Frankenstein

Knyga minkštais viršeliais, 277 psl.

English kalba

Publikuota 2017 m. vasario 4 d., The MIT Press.

ISBN:: 978-0-262-53328-7
OCLC numeris:: 958796621

This new critical edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was developed by leading scholars for aspiring scientists, engineers, and medical professionals. This unique framing will make this a core text in promoting and enhancing interdisciplinary dialogue on the nature, roles, and responsibilities of scientists and engineers in society. To be published in time for the 2018 bicentennial of its original publication, this edition will be produced in print and as an enhanced e-book. The e-book will contain the full text of the novel (in the public domain) plus all of the substantial scholarly material that was commissioned and developed for this new edition, including essays by leading scholars, and will be most valuable to students and teachers of ethics. Digital features will include include reader annotation, bookmarking, and multimedia content. -- Provided by publisher.

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cape_taun@lore.livellosegreto.it apžvelgė autoriaus Mary Shelley knygą Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus

4 žvaigždutės

La prima parte è davvero una palla mostruosa, ma è certamente in linea con tutto il tenore del libro: la nobiltà di sangue è riflettuta dalla nobiltà d'animo; le persone belle sono anche gentili; gli irlandesi sono stronzi e i sinti non possono pensare di crescere una bambina bionda e carina; le famiglie umili appena ne hanno la possibilità economica si prendono dei servi. Un po' troppo ottocentesco per me da questo punto di vista e infatti Victor ne risulta un personaggio di merda, pieno di pregiudizi e preconcetti che applica alla Creatura prima ancora di cercare di capirla. Mi fa molto ridere la wave che ho trovato su Tumblr e Ao3 della Creatura battezzata daə fan Adam che viene trovata accudita e sedotta in vari modi e setting dalla Reader. Lol. La storia mi sembra abbia già deciso da un sacco di tempo chi è l'eroe di questa storia.

el dang apžvelgė autoriaus Mary Shelley knygą Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus

An unexpected pleasure

5 žvaigždutės

I wasn't expecting to like this book anywhere near as much as I ended up doing! The story as told in the book is much more interesting than the limited image of it that's got in to popular culture, and this was my first encounter with the whole thing. It's so much more about deeply flawed Victor Frankenstein (TLDR: our reading group kept using the term "main character syndrome") than about the mad science process. And while the creature is far from likeable, his portrayal has genuine pathos, even though most of what we hear about him is secondhand through the recounting of someone who hates him.

There are several impressively strong resonances to the modern world, between the general lack of ethics in tech and the current wave of "AI" hype. And of course big self-centred men who think that extreme success in one sphere gives them licence …

I wasn't expecting to like this book anywhere near as much as I ended up doing! The story as told in the book is much more interesting than the limited image of it that's got in to popular culture, and this was my first encounter with the whole thing. It's so much more about deeply flawed Victor Frankenstein (TLDR: our reading group kept using the term "main character syndrome") than about the mad science process. And while the creature is far from likeable, his portrayal has genuine pathos, even though most of what we hear about him is secondhand through the recounting of someone who hates him.

There are several impressively strong resonances to the modern world, between the general lack of ethics in tech and the current wave of "AI" hype. And of course big self-centred men who think that extreme success in one sphere gives them licence to behave as badly as they like in others.

Temos

Fiction
Monsters
Science in literature
Scientists