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Summary: A quirky way to build your own work force.
Review: The junkyard row "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley is one of the first "how to" books published. She addressed the main issue of work force and salary in this highly praised dissertation about successful businesses and creating employees. The work ethics Shelley defined are still in vogue. She established the law that career comes before impact analysis, scientific experimentation, and love. Most technicians still follow the advice published in 1818 by working day and night to put together the right solution for their clients regardless of the work environment. Shelley points out that product based solutions fail while standards and protocols create the framework for a universal solution. Scientists embraced the philosophy to create simply because they could. Penicillin and the atomic bomb were born from the advancement of science. With the creation of stem cells, we see that Shelley's work has been implemented and that Doctor Frankenstein does indeed live. However, Shelley does not just address the issue of increasing the work force, but how to manage relationships as the jobs get more stressful. Donn Gash, editor of Deviant Minds, in his excellent analysis of the true impact Shelley sees regarding the ultimate options for love states: "... what red-blooded heterosexual man would ignore his beautiful fiancée in favor of creating another man?" There you have it. Work comes first. Before you start your next dot.com business -- read this book. Find out how you too can increase your team and create a winning strategy. You cannot go wrong with this 5 star classic trainer. As interpreted by Victoria Tarrani
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Summary: Great book
Review: I had to read this over the summer for school, and I thought it would be boring (since I didn't enjoy the movie too much), but to my surprise it was a great book. It was very well written, and I love how the book actually explains everything about Frankenstein. Truly, Frankenstein is not a bad monster. This is great summer reading for anyone, whether you're 15 or 50.
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Summary: excellent
Review: I missed reading this book until a few years ago and found that the book blows away every movie ever done in the name of Frankenstein. The timeless questions of God and existence are handled beautifully and the emotional depth is vast and haunting. If you like intelligent horror you'll love this one.
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Summary: A Life and Death Struggle at the Top of the World
Review: "Frankenstein" begins and ends in the frozen Arctic waste as the crew of an ice-locked ship discovers two antagonists locked in a deadly game of pursuit and capture. Baron Victor Frankestein has created a monster which destroyed everything and everyone Frankenstein held dear. Frankenstein, swearing revenge, has pursued the monster half way around the world. Finally, exhausted and near death he meets his nemesis on board the ship. The story is told in a series of flashbacks as Frankenstein recounts his pitiful tale of woe to the captain of the ship. The story structure remains fairly true to the plot of the book, but the writer did introduce some innovations. Most surviving old time radio shows are half hour segments for weekly broadcast. Apparently, however, daily serials with 15 minute episodes were also popular. "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" made good use of this format, with a story beginning on Monday and concluding with the capture of the criminal on Friday. The longer format gave the opportunity for greater character development and more fully conceived plots. With all the advantages afforded by the serial format, "Frankenstein" makes for somewhat of a disappointment. The dialog is over-dramatic, the characters are wooden, and they engage in illogical, inadequately motivated behavior throughout. One unintentionally humorous feature of the play comes as the actors repeatedly deliver mid-twentieth century slang phrases with German accents. Another discordant note is struck when Frankenstein, believing himself near death, calls to his deceased wife "Elizabeth, I'm coming to you!" Of course the writers had no way of anticipating that Redd Foxx would make that phrase a comic refrain as Fred Sanford. One particularly good thing about the play was the monster's self-justifying speeches. Taken alone they sounded like the high-minded complaint of an innocent-but-put-upon victim of circumstance. The monster's protestations of innocence in the face of persecution fell flat, however, when measured against his evil actions. Despite the weaknesses of plot, dialog, and character development, the play had power. I listened to it straight through on a long business trip. It didn't seem nearly as long as it would have if I'd only had the radio for companionship.
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Summary: The classics aren't always written well.
