Bram Stoker's Lair of the White Worm [Paperback]

Bram Stoker (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0646418424 | ISBN-13: 978-0646418421 | Publication Date: October 10, 2002

In a tale of ancient evil, Bram Stoker creates a world of lurking horrors and bizarre denizens: a demented mesmerist, hellbent on mentally crushing the girl he loves; a gigantic kite raised to rid the land of an unnatural infestation of birds, and which receives strange commands along its string; and all the while, the great white worm slithers below, seeking its next victim...

Bram Stoker, creator of Dracula, is one of the most enduring and masterful influences on the literature of terror.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Deodand Publishing (October 10, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0646418424
• ISBN-13: 978-0646418421
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #481,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the "Lair" that I remember, February 15, 2008

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Dawn Gray (Green Bay, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bram Stoker's Lair of the White Worm (Paperback)

I read "Lair of the White Worm" many many years ago and this Deodand version is not the original. It has been edited. One word has been changed throughout the book, but only in specific places: The 'good guys' do not say the "N" word, they say "native." The 'bad guys' use the "N" word.

I enjoy the story, mostly because I adore Victorian fiction. I do not, however, enjoy a book that has been edited a century after the author's death in order to save the reader from words that are not acceptable any more.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Weirdly excellent, January 30, 2009

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GG Gawain (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bram Stoker's Lair of the White Worm (Paperback)

This is a crazy little story that transported me out of my routine. I like the way Stoker shows warm feelings between the characters then juxtaposes them with an environment of extreme violence and insanity. If not for the repose of normal people in the novella, the strangeness of the story would cause it to fall apart. This is Stoker's signature method in Dracula as well. I loved the story and think it's the authors second best novel after Dracula. This single black edition of the Lair was neat because it forced me to focus only on the story and didn't get lost in an anthology.

1.0 out of 5 stars a horrible book, July 5, 2011

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lhm434 - See all my reviews

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I would have given this book zero stars if it were possible. I don't know what Bram Stoker was thinking, but this may be one of the worst stories that I've ever read. The narrative is undeveloped, occasionally incoherent, and there are many better books from the late nineteenth/early twentieth century that tackle the same issues but with much more success. If you love Dracula, then definitely steer clear of Lair of the White Worm, as it may ruin Stoker for you.