram Stoker – 100 years gone Osprey wrote: orlok wrote: This also means that Dracula has been a part of Western culture for a century. Related - I believe Stoker originally wanted to call his count "Wampyr." Could you imagine how much of a difference that would make now if Bram Stoker never found a 15th century Roumanian warlord to serve as inspiration? Or if Bela Lugosi never played the count? What if Graf Orlok (where my Gnet username stems from) was the only vampire we knew up to Anne Rice, Dark Shadows, etc. Christopher Lee sure would seem different. That means that, without a Bela Lugosi, no 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' by bauhaus. And that...that's kindof depressing. You know what's funny? I've been in love with vampires for years, but never sat down to read Dracula. It's been gathering digital dust on my Kindle for ages now. Maybe now I'll actually sit down to read it. Orlok's undead.... undead undead undead... to me, it still half-works. _________________ Gothic Name: Wytt Deathmneme courtesy of Nephele My Blog: http://orlokknyghtshroude.blogspot.ca/ My SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/viktororlokkshroude I bid you a good evening. and a tumblr. http://orlokknyghtshroude.tumblr.com/
Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:25 pm

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