Comments on: Prepared for Dracula’s Minions https://www.isegoria.net/2016/05/prepared-for-draculas-minions/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:29:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bruce https://www.isegoria.net/2016/05/prepared-for-draculas-minions/comment-page-1/#comment-3547592 Bruce Fri, 20 May 2022 05:28:28 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40195#comment-3547592 The dogs-rat pit fight scene in Saberhagen’s excellent ‘The Holmes-Dracula File’ is great. I can’t think of any other Holmes pastiche from the Hansoms of John Clayton I’d prefer, and if Saberhagen hadn’t also written ‘The Dracula Tapes’ TH-DF would be the best Stoker pastiche too.

]]> By: Alex J. https://www.isegoria.net/2016/05/prepared-for-draculas-minions/comment-page-1/#comment-3547567 Alex J. Fri, 20 May 2022 00:27:45 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40195#comment-3547567 Bram Stoker’s Dracula had a big swarm of rats, but no terriers.

]]> By: Lu An Li https://www.isegoria.net/2016/05/prepared-for-draculas-minions/comment-page-1/#comment-2469171 Lu An Li Tue, 03 May 2016 23:53:56 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40195#comment-2469171 The Rat Pit was an institution in Victorian England, English Gentlemen betting huge wagers on a fight between a terrier and a bunch of rats. How many rats could a given dog kill in the shortest time?

Such practices are totally abhorrent today.

]]> By: Scipio Americanus https://www.isegoria.net/2016/05/prepared-for-draculas-minions/comment-page-1/#comment-2469019 Scipio Americanus Tue, 03 May 2016 19:29:17 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=40195#comment-2469019 Cats aren’t for rats, but for mice, voles, moles, and other smaller rodents that tend to be beneath the notice of ratting dogs but can still be a serious nuisance.

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