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Last time it was fantasy, & now it‘s science fiction & while the fantasy list had what I would consider both hits & misses, on balance I liked it a whole lot more than this list which has some glaring omissions & too many old dead dudes. (Plus several authors appear more than once—just pick one & move on please) I could argue against much of this list, which uses a really expansive definition of the genre, but I do agree about the tagged book.

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A re-read, but still enjoyable.

I am so glad I read this as it transpired what I thought I knew about this book was wrong. It takes you through a gamut of emotions, amazement at Mary Shelley's imagination, sympathy and antipathy and vice versa towards the protagonists. I liked the trustworthy narrator. When it came down to Frankenstein and his creature, they both did terrible things but in the end my sympathies were for the creature.

This is one of those classics that everyone knows the tale, but not the story. I thought I knew the tale simply of Frankenstein bring a creature back to life who haunts him for abandoning him. Yet I find this extraordinary story about what it means to be human, and have humanity. Love versus vengeance. I especially liked this final piece of the captain telling the creature (I liked how he is never named a monster) that he was also in the wrong

The pain coming off the creature creates such turmoil with Victors hatred back. All he wants is a partner, someone who he can love like every other creature on earth. Why that too much to ask?

The emotion in the creatures plea to make friends with the family in the cottage he‘s been watching (stalking a bit) is so tragic. These stories he‘s telling Victor are incredible feats of understanding and intelligence. All he wants us to belong. To be loved. To be accepted. Which all leads back to the comparison of when Victor left him after creating him. I find that connection interesting, yet so well done

But is it not a duty to the survivors, that we should refrain from augmenting their happiness by an appearance of immoderate grief? It is also a duty owed to yourself; for excessive sorrow prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without which no man is fit for society

While it is, understandable, a little difficult to keep up with this old style of writing, the story is in such depths. There‘s so much going on that builds into the story. All those years of study, the obsession with returning life, the dismal feel of Victors professors... it all bleeds into the creation of The Creature. I know the story, but being able to read the Original wording almost makes it a brand new story.

what a sad story. the loneliness and abandonment of the creature was heartbreaking. the deaths produced from Victors shame and neglect of his own creation and of the vengeance and pain of the Monster was sad and unfortunate. i recommend this copy of the novel as it‘s in its original form when first published in 1818 and has a lot of extra information that was really interesting.

i had to discontinue my Merlin book because the large hardcover was too much for my wrists so i ordered a used paperback and until it comes i‘ve started Mary Shelley‘s Frankenstein and the introduction has gotten me very interested in romanticism, definitely going to be exploring more literature from that era and learning more about the movement itself🌿🌞

Put my name on a list to share favorite books and send them out. Got mine out, and received mine today. I have not read Mary Shelley‘s original text. The queen herself. Not a horror fan, but I don‘t think she intended for it to be such. I look forward to reading her writing

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Revisiting an old favorite.

#QuotsyOct19 - Midnight: It is such a different experience to read this book after watching film adaptations none of which I have seen come anywhere close to the author‘s vision - the contemplation of creation, the relentless pursuit and use of knowledge for purposes both good and evil.
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Un classico e come tale ingiudicabile. Molto bella la narrazione e ovviamente la figura del mostro è la migliore, la meglio sfaccettata e la meglio scritta. Da leggere almeno una volta nella vita.

1. It‘s a blue card that I‘m mailing in the morning.
2. Not sure, but it wasn‘t very many.
3. Milk chocolate with hazelnuts or dark with sea salt.
4. About every three months.
5. I do recommend it — I can hardly believe Shelley wrote Frankenstein 200 years ago when she was only 18/19 years old.

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A few weeks ago at work someone above me on the food chain sent an angry email implicating me in an unkindness to a thousand people based on mistaken identity. After the air cleared and the truth came out, I still feel on display and wonder how this will affect future interactions. I was reading Frankenstein with my daughter during this period. Glad to have bonded, but this book is antithetical to self care.

As my first time reading the classic, I wished I had started with a different choice to get into the story with. It was a good experience to read this for the first time. I was surprised by the sheer humanity of the "monster".

"Now I am twenty-eight, and am in reality more illiterate than many school-boys of fifteen. It is true that I have thought more...but they want (as the painters call it) keeping; and I greatly need a friend..."

Starting the Frankenstein related books from my TBR: various copies of the novel, the books the monster reads, and other related things. #FrankensteinChallenge

One of the #female authors whose achievements have often been dismissed, Mary Shelly‘s gothic novel of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, is one of the earliest known foray into science fiction in those days. I‘ve only read it in my adult years, and I‘m fascinated by the fact she was only 19 years when she wrote it.
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