Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter!

[Jenna]

The “Vampire Hunter” film, like the book, follows Lincoln from his boyhood on the frontier through his assassination by John Wilkes Booth and — because this is a vampire story — beyond. Young Lincoln, having learned that his grandfather and mother were killed by vampires, vows to kill every last blood-sucker in a country that is crawling with them.

more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/mo...s-history.html

While in Washington, Lincoln meets his old friend Edgar Allan Poe, who also knows the truth about vampires. Poe tells Lincoln that the vampires are being chased out of their ancestral homes in Europe (in part because of a public outcry over the bloody atrocities of Elizabeth Báthory) and are flocking to America because of the slave trade. Poe warns that if the vampires are left unchecked they will eventually seek to enslave all Americans, white and black. Lincoln leaves Washington in 1849 and declines to seek re-election; Poe is found murdered that same year in Baltimore, the victim of a vampire attack.
In 1857 Henry summons Lincoln to New York City. Here Lincoln and fellow vampire slayer William Seward are told that the vampires in the South intend to start a civil war so that they can conquer the north and enslave all humans of America. Lincoln is ordered to debate Stephen A. Douglas in what become known as the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Although Lincoln loses to Douglas (an ally of the Southern vampires), he gains a great deal of publicity and respect, which allows him to capture the Republican Party nomination for president and then the office itself.

Spoiler synopsis of the book here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham...Vampire_Hunter

[Captain America]

I have been meaning to read the book. How was it , Ducky ?

[Odd]

I enjoyed it, fun read. If you can get in to the story it's worth finishing and yet if you don't and find yourself tiring of the setup you can walk away at any point without strings. It's not a matter of the story so much as the theme park ride that is Lincoln, slayer of vampire. I won't be seeking out another of Seth's mashups, but I did like taking one trip into his bizarro world.

[Captain America]

I enjoyed it, fun read. If you can get in to the story it's worth finishing and yet if you don't and find yourself tiring of the setup you can walk away at any point without strings. It's not a matter of the story so much as the theme park ride that is Lincoln, slayer of vampire. I won't be seeking out another of Seth's mashups, but I did like taking one trip into his bizarro world.

Nice review. You ought to do it for a living.

[Ducky]

I just got my hands on the book and will be reading it this week. I'll let you know.

[Ducky]

Ok. The book ranks a "cute" from me. Nothing spectacular, but cute. A couple of points (unrelated to vampire slaying) had some creative license taken that kind of irked me, but unless you've studied his life (or his corpse's adventures afterwards) then you're not likely to catch them.

[Captain America]

Ok. The book ranks a "cute" from me. Nothing spectacular, but cute. A couple of points (unrelated to vampire slaying) had some creative license taken that kind of irked me, but unless you've studied his life (or his corpse's adventures afterwards) then you're not likely to catch them.

Thanks for the review. Since I am well read on the life of Lincoln and his body's subsequent misadvetures , I am intrigued by the nature of the creative licenses you mentioned.