Review: Shelly's Frankenstein is pretty well understood to be a flawed work, an amazing first attempt by a young author while also being a classic of literature. It is hard to say how I avoided reading it for so long but was surprised to find my friends negative attitudes on this book. Classics though must be read, so I devoured this over the course of a weekend and found the book quite enjoyable, however, at times I found some of its problems nearly overwhelming. The first problem Frankenstein has is that it is (as far as content goes) really a short story. I can't imagine it needing more than 60-100 pages, but Shelly inflates it to over 200, and for no discernable reason. The expanded length leads only to additional passages where Frankenstein himself is lying unconscious for months, or needless travelogue scenes which only serve to detract from the story. It might also be said that after 100 pages of melancholic whimperings from Frankenstein the reader has probably lost all sympathy toward the character. There are also certain plot elements that seem to repeat themselves a bit too often, but I the appeal of these elements will be based upon the reader. Ultimately, Frankenstien seems a great story that you occasionally feel compelled to skim through. There is a certain sloppiness (I am still not clear what happened to Edward--the only surviving Frankenstein, but I do know something about some of the townspeople mentioned in a letter which have NOTHING to do with the story), but when you put all that aside, the very heart of Frankenstein is an enjoyable read. The monster is a sympathetic one and I found myself glued to the pages as he first illustrated how he came to understand the world around him. Unlike Moby Dick which should never be abridged since so much of its irrelevance seems the primary point of the story (I often consider Ahab and the whale merely a sub-plot in Ishmael's life), Frankenstein could do with some good editing. Despite Frankenstein being a relatively short book to begin with, even 200+ pages feels a bit trying when all you are reading about is landscape and Frankenstein fainting.
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Summary: Needs some more "brainstorming"...
Review: Well, this book wasn't really what I expected. Even though it's my reading level, it was pretty easy to read. The letters are too bored (you can finish this book in 20 concentrated minutes...) and there shouldn't be any pictures because it cuts your imagination. The story isn't very elaborate. Everything happens too fast. I would reccomend this book for people who like a fast, bad, and a bit childish book. I don't want to insult or offend Mary Shelley but she could've had "brainstormed" a bit more....
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Summary: oh, it is good
Review: Mary S. has brought the frankenstein in a different way that I usually know the green staples guy,... This has brought a personal feeling to frankenstein,... I enjoy the book a lot that I really wanted to see the film when it came out but GOD!,...the film is soooooooo bad,.... I was really dissapointed,... wanna know about frankie,....read this but DO NOT WATCH THE MOVIE ....
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Summary: A Classic for Humanity
Review: "Frankenstein" is nothing like Hollywood says it is. This thought-provoking and heart-wrenching book left me feeling a connection with both the doctor and his monster. The exploration of the human condition through which Mary Shelley leads the reader is applicable regardless of time. Also, the prose is relatively easy to read, so no one should be afraid of reading this relatively short work. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: More Relevant Now Than Ever
Review: This book is a must-read for all citizens who face this world where humans tamper with life. The story raises many questions in the reader's mind as to how much power humans should have over life itself, and what that means for genetic engineering and medicine. Exciting and thought-provoking, Frankenstein deals with themes on revenge, suffering, and the sanctity of life.
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Summary: Frankenstein, Not what you expect
Review: Everyone is familial with Karloff's image of the lumbering, living dead character of the Frankenstein movies but this icon of Americana beirs little resemblance to the true monster of Mary Shelly's imagination. Frankenstein is more than a tell of gothic horror. If that is what the reader is after any number of works by Steven King or Dean Koontz will suffice. The story of Frankenstein however, is one of love, hate, seeking acceptance, madness and rage gone unchecked. Not only is Frankenstein a great read but it also has the distinction (at least to my knowledge) of being the only novel to be told from three separate points of view, Dr Frankenstein's, the Monster's (who goes nameless through the entire story), and a third unattached view of a ship Captain who finds himself to be the soul witness to the final conflict between the two. Few stories from this time period transport themselves to the present with the same amount of relevance as Frankenstein. Anyone who doesn't find time to read this classic is cheating themselves out of a wonderfull story, that will mean much to them.
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