《Andy Warhol's Dracula》是一本圖書，作者是Kim Newman
基本介紹
- 外文名：Andy Warhol's Dracula
- 作者：Kim Newman
- 出版時間：1999年12月31日
- 頁數：68 頁
- ISBN：9781902880051
- 裝幀：Hardcover
內容簡介
In 'Andy Warhol's Dracula', Kim Newman's excursions into the alternate history, started in Victorian England in 'Anno Dracula', reach the New World and the 1970's. Interspersed with hilarious bits of academic satire, 'Andy Warhol's Dracula' describes the coming of the newly minted vampire Johnny Pop to an America at war with itself. While those unfamiliar with the rest of the s...(展開全部) In 'Andy Warhol's Dracula', Kim Newman's excursions into the alternate history, started in Victorian England in 'Anno Dracula', reach the New World and the 1970's. Interspersed with hilarious bits of academic satire, 'Andy Warhol's Dracula' describes the coming of the newly minted vampire Johnny Pop to an America at war with itself. While those unfamiliar with the rest of the saga can still most certainly suss out what's going on in 'Andy Warhol's Dracula', readers would be better off reading the first three novels set in this alternate timeline before tackling this novella. But, just like any Newman work, 'Andy Warhol's Dracula' is full of insightful changes, excellent prose and delightful humor. This time around, Newman filters everything through a decidedly punk sensibility. Newman's English Vampire tours of New York in 1970, bringing with him his own version of the British Invasion. In this case, it's a new spin on vampirism that incorporates allegories for both STD's and drugs. It's a matrix at the center where the two viral forces meet, grinding humanity into dust. And it's there that Andy Warhol finds his inspiration. Newman's prose special effects keep the reader from ever being able to see the bluescreen as he maps in his special guests from a variety of disciplines. The novella is a disturbingly organic whole, even the interspersed bit of academic analysis. There's a real feel that this novella is the document of the exact, whole universe that Newman has created. This is also a novel that successfully mixes disturbing horror and dark humor. But unli
