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Posted 2015-06-06 8:06 PM (#10720 - in reply to #10718)
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Weesam - 2015-06-06 5:05 PM

I've finished off this challenge with a reading of Frankenstein. I was ambivalent about this one, which is probably why I left it to last. One of the problems is that I know the story so well from movies and TV that I wasn't sure I wanted to read the book, and another is that I don't often enjoy books that are written so long ago. Happily Frankenstein surprised me by being an excellent read, that still contained surprises, and so well written I had no trouble getting into it. In the end I am happy with my final choice for the Pick & Mix.


I enjoyed Frankenstein. It is widely considered to be the first science fiction novel. I thought the writing was better than other things I've read from 200 years ago, i.e. Jane Austen. It's particularly remarkable considering that it was written by a teenager. I haven't seen a movie that was anything like the book. The Boris Karloff movies certainly weren't. I heard that there was film starring Robert DeNiro that was faithful to the book, but I haven't seen it.

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