Kenny is reading the chilling and fascinating Dracula by Bram Stoker right now, and his fantastical recounts of his literary adventures of the evildoings of the ubiquitous and uber-creepy Count Dracula have raised the question in my mind: "Why isn't there any literature on other classical monsters, like zombies or werewolves?" To be sure, Dracula is a shapeshifter who can become a dog and he can mesmerize wolves, but I have never seen a respectable novel about werewolves; likewise, Count Dracula is the Un-Dead, but I have never heard of a classical book about zombies. I think these B-movie monsters are really getting the shaft here. Mummies and the Swamp Thing, included! Only Frankenstein's monster has his own novel like the Count. Everyone else just has to depend on the silver screen to immortalize their tales of terror. And no, "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" doesn't count as a classical novel, even though I still will probably check it out from the library.
Monsters For Equal Literary Representation!
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Oh no! Don't tell me you are into Zombies, too?! :D
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