Frankenstein
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 4/21/2019
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 4/21/2019 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I got this hardcover from a local Goodwill thrift shop for another release copy.
This is one of the great foundation novels of science fiction and of horror (and a great indication of how hard it can be to separate genres sometimes!). It has a brooding, ominous charm, but I haven't found it quite as entertaining on repeated readings - though I have discovered new elements in the story that escaped me entirely when I first read it as a horror-hungry teen. Among them: an interesting little digression involving the origin of the family that the Creature encounters in the little cabin; it's a romance straight out of Don Quixote, very colorful and sad - and pretty much unrelated to the rest of the book. That part of the story never makes it into the film versions, and no wonder; it'd make a fair film all by itself!
Speaking of film versions, I have a fondness for the 1931 James Whale version starring Boris Karloff, even though it's not among the more faithful adaptations.
[There's a TV Tropes page for the novel - with links to pages for various adaptations - that's entertaining and informative.]
This is one of the great foundation novels of science fiction and of horror (and a great indication of how hard it can be to separate genres sometimes!). It has a brooding, ominous charm, but I haven't found it quite as entertaining on repeated readings - though I have discovered new elements in the story that escaped me entirely when I first read it as a horror-hungry teen. Among them: an interesting little digression involving the origin of the family that the Creature encounters in the little cabin; it's a romance straight out of Don Quixote, very colorful and sad - and pretty much unrelated to the rest of the book. That part of the story never makes it into the film versions, and no wonder; it'd make a fair film all by itself!
Speaking of film versions, I have a fondness for the 1931 James Whale version starring Boris Karloff, even though it's not among the more faithful adaptations.
[There's a TV Tropes page for the novel - with links to pages for various adaptations - that's entertaining and informative.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library - 120 Miller Ave. in Rumford, Rhode Island USA on Sunday, April 21, 2019
GoryDetails at Little Free Library - 120 Miller Ave. in Rumford, Rhode Island USA on Sunday, April 21, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (4/21/2019 UTC) at Little Free Library - 120 Miller Ave. in Rumford, Rhode Island USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
While on a multi-state release run in honor of International BookCrossing Day, I left this book in this Little Free Library. Hope someone enjoys it![See other recent releases in RI here.]
*** Released for the 2019 Science Fiction release challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2019 Movie release challenge. ***
