Bram Stoker and the Google Doodle

Google is famous for using its doodle to highlight important dates. Today's doodle is inspired by Bram Stoker's 165th birthday,
By Chris Ciaccia ,

NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- If the weak market is sucking the life out of you, don't blame your advisor. Perhaps

Google

(GOOG) - Get Report

is the one to "blame."

Today's "Google Doodle" celebrates Bram Stoker, most famous for his book

Dracula

, written in 1897, which continues to inspire writers and film-makers. Dracula has been made into several different movies, including a movie by the same name,

Nosferatu

,

Van Helsing

and others. It's been estimated that some 217 movies were inspired by Stoker's Dracula, a tale of a vampire seeking to escape Transylvania to go to England, and the subsequent battles that take place.

Clicking on the doodle leads to some of Stoker's works, including

Dracula

,

Dracula's Guest

,

Lair of the White Worm

, and others. Stoker died in 1912 at the age of 64.

Google is known for doing different doodles to mark important events. During the Olympics, Google did a series of Olympic-inspired doodles, with interactive games including

track & field,

slalom canoeing

, and others.

Google has also been know to celebrate important birthdays, aside from Stoker's.

Google celebrated Alan Turing,

the man known as the "father of computer science" with a doodle earlier this year.

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Written by Chris Ciaccia in New York

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