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Man-Made Monsters

Author : Bob Curran
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 13 : 1601637071
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Man-Made Monsters written by Bob Curran and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2010-11-20 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life exists all around us, in forms that we can readily and easily identify. But what if there were, lurking in the shadows, other forms of life that are not so familiar, creatures created not by Nature, but by Man? We know their names—Frankenstein, the Golem, the homunculi of the ancient alchemists; they exist in our stories and myths. But just what are these mysterious creatures, and do they actually have some basis in reality? In his fascinating and wide-ranging new book, Dr. Bob Curran explores man-made monsters and the truth behind the myths. You’ll learn fascinating details about: The 19th century scientist who tried to bring the dead back to life—the model for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein The Man of Clay who lumbered through the streets of medieval Prague at the command of early rabbis Tales of robots that may have existed in the ancient world and threatened Greek and Roman warriors. Cloning and the artificial creation of life, and what strange and mysterious areas they may be heading into. Man-Made Monsters is essential reading for anyone who wants to explore artificial beings and peer into the dark recesses of the human mind...where they may indeed be hiding.

Frankenstein and Other Stories of Man-made Monsters

Author : Eric Kudalis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781560652137
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Frankenstein and Other Stories of Man-made Monsters written by Eric Kudalis and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Frankenstein creates a monster, which escapes and comes to an unhappy end. Includes information about the original story, different movie versions, and the scientific aspects behind the story.

Mary's Monster

Author : Lita Judge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1626725004
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Mary's Monster written by Lita Judge and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free verse biography of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, featuring over 300 pages of black-and-white watercolor illustrations.

Frankenstein & Other Man-Made Monsters

Author : Bob Curran
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1477706836
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (777 download)

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Download or read book Frankenstein & Other Man-Made Monsters written by Bob Curran and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mysterious creatures and man-made monsters are considered in this riveting and comprehensive narrative. The authoritative text begins with Mary Wollstonecraft Shelleys man-made monster, who was actually nameless but became known as the figure of Frankenstein. Then, the Golem legend, the large clumsy figure formed of clay that moved through Jewish mythology at the bidding of the holy men who created ita mindless, speechless figure that is under external control, is also investigated. The volume includes stories of the homunculus, the little human of alchemic tales, fables of robots that existed in ancient Greece and Rome, and strange tales of cloning and the artificial creation of life, among other man-made forms that lurk in the shadows. Black-and-white illustrations by Ian Daniels add to the sinister aura of the volume. The text is essential reading for fans of the paranormal and science fiction, or for those who are fascinated with peering into the dark recesses of the human psyche.

She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein

Author : Lynn Fulton
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0525579621
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein written by Lynn Fulton and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books On the bicentennial of Frankenstein, join Mary Shelley on the night she created the most frightening monster the world has ever seen. On a stormy night two hundred years ago, a young woman sat in a dark house and dreamed of her life as a writer. She longed to follow the path her own mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, had started down, but young Mary Shelley had yet to be inspired. As the night wore on, Mary grew more anxious. The next day was the deadline that her friend, the poet Lord Byron, had set for writing the best ghost story. After much talk of science and the secrets of life, Mary had gone to bed exhausted and frustrated that nothing she could think of was scary enough. But as she drifted off to sleep, she dreamed of a man that was not a man. He was a monster. This fascinating story gives readers insight into the tale behind one of the world's most celebrated novels and the creation of an indelible figure that is recognizable to readers of all ages. "Eye-catching artwork and engaging storytelling give this biography of a fascinating woman even more appeal."--Booklist

Frankenstein's Monster

Author : Susan Heyboer O'Keefe
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 030771733X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Frankenstein's Monster written by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gothic horror story that imagines what happens to Frnkenstein's monster after the death of his creator, Victor. What becomes of a monster without its maker? At the end of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, the creator dies but his creation still lives, cursed to a life of isolation and hatred. Frankenstein’s Monster continues the creature’s story as he’s compelled to discover his humanity, to escape the ship captain who vowed to the dying Frankenstein to hunt him down—and to resist the woman who would destroy them all. This is a tale of passion, revenge, violence, and madness—and the desperate search for meaning in an often meaningless world.

Man Made Boy

Author : Jon Skovron
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101612908
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Man Made Boy written by Jon Skovron and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love can be a real monster. Sixteen-year-old Boy’s never left home. When you’re the son of Frankenstein’s monster and the Bride, it’s tough to go out in public, unless you want to draw the attention of a torch-wielding mob. And since Boy and his family live in a secret enclave of monsters hidden under Times Square, it’s important they maintain a low profile. Boy’s only interactions with the world are through the Internet, where he’s a hacker extraordinaire who can hide his hulking body and stitched-together face behind a layer of code. When conflict erupts at home, Boy runs away and embarks on a cross-country road trip with the granddaughters of Jekyll and Hyde, who introduce him to malls and diners, love and heartbreak. But no matter how far Boy runs, he can’t escape his demons—both literal and figurative—until he faces his family once more. This hilarious, romantic, and wildly imaginative tale redefines what it means to be a monster—and a man.

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein

Author : Peter Ackroyd
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0701182954
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein written by Peter Ackroyd and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Ackroyd's imagination dazzles in this brilliant novel written in the voice of Victor Frankenstein himself. Mary Shelley and Shelley are characters in the novel. It was at Oxford that I first met Bysshe. We arrived at our college on the same day; confusing to a mere foreigner, it is called University College. I had seen him from my window and had been struck by his auburn locks. The long-haired poet -- "Mad Shelley" -- and the serious-minded student from Switzerland spark each other's interest in the new philosophy of science which is overturning long-cherished beliefs. Perhaps there is no God. In which case, where is the divine spark, the soul? Can it be found in the human brain? The heart? The eyes? Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn near Oxford. The coroner's office provides corpses -- but they have often died of violence and drowning; they are damaged and putrifying. Victor moves his coils and jars and electrical fluids to a deserted pottery and from there, makes contact with the Doomesday Men -- the resurrectionists. Victor finds that perfect specimens are hard to come by . . . until that Thames-side dawn when, wrapped in his greatcoat, he hears the splashing of oars and sees in the half-light the approaching boat where, slung into the stern, is the corpse of a handsome young man, one hand trailing in the water. . . .

The Splintering of the American Mind

Author : William Egginton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1635571332
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book The Splintering of the American Mind written by William Egginton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely, provocative, necessary look at how identity politics has come to dominate college campuses and higher education in America at the expense of a more essential commitment to equality. Thirty years after the culture wars, identity politics is now the norm on college campuses-and it hasn't been an unalloyed good for our education system or the country. Though the civil rights movement, feminism, and gay pride led to profoundly positive social changes, William Egginton argues that our culture's increasingly narrow focus on individual rights puts us in a dangerous place. The goal of our education system, and particularly the liberal arts, was originally to strengthen community; but the exclusive focus on individualism has led to a new kind of intolerance, degrades our civic discourse, and fatally distracts progressive politics from its commitment to equality. Egginton argues that our colleges and universities have become exclusive, expensive clubs for the cultural and economic elite instead of a national, publicly funded project for the betterment of the country. Only a return to the goals of community, and the egalitarian values underlying a liberal arts education, can head off the further fracturing of the body politic and the splintering of the American mind. With lively, on-the-ground reporting and trenchant analysis, The Splintering of the American Mind is a powerful book that is guaranteed to be controversial within academia and beyond. At this critical juncture, the book challenges higher education and every American to reengage with our history and its contexts, and to imagine our nation in new and more inclusive ways.

The Lady and Her Monsters

Author : Roseanne Montillo
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062235885
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The Lady and Her Monsters written by Roseanne Montillo and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Motillo brings to life the fascinating times, startling science, and real-life horrors behind Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein. Montillo recounts how—at the intersection of the Romantic Age and the Industrial Revolution—Shelley’s Victor Frankenstein was inspired by actual scientists of the period: curious and daring iconoclasts who were obsessed with the inner workings of the human body and how it might be reanimated after death. With true-life tales of grave robbers, ghoulish experiments, and the ultimate in macabre research—human reanimation—The Lady and Her Monsters is a brilliant exploration of the creation of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley’s horror classic.

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich

Author : Adam Rex
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152057664
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich written by Adam Rex and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories in verse about the monster-sized problems Dracula, Wolfman, Bigfoot and other monsters have.

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

Author : Theodora Goss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481466526
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter written by Theodora Goss and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on some of literature’s horror and science fiction classics, this “tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut is the story of a remarkable group of women who come together to solve the mystery of a series of gruesome murders—and the bigger mystery of their own origins. Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents’ death, is curious about the secrets of her father’s mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father’s former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capture…a reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes. But her hunt leads her to Hyde’s daughter, Diana, a feral child left to be raised by nuns. With the assistance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Mary continues her search for the elusive Hyde, and soon befriends more women, all of whom have been created through terrifying experimentation: Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherin Moreau, and Justine Frankenstein. When their investigations lead them to the discovery of a secret society of immoral and power-crazed scientists, the horrors of their past return. Now it is up to the monsters to finally triumph over the monstrous.

The Frankenstein Archive

Author : Donald F. Glut
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786480696
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Frankenstein Archive written by Donald F. Glut and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, first published in 1818, started a phenomeon that has survived the years and permeated many aspects of popular culture. It has spawned numerous films, television programs, books, comics, stage presentations, and the like, and continues to do so today. Like the Frankenstein Monster, this work is made up of many individual parts, some of which are quite different in their specific themes, but all of which relate to Frankenstein in some way. They consider the untold true story of Frankenstein, Glenn Strange’s portrayals of the Monster, the portrayals of lesser-known actors who played the character, Peter Cushing and his role as Baron (and Dr.) Frankenstein, the classic film Young Frankenstein co-written by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (who also starred in it), the battles between do-gooders and the Monster and other horror figures, Frankenstein in cartoons—and much more. Each of the 15 essays, all written by the author, is prefaced with explanatory notes that place the essay in its historical perspective, comment on its origin and content, and where appropriate, supplement the text with new, additional, or otherwise relevant information. Richly illustrated.

Making the Monster

Author : Kathryn Harkup
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472933753
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Making the Monster written by Kathryn Harkup and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling and gruesome look at the science that influenced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science-fiction stories of all time. Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley had a huge impact on the gothic horror and science-fiction genres, and her creation has become part of our everyday culture, from cartoons to Hallowe'en costumes. Even the name 'Frankenstein' has become a by-word for evil scientists and dangerous experiments. How did a teenager with no formal education come up with the idea for such an extraordinary novel? Clues are dotted throughout Georgian science and popular culture. The years before the book's publication saw huge advances in our understanding of the natural sciences, in areas such as electricity and physiology, for example. Sensational science demonstrations caught the imagination of the general public, while the newspapers were full of lurid tales of murderers and resurrectionists. Making the Monster explores the scientific background behind Mary Shelley's book. Is there any science fact behind the science fiction? And how might a real-life Victor Frankenstein have gone about creating his monster? From tales of volcanic eruptions, artificial life and chemical revolutions, to experimental surgery, 'monsters' and electrical experiments on human cadavers, Kathryn Harkup examines the science and scientists that influenced Shelley, and inspired her most famous creation.

Monster

Author : Dave Zeltserman
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1468303287
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book Monster written by Dave Zeltserman and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “ingenious interpretation of Shelley’s tale,” Dr. Frankenstein’s monster contends with vampyres, a Satanic cult, and the Marquis de Sade (Historical Novel Society). Framed for the murder of his fiancée, Friedrich Hoffmann is sentenced to death. Broken on the wheel in front of a jeering crowd, he awakens on a lab table, transformed into an abomination. Disoriented, he begins to piece together where he is, what’s become of him, and the identity of the unholy man responsible for his monstrous plight. Friedrich must go far to take his revenge—only to find his tormentor, Victor Frankenstein, in league with the Marquis de Sade, at work on an even more sinister creation deep in the mountains. Paranormal and gripping in the tradition of Stephen King and Justin Cronin, Monster is a gruesome parable of control and vengeance, and a tribute to one of literature’s greatest legends. “An impressive achievement . . . You don’t get much more gothic bang for your buck.” —Los Angles Times

Frankenstein Takes the Cake

Author : Adam Rex
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152062354
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Frankenstein Takes the Cake written by Adam Rex and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteen funny poems look at the secret lives of Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula, Bigfoot, Godzilla, etc.

Frankenstein

Author : Susan Tyler Hitchcock
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393061444
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Frankenstein written by Susan Tyler Hitchcock and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively history of the Frankenstein myth, illuminated by dozens of pictures and illustrations, is told with skill and humor. Hitchcock uses film, literature, history, science, and even punk music to help readers understand the meaning of this monster made by man.