FICTION
Released: June 26, 2009
"Utterly astonishing and not to be missed. "
Celebrated NYC poet Sheck richly reimagines the oft-retold
Frankenstein in her defiantly original debut novel, which posits that the fabricated human was Mary Shelley's chance acquaintance, not her creation, and has lived on into the present day.
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FICTION
Released: June 15, 2010
"Comic strip characters and pedestrian prose--pretty silly stuff really, but we all know how it works for Koontz: 400,000,000 copies sold in 38 languages, give or take."
In the fourth installment of his Frankenstein series (
Dead and Alive, 2009, etc.), Koontz posits a new kind of vexation with the same old objective: Kill everybody.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 6, 2009
"A questionable mishmash of cultural, scientific, literary, psychological and political material gives birth to an atmospheric but unnatural doppelgänger to Shelley's classic."
Prolific literary polymath Ackroyd (
Poe, 2009, etc.) rearranges the original gothic horror story of ambition gone awry into a blend of autobiography and history.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2001
"An evocative, empathetic treatment of what was, in all senses of the word, a difficult life. "
A new biography of the author of
Frankenstein that aims to comprehend her character rather than assess or advance her literary standing.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2007
" Cogent vivisection of a literary legend animated by the universal human fascination with the dark side."
FICTION
Released: Oct. 28, 1998
"Tomalin's fine introduction notwithstanding, there's nothing here that merits the attention—preface, introduction, annotations, notes, bibliography—it's being given."
A children's tale, written in 1820 but only lately discovered, now published for the first time with an introduction by English biographer and critic Tomalin (Jane Austen, 1997, etc.).
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2000
Most readers know Mary as Percy Shelley's wife and the author of
Frankenstein, but many critics feel her writing deserves more attention. British scholar Williams (
Romantic Poetry and Revolutionary Politics, 1989) aims to tell her story and evaluate her position in the 19th-century literary canon.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 22, 2006
"Only the newest arrivals to Shelley-land will discover any novelty here."
Better known as children's authors (
In Darkness, Death, 2004, etc.), the Hooblers address the adult market with a biography of
Frankenstein creator Mary Shelley based on a very shaky premise.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 9, 2007
"Bailey displays a competent understanding of Shelley's original tale in this inventive narrative. Bonus: For those who need a refresher, the text of Frankenstein is also included."
British author Bailey (
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes, 1994, etc.) offers a continuation of the Mary Shelley classic.
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