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• Being the “New” Someone

  
  DarcKnyt — Authority: 124
  I’ve read a book by a guy named Brian Keene, and on the back cover he was heralded as “the new Stephen King”.  Or was it “the next Stephen King”?  Whichever.  The point is, this author is