tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post5087037014755817092..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: "Where are the Vampire Cranks?"John B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-57519544593234193202009-12-12T08:10:28.661-06:002009-12-12T08:10:28.661-06:00Hey there, love. Thanks for commenting.
Re other...Hey there, love. Thanks for commenting.<br /><br />Re otherwise sane, grown adults getting hooked on these books: This semester I've read not one but two papers by students who write about encouraging their mothers to read them, and they found themselves bonding over them. While I'm certainly not one to say that mother-daughter bonding over books is a bad thing, it still begs the John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-4429202052233465042009-12-11T13:23:19.935-06:002009-12-11T13:23:19.935-06:00Hey! Your wife likes Harvey Danger.
I guess what...Hey! Your wife likes Harvey Danger.<br /><br />I guess what just kills me about these books are how crazy the adults get over this stuff. I mean, honestly, we can't fault teenagers for having poor taste, but as an adult?!<br /><br />I'm obsessed with myth, but in a different way. I find the elasticity of these tales to be fascinating, and I love to see how they change in a culture Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-30594582115127243912009-12-03T13:30:29.821-06:002009-12-03T13:30:29.821-06:00Finally--a chance to respond by, first, thanking y...Finally--a chance to respond by, first, thanking you for responding.<br /><br /><b>Randall</b>, I'm with you: give me my folktales unadorned. I'm also very curious about the upsurge in mass culture products featuring zombies--perhaps <b>Pam</b> can clue us in; I happen to know she's fond of zombies. But having declared that I prefer my folktales-as-rides un-pimped, I'm also John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-83738315635919592232009-11-30T11:43:04.543-06:002009-11-30T11:43:04.543-06:00I am eager to hear your thoughts on the last book ...I am eager to hear your thoughts on the last book which, by all accounts, is more suited to David Croenberg fans.imanihttp://imani.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-9697311435900919582009-11-30T11:18:49.505-06:002009-11-30T11:18:49.505-06:00Okay, I will look forward to this! I haven't ...Okay, I will look forward to this! I haven't read the book(s) - but did read 'Interview with the Vampire' by Anne Rice when it first came out in 1976 (I was in high school then) and loved it - and am fascinated by how this one is so different (I have friends who have read it - and who have seen the movie - the most common take is that think it's a bad movie for young girls, but Pamhttp://www.talesfromthelaboratory.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-86017399941171836412009-11-20T09:08:31.499-06:002009-11-20T09:08:31.499-06:00I happened to be thinking similar thoughts the oth...I happened to be thinking similar thoughts the other day about a different genre of undead, to wit zombies. Given that <i>The Road</i> is set to open shortly, I was thinking that perhaps McCarthy's novel is really just an artistic take on the whole "apocalypse leads to flesh eating ghoul plague" schtick.<br /><br />As for vampires, I'm old school. Give me Stoker's version Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com