Book Review (part whatever)
I just finished The Holmes-Dracula File by Fred Saberhagen. It's a weird book. Not bad, just weird. Half of it is told from Watson's point of view (like a Holmes' book should be) and the other is from the Count's. Some amusing quotes:
"Ah, Sal! If only, before Jem Matthews, there had come into your life some solid London workman, with love that could be blind to your marked face--but of course at seventeen she had had very little time for such a miracle."--Dracula, p. 156
"In stories, any number of imbeciles may be encountered, ready to deliberately insult strangers who are aiming deadly weapons at them. In real life, there are only a few folk so suicidally inclined."--Dracula, p. 217
"As a general rule, the vampire race (I still dislike the term, but there does not seem to be a better) gains members only by adoption, through initiation, rather like a hard-core political party or a religious order."--Dracula, p. 221
"Count Dracula, your life and mine are small things compared to what is now at stake."
"I looked at him closely. But no, he was still in too solemn a mood to perpetuate a pun consciously."--Holmes and Dracula, p. 225
"Ah, Sal! If only, before Jem Matthews, there had come into your life some solid London workman, with love that could be blind to your marked face--but of course at seventeen she had had very little time for such a miracle."--Dracula, p. 156
"In stories, any number of imbeciles may be encountered, ready to deliberately insult strangers who are aiming deadly weapons at them. In real life, there are only a few folk so suicidally inclined."--Dracula, p. 217
"As a general rule, the vampire race (I still dislike the term, but there does not seem to be a better) gains members only by adoption, through initiation, rather like a hard-core political party or a religious order."--Dracula, p. 221
"Count Dracula, your life and mine are small things compared to what is now at stake."
"I looked at him closely. But no, he was still in too solemn a mood to perpetuate a pun consciously."--Holmes and Dracula, p. 225
2 Comments:
At 1:07 PM , Likestrek said...
Why is that always the case? :)
At 12:36 PM , JRRyan said...
The good guys are too busy drooling after the heroines, taking the high road, and being terribly awkward at social events.
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