I've never been a big fan of the romantic aspect of vampirism. : What do you think of the Twilight phenomenon?ĭel Toro: I haven't read them. The only ones we did were traditional folklore tales about vampirism. I like the Vampire Lestat in Interview With the Vampire. A lot of people adore the Anne Rice books. Then there are really quirky books like Fevre Dream by Goerge R.R. I love a book called The Vampire Tapestry. The great vampire books are I Am Legend, Dracula, 'Salem's Lot and I think you can then go to your own preference. It was saying, "In this modern London, this ancient myth is coming to be alive again." I thought it was really interesting to do that now. It was using voice recorders, blood transfusions and telegraphs. It was a novel that was using cutting-edge technology and science. When it was written it was an eminently modern novel. I think that we were just talking about the traits that were forgotten about Dracula. We didn't revisit them, we didn't crack them open or consult them, except by memory. : You mentioned Dracula just now, but I'm curious, what were your other influences for this book in terms of vampire myths?ĭel Toro: These are novels that I know all too well because the seminal novels of vampirism I read when I was a kid. And I thought, "Well, the best way to deal with that is with an epidemic." For example, if I was writing Dracula right now, how would I deal with the arrogance of science? Because science is very, very arrogant. Q, says, "The language of God is biology." Essentially he says that god sends the letter, but he doesn't send the dictionary. There's a passage at the end of The Night Eternal where one of the characters, Mr. And I wanted very much for the books to come full circle.
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