RAN'S BLOG FOR LITERATURE OF HORROR, FANTASY, AND SCI-FI

   This is not my first time to read the vampire novels. I have read the Twilights when I was 14 years old. I also watched the drama "The Vampire Diary". Therefore, "vampire" topic sounds not far away from me. I have been thinking who is the first person wrote the vampire novels, what is the first vampire novel in this world, and why people are so obsessed with vampire topic? After this week's reading, I believe I found the answer.   Interview with a Vampire is not the first vampire novel ever written, Anna Rice is not the first person who wrote the first vampire novel either, but I believe that Anna Rice is the first person who gave vampires' personalities and humanities. Before the Interview with a Vampire published, vampires in stories always are described as an antagonist. They are "dead", they kill people and drink their blood, they are scary, indifferent, and powerful. However, Anna Rice's novel focuses on depicting the inner worl...

  I was told the Frankenstein story by parents when I was very young, there were also many graphic novels and televisions tell the Frankenstein story, so I kind of know the general story. One of the interesting things is a Japenese horror manga artist, Ito Junji, drew the manga version of the Frankenstein . I read his manga version of Frankenstein a few years ago, and I realized that Frankenstein is very famous indeed. Although there are so many different media brings the story to me, this is the first time that I read the book, and I believe the book version is better than any other versions.   To be honest, Frankenstein is the first Gothic novel I have ever read, so it is a good chance to learn about the Gothic. Going into Gothic elements, I would say the most apparent elements is the supernatural events happened in the story. Victor  developed a secret technique to impart life to non-living matter. Eventually, he undertakes the creation of a humanoid...