Let the vampire backlash begin! Why do we keep regurgitating the same old... Oct 31, 2009
Let the vampire backlash begin. Why do we keep regurgitating the same old bloodsuckers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Dr. John Polidori and The Vampyre Oct 29, 2009
Like several other significant works of the period most notably Mary Shelley s Frankenstein Polidori s vampire story had its genesis in the infamous , when Lord Byron invited a handful of luminaries to spend time with him at his villa on Lake Geneva in Switzerland ... The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein. (Suite101.com)
- Just Warming Up: Not sure I want to be a zombie 0 Oct 27, 2009
Mary Shelley s book sported sleep-inducing prose but Boris Karloff made him a horror movie icon. Pros: One big dude, this monster, so most will be looking up to you. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Heyde Center ushers in comedy on Friday Oct 10, 2009
About as scary as live theater gets, this adaptation of the Mary Shelley book is focused on the type of personality that can be lured so close to playing God. Adapted and directed by Lot Turner, featuring local actors. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Play needs its 'Frankenstein' creature Sep 15, 2009
About as scary as live theatre gets, especially around Halloween time, this adaptation of the Mary Shelley book is focused on the type of personality that can be lured so close to playing God. The story is less about the monster that the young scientist Victor Frankenstein creates from dead body parts, and more about his narcissism, his true motivations, and the depths to which a person will sink for love or glory. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
"The Vampyre," by John William Poli... Sep 7, 2009
It came about during a gathering of writers, including Lord Byron and Mary Shelley, while Dr. Polidori was serving as Byron's traveling physician ... Mary Shelley's story developed into the novel Frankenstein, while Polidori's own fragment became his novel Ernestus Berchtold; or, The Modern Oedipus, published in 1819. (Suite101.com)
The Earliest Vampire Stories in Eng... Sep 6, 2009
Poet and doctor John Polidori had gone to Switzerland to visit Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley ... Mary Shelley s eventual contribution would be. (Suite101.com)
• Stop squinting: New large print books now in stock at the Juneau libraries Sep 4, 2009
The strong tradition of Victorian gothic mysteries (think Wilkie Collins, Shirley Jackson, and Mary Shelley) forms the backbone of this compelling novel. Constance is the heir to both a decrepit mansion and a mystery in the form of a packet of old letters. (Juneau Empire)
Actors needed for 'Frankenstein' adaptation Sep 1, 2009
Actors are needed for an adaptation of the Mary Shelley book Frankenstein, by Lot Turner of the Chapter 13 Players. The play explores the personality and motivations of the young scientist Victor Frankenstein as he creates his monster. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Tech.view: Machines in control Aug 29, 2009
HOLLYWOOD has made at least half a dozen films based on Mary Shelley s gothic masterpiece mindless travesties all of them, even the Kenneth Branagh version released in 1994. That is a pity because the parable of the Genevan protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, deserves wider appreciation, especially among those concerned about technology getting out of control. (The Economist)
Classic Tales to Read for Halloween Aug 23, 2009
Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, and William Shakespeare provide eerie classic tales for lovers of dark and creepy Halloween reading ... Mary Shelley s Frankenstein ... It is an established fact that Mary Shelley saw the creation of the monster in a nightmare that came to her after participating in a ghost story competition with friends, including Lord Byron and her husband Percy Shelley. (Suite101.com)
‘A Monster’s Note’ reimagines Shelley’s creation Jul 24, 2009
Poet Laurie Sheck uses Mary Shelley (below) as a character in this, her first novel ... Mary Shelley wonders in A Monster s Notes whether the creature she wrote about was hideous, beautiful, or both. (Boston Globe)
Useless knowledge: Are you well read? Jul 17, 2009
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Young adults feel affinity with supernatural characters in books Jun 28, 2009
Mary Shelley s 1816 Frankenstein is a work of philosophy and science far closer to Heinlein s work than to Meyer s series, though both came to the authors in dream form. But in the 1960s, a TV show called Dark Shadows introduced a new kind of soap-opera vampire: sexy, darkly comic, and doomed. (Boston Globe)
Kevin McClintock: Reading books to help predict the future Jun 18, 2009
With the novel "Frankenstein," author Mary Shelley dabbled a bit with what has become the modern-day concept of cloning sheep and cattle. And don t forget the late Arthur C. Clarke, who predicted orbital communication and weather satellites at a time when most Americans didn t even know what an orbit was. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
IN MY LIBRARY: GUILLERMO DEL TORO Jun 16, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Last Update: 06:25 AM EDT. hide topics THIS WEEK'S HOT TOPICS. (New York Post -- Opinions)
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Geneva Whispers About New Money From Mumbai as Madoff Scandal Hits Locals Apr 2, 2009
BCGE, started in 1816, the same year Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein on the shores of Lake Geneva, has a cantonal guarantee of 500,000 francs for ordinary deposits, five times more than the government offers to competing Swiss banks. Government Guarantee. (Bloomberg)
M-Z Essential 1700s and 1800s Briti... Mar 22, 2009
Through his second marriage to Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) he was related to her literary parents, William Godwin (1756-1836) and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792). The copyright of the article M-Z Essential 1700s and 1800s British Literature in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Friends remember Richardson Mar 21, 2009
Film-maker Ken Russell directed Richardson in Gothic, her 1986 screen debut in which she played Mary Shelley. The 81-year-old's tribute appeared in The Times newspaper. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
A Look Back At Natasha Richardson's Impressive Career Mar 20, 2009
After winning the London Drama Critics' Most Promising Newcomer Award for her performance in the play "The Seagull" alongside her mother, she landed her first substantial movie role playing Mary Shelley in director Ken Russell's biographical thriller "Gothic.". Richardson gave one of her finest performances under the direction of "Taxi Driver" writer Paul Schrader; once again getting biographical, she starred opposite a young Ving Rhames, playing kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst in the 1988 film... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Appreciation: Natasha Richardson, Always Worth Watching Mar 19, 2009
In one of her first starring roles, as the budding author Mary Shelley in Ken Russell's loony Gothic (1986), Richardson somehow made emotional sense of a young woman who is racked by visions of her stillborn child, and who, from the labor of her nightmares, gives birth to literature's most enduring monster: Frankenstein. Two years later, she was convincingly Californian in Paul Schrader's oneiric docudrama about Patty Hearst another nightmare role that she approached with the passion and,... (Time.com)
Obituary: Natasha Richardson Mar 19, 2009
In 1987 she appeared as Mary Shelley, in Ken Russell's lurid take on the visit by the Shelley's and Lord Byron to the Villa Diodati which resulted in Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein. In the same year she also appeared in A Month in the Country, where she starred alongside Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh. (BBC News -- UK)
APPRECIATION: The vibrancy of Natasha Richardson Mar 19, 2009
She portrayed the young author Mary Shelley in 1986's Gothic and the title character in 1988's Patty Hearst, and later was Zelda Fitzgerald in the made-for-TV production Zelda. Other notable films include adaptations of Ian McEwan's haunting novel The Comfort of Strangers, in which she and Rupert Everett were cast as lovers who attract a mysterious older couple, and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, which starred Richardson as a free spirit living in a fascistic state where fertile young... (USA Today)
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein & the Su... Mar 3, 2009
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein & the Summer of 1816: The Legendary Monster Born of a Nightmare ... Mary Shelley, Frankenstein ummer of 1816 ... Mary Shelley, Frankenstein & the Summer of 1816. (Suite101.com)
