Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula

[Joanna]

Ah, I have been wanting to read this one! I am a completely, embarrassingly stereotypical geek girl, and so I am also obsessed with vampires, have been since reading Interview with the Vampire in high school, like geeks girls do, blah blah blah, ect. ect.

There is also a comic book (that's collected in a trade paperback Victorian Undead II: Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula) that I've read. I prefered Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies myself but it wasn't bad.

Also, this is an excuse to post this:

oh yeah
jeremy brett as dracula in an edward gorey designed theater production
drool

[Ken B]

This one was another of my favorites. Has anyone read any of the other Estleman pastiches? In particular, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr Holmes"?

[C.O.]

Just finished Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula.

I thought it was great. A warning to anyone who hasn't read it yet: I do recomend reading Bram Stoker's Dracula first. If you have never read it before read it now it will provide a lot of context that you otherwise would be missing out on.

And on that note I congradulate Mr. Estleman for staying so close to Stoker's novel. Instead of just writing a parody of the two classic Characters his novel provides added depth and really stays true to images that the reader fell in love with.

Now I can't wait find Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes. I have high hopes that it will be equaly as good.

[Ken B]

Cathrine wrote: "Now I can't wait find Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes. I have high hopes that it will be equaly as good...."

Just started reading "Dr. Jekyll and Mr Holmes" this morning. I will post a review when I'm done. So far, its pretty good.

[Steve]

There is another Holmes and Dracula book out this month. Quite traditional to Stoker's storyline and with some very nice illustrations.
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[David]

I read this one a while ago and found it true to both charaters: The Holmes-Dracula File by Fred Saberhagen

[Ken B]

I have the Holmes-Dracula File on the bookshelf. It is the second in the Saberhagen Dracula series. Do these books need to be read in order or do they stand alone?

I am a huge fan of both Holmes and the horror genre. It is a treat when I can get both in one book!

[David]

I didn't read the prequel "The Dracula Tapes". Blast, there are 11 of them!.

1. The Dracula Tape by Fred Saberhagen

2. The Holmes-Dracula File by Fred Saberhagen

3. An Old Friend of the Family by Fred Saberhagen

4. Thorn (The Dracula Series) by Fred Saberhagen

5. Dominion (The Dracula Series) by Fred Saberhagen

6. Vlad Tapes by Fred Saberhagen

7. A Matter of Taste (The Dracula Series) by Fred Saberhagen

8. A Question of Time (The Dracula Series) by Fred Saberhagen

9. Seance for a Vampire by Fred Saberhagen

10. A Sharpness On The Neck by Fred Saberhagen

11. A Coldness in the Blood by Fred Saberhagen

It looks like they can be bought on Kindle for $4.99 each. B and N doesn't seem to have a Nook editon right now. Tor is reprinting the series. Thanks Ken for making me do the research. Let's hope Baen or Tor put out an omnimbus.

[Ken B]

I think I will have to wait for the reprints unless I can find one at one of the local used bookstores that I haunt. I don't do kindle. I enjoy actually holding the book in my hand. I guess I am becoming an antique.

[David]

nothing wrong with books, but Kindle for PC is free and it is a good product. However, my favorite PC reader is called Calibre. Web site here: calibre-ebook.com/

Check it out. I still read books but I am willing to use new media if it;

1. Saves space
2. Saves money

Just a thought.

[C.O.]

Ken wrote: Just started reading "Dr. Jekyll and Mr Holmes" this morning. I will post a ..."

I just finished Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes and I loved it as both a mystery and a Holmes adventure. I think he captured Doyle's Voice perfectly in this one. If only RLS hadn't ruined the ending for me. It's not fair when the reader knows more than Holmes does.


P.S. I too love books. I can't stare at the computer screen for too long or my eyes hurt but pages I can read for hours. Though, as a writer do prefer the computer to the typewriter (easier to correct mistakes).

[Ken B]

I just finished Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes and I loved it as both a mystery and a Holmes adventure..."

I loved it too. I started another thread on it in Pastiches and Parodies

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7...

[Dean]

I read the Holmes-Dracula File, primarily because a reviewer for Publisher's Weekly called it out as a better treatment than my own book and I wanted to see what it was about. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to fans of Holmes and Dracula, but it was apples to my book's oranges. Ah well, at least Ross K's video review understood and appreciated my novel.

[Stephen]

Let's not forget this:
http://www.mxpublishing.com/product/9...

[Amanda]

I am currently reading this right now. I thought since Halloween is so very close, that it would make a good Halloween story.

I am really enjoying it, I've already read Mr. Estleman's Sherlock Holmes story about Sherlock meeting Dr. Jekyll and really enjoying that story as well.

[John]

David wrote: "nothing wrong with books, but Kindle for PC is free and it is a good product. However, my favorite PC reader is called Calibre. Web site here: calibre-ebook.com/

Check it out. I still read books b..."

Dracula, the whole Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes series, and lots of other books are free for Kindle. I didn't think I'd like it either until I tried it. With the cover it feels just like holding a book.

[Stephen]

There's still time to enter my giveaway and win a signed copy of "Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula."

[Stutley]

I read this some twenty years ago and again more recently. My only complaint is that Estleman refers to a few too many of the canon stories by name. It's clear the author is well versed in them, but it would have been better in my opinion if she had chosen a different manner to make the references.

Aside from my one complaint, I really enjoyed the story. It was very cool, the way the tale is spun out between the reports of Van Helsing.