Frankenstein
by May Wollstonecraft Shelley
read: circa 1997
Guardian 1000 Novels
Frankenstein is arguably the forerunner of modern science fiction, with the titular Victor Frankenstein conducting scientific experiments on the reanimation of human flesh. This has become trite horror movie fodder, but Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley paints neither Frankenstein nor his monster in an unforgiving light. The creature does terrible things, but they all stem from his frustration from being brought into a world that hates and fears him, with no hope of happiness. Frankenstein commits the novel's great sin, creating the monster in the first place, but he's no supervillain, just a man swept up in too much pride and ambition. Like all great science fiction, Frankenstein is concerned not just with the hypothetical science, but how humans affect and are affected by those scientific breakthroughs.
by May Wollstonecraft Shelley
read: circa 1997
Guardian 1000 Novels
Frankenstein is arguably the forerunner of modern science fiction, with the titular Victor Frankenstein conducting scientific experiments on the reanimation of human flesh. This has become trite horror movie fodder, but Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley paints neither Frankenstein nor his monster in an unforgiving light. The creature does terrible things, but they all stem from his frustration from being brought into a world that hates and fears him, with no hope of happiness. Frankenstein commits the novel's great sin, creating the monster in the first place, but he's no supervillain, just a man swept up in too much pride and ambition. Like all great science fiction, Frankenstein is concerned not just with the hypothetical science, but how humans affect and are affected by those scientific breakthroughs.
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