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The Science Fiction Fan, v. 4, issue 8, whole no. 44, March 1940
Page 13
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FAN.........................................13 DRACULA by BRAM STOKER by - Harry Warner Jr "Dracula" is certainly not the greatest of all weird tales. There is little in it which is absolutely new, and to anyone who has read weird fiction for a number of years, nothing is shocking. Nevertheless, it is one of the classics of the supernatural literature, and, I am convinced, the greatest of all vampire stories. It is odd in that it contains not a single word of description, and no relating of the narrative from the "omniscient" point of view. The entire narrative is made up of the diaries, papers, letters, and other records of the characters in the story, together with a few telegrams, newspaper clippings, and other odd items to fill in gaps. The wisdom of Stoker's so doing may be questioned, but at times it makes the narrative more convincing than would be the ordinary, hackneyed first person style. For that is the only other type of narration sensible in a story of this type. Dracula is a vampire. He is the key character in the story, though he actually appears
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FAN.........................................13 DRACULA by BRAM STOKER by - Harry Warner Jr "Dracula" is certainly not the greatest of all weird tales. There is little in it which is absolutely new, and to anyone who has read weird fiction for a number of years, nothing is shocking. Nevertheless, it is one of the classics of the supernatural literature, and, I am convinced, the greatest of all vampire stories. It is odd in that it contains not a single word of description, and no relating of the narrative from the "omniscient" point of view. The entire narrative is made up of the diaries, papers, letters, and other records of the characters in the story, together with a few telegrams, newspaper clippings, and other odd items to fill in gaps. The wisdom of Stoker's so doing may be questioned, but at times it makes the narrative more convincing than would be the ordinary, hackneyed first person style. For that is the only other type of narration sensible in a story of this type. Dracula is a vampire. He is the key character in the story, though he actually appears
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