The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula
Jun 2024 · Macmillan
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The undead are everywhere. They're not just in movies and books, but in commercials, fetish clubs, and even in your breakfast cereal. Bloodsuckers have become some of the most recognizable bad guys in the modern world, and Eric Nuzum wanted to find out why. He was willing to do whatever it took —even drinking his own blood—in his quest to understand the vampire phenomenon. And he found the answer in Goth clubs, darkened parks, haunted houses, and . . . chain restaurants.
In The Dead Travel Fast, Nuzum delivers a far-reaching look at vampires in pop culture from Bram to Bela to Buffy, and at what vampires and vampirism have come to mean to us today. And the blood? Let's just say it doesn't go with eggs.
In The Dead Travel Fast, Nuzum delivers a far-reaching look at vampires in pop culture from Bram to Bela to Buffy, and at what vampires and vampirism have come to mean to us today. And the blood? Let's just say it doesn't go with eggs.
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May 24, 2010
I really had a fun time reading this book! It was a nonfiction look into the history of the lure of vampires, and it was overall, genuinely laugh-out-loud hilarious. I really enjoyed it! I am not sure of when it was actually written, but I was surprised that the Sookie Stackhouse books and the _Twilight_ saga did not merit a mention. I wonder if Nuzum plans to do a follow-up? Either way, Nuzum is very talented and I definitely will keep an eye out for any other books he writes!
About the author
Eric Nuzum is a recovering pop culture critic, VH1 pundit, and author of Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America. He was awarded the 2002 National Edward R. Murrow Award for News Writing and his work has appeared in a few publications you've heard of and many more that you haven't heard of. He works for National Public Radio in Washington, D.C., where he lives with his wife.
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