One minor nitpick

For discussion of John Ajvide Lindqvist's short story collection Låt de gamla drömmarna dö
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Re: One minor nitpick

Post by drakkar » Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:21 pm

The tub full of blood was a homage to Carmilla, one of the stories John read before he wrote LTROI. Full text here, see chapter 15 where they find Carmilla in a coffin full of blood.
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Re: One minor nitpick

Post by Hassildor » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:40 pm

drakkar wrote:The tub full of blood was a homage to Carmilla,
Yes, I know.

Thanks for the link though. It’s always nice to get to read some of the works that influenced JAL.

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