Spectral Bats in Popular Culture
- In the book Silverwing the main antagonist, Goth, and his partner, Throbb, are of the race Vampyrum spectrum. This is repeatedly told in the book and its successors in the series and is also stated by the author (Kenneth Oppel) on the Silverwing Web site.
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Famous quotes containing the words spectral, bats, popular and/or culture:
“How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
“Bats have no bankers and they do not drink
and cannot be arrested and pay no tax
and, in general, bats have it made.”
—John Berryman (1914–1972)
“Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“I’ve finally figured out why soap operas are, and logically should be, so popular with generations of housebound women. They are the only place in our culture where grown-up men take seriously all the things that grown-up women have to deal with all day long.”
—Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)