Comments on: Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/ Where conservatives discuss the books they read. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:13:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Matt Gardenghi http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/#comment-386 Matt Gardenghi Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:10:04 +0000 http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/#comment-386 That would explain the confusing nature of this book. I guess I'll have to look up Dracula to see a better showing of Stoker's material. Thanks. And, please, don't demean Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by comparison to the White Worm. Never has there been a funnier book than Hitchhiker. And remember, Don't Panic. That would explain the confusing nature of this book. I guess I’ll have to look up Dracula to see a better showing of Stoker’s material.

Thanks. And, please, don’t demean Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by comparison to the White Worm. Never has there been a funnier book than Hitchhiker.

And remember, Don’t Panic.

]]> By: fosterchild06 http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/#comment-384 fosterchild06 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:05:27 +0000 http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/#comment-384 I just finished reading this book. It was recommended to me by a friend because, as she described it, Mr. Stoker was losing his mind when he wrote it. (As far as I know, this is speculation, but it was the last novel he ever wrote.) Therefore, I went into it expecting some bizarre, disjointed plot and got exactly what I was looking for. To me, it was much more comical at times than terrifying, almost becoming a hard read at times because it takes so much effort just to keep things together in your mind, a task at which Stoker was obviously not succeeding himself. One of the biggest problems of all was the perspective was inconsistent; the first few chapters suggest third person limited, but as the strange events start to unfold, the protagonist disappears for several chapters at a time, which adds to to unconnected feel of the novel. All and all, it read more like something out of the Hitchhiker's Guide series than Frankenstein or even Dracula. I just finished reading this book. It was recommended to me by a friend because, as she described it, Mr. Stoker was losing his mind when he wrote it. (As far as I know, this is speculation, but it was the last novel he ever wrote.) Therefore, I went into it expecting some bizarre, disjointed plot and got exactly what I was looking for. To me, it was much more comical at times than terrifying, almost becoming a hard read at times because it takes so much effort just to keep things together in your mind, a task at which Stoker was obviously not succeeding himself. One of the biggest problems of all was the perspective was inconsistent; the first few chapters suggest third person limited, but as the strange events start to unfold, the protagonist disappears for several chapters at a time, which adds to to unconnected feel of the novel. All and all, it read more like something out of the Hitchhiker’s Guide series than Frankenstein or even Dracula.

]]> By: Conservative Book Talk » Tales of Terror and Mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/#comment-351 Conservative Book Talk » Tales of Terror and Mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:09:45 +0000 http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/#comment-351 [...] of Blue John Gap – Meh…. Not that exciting. Has about the same fear factor as Bram Stoker’s Lair of the White Worm, but that’s about it. Short and not really frightening. Skipping a story in this book? Make it [...] [...] of Blue John Gap – Meh…. Not that exciting. Has about the same fear factor as Bram Stoker’s Lair of the White Worm, but that’s about it. Short and not really frightening. Skipping a story in this book? Make it [...]

]]> By: jrobb773 http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/#comment-56 jrobb773 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:28:27 +0000 http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/#comment-56 Thank you for reviewing this book. I looooovvvvveeee the original Dracula by Bram Stoker, and I couldn't decide whether or not to try to track down this title. From your review, it sounds more like a book I will try to find sometime at a used bookstore. Great website! Thank you for reviewing this book. I looooovvvvveeee the original Dracula by Bram Stoker, and I couldn’t decide whether or not to try to track down this title. From your review, it sounds more like a book I will try to find sometime at a used bookstore. Great website!

]]> By: Matt Gardenghi http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/#comment-55 Matt Gardenghi Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:52:19 +0000 http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/#comment-55 I haven't read <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</i> but as I understand it, Verne did answer some of those questions in his sequal: <i>The Mysterious Island</i>. Also, if you search for <i>Captain Nemo</i> on this site, you will find a novel about Verne and his friend Nemo that is very interesting. I haven’t read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea but as I understand it, Verne did answer some of those questions in his sequal: The Mysterious Island. Also, if you search for Captain Nemo on this site, you will find a novel about Verne and his friend Nemo that is very interesting.

]]> By: Ronald Suffield http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/#comment-54 Ronald Suffield Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:29:13 +0000 http://conservativebooktalk.com/2006/10/17/lair-of-the-white-worm-by-bram-stoker/#comment-54 This book sounded interesting. I can't say that I have heard of the title or the author before. Your description of this author's style, however, sounded similar to Jules Verne's style. I have read <i> Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea </i> which was written in 1870, and so was also a part of that "early novel era". Verne also seemed to half develope a sub-plot and then drop it. His ending was, in my mind, ant-climatic, for Verne left his readers wondering after half a dozen unanswered sub-plots. No one will ever know who Capt. Nemo was, where he was from, and why he had entombed himself in the sea. No one will ever know what happened to the great submarine <i> The Nautilus </i>. This book sounded interesting. I can’t say that I have heard of the title or the author before. Your description of this author’s style, however, sounded similar to Jules Verne’s style. I have read Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea which was written in 1870, and so was also a part of that “early novel era”. Verne also seemed to half develope a sub-plot and then drop it. His ending was, in my mind, ant-climatic, for Verne left his readers wondering after half a dozen unanswered sub-plots. No one will ever know who Capt. Nemo was, where he was from, and why he had entombed himself in the sea. No one will ever know what happened to the great submarine The Nautilus .

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