![]() Mercifully for us and less so for many of his characters, author Justin Cronin just spit out “The Twelve,” the second novel of his “The Passage” trilogy.Ĭan’t stomach cartoon vampires? Then this book’s for you, because Cronin’s are vicious. ![]() Most modern vampires are about as scary as the day is long on Dec. It’s pure pop culture eating itself, and it shows how far vampires have come since the bloody body count in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel included the Count himself. “This is how they represent our kind,” he kvetches to the camera. There’s a scene in the animated, family-friendly film “Hotel Transylvania” where Dracula finds himself watching a “Twilight” movie and ripping into those effervescent, ever-present vampires. Monday at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego. ![]() Cronin will give a talk and sign books at 7 p.m. ![]()
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