Dracula Unbound (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Brian W. Aldiss
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—time travel
- Time of Work: 1896, 1999, and 2599
- Setting: London, England; Enterprise, Utah; and Tripoli, Libya
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Folkloric or magical people, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Future, West, U.S., England or English people, Time travel, London, Southwest, Vampires, Libya or Libyans, Utah
- Locales: London, England, Utah, Tripoli, Libya
The Plot
Dracula Unbound follows the efforts of Joe Bodenland to defeat the Fleet Ones, vampirish descendants of pterodactyls who intend to use time travel to enslave humanity. Bodenland has developed a method of toxic waste disposal involving time displacement. His friend, Bernard Clift, a paleontologist, has discovered in the deserts of Utah a coffin containing a humanoid corpse, buried in rock from the Cretaceous period.
When a ghastly “ghost train” appears over Clift’s find, Bodenland and Clift manage to steal aboard. They discover that the train is a...
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