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Jean
01-23-2014, 12:27 AM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Dracula1st.jpeg/200px-Dracula1st.jpeg vs. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Jrrt_lotr_cover_design.jpg
Patrick
01-31-2014, 02:08 PM
DRACULA was good, but The LOTR trilogy is the better here without a doubt.
Merlin1958
01-31-2014, 08:35 PM
Well, hold on there. I truly LOVE LOTR, but "Dracula" was one of my favorite high school "classic" reads before him and I have always loved the "Letter Element" he employed. This is a tough call. Stoker is an ACE!!
Jean
02-04-2014, 12:18 AM
this poll closes tomorrow
Patrick
02-05-2014, 02:36 PM
Well, hold on there. I truly LOVE LOTR, but "Dracula" was one of my favorite high school "classic" reads before him and I have always loved the "Letter Element" he employed. This is a tough call. Stoker is an ACE!!
Understandable. I read LOTR decades before reading DRACULA in late 2013, so Tolkien has had a larger direct impact on my life.
Merlin1958
02-07-2014, 08:48 PM
Well, hold on there. I truly LOVE LOTR, but "Dracula" was one of my favorite high school "classic" reads before him and I have always loved the "Letter Element" he employed. This is a tough call. Stoker is an ACE!!
Understandable. I read LOTR decades before reading DRACULA in late 2013, so Tolkien has had a larger direct impact on my life.

I hear ya. Much as I LOVE, Tolkien it is unfortunate that he comes up against, Stoker. Very different styles and subject matter, but almost equally as good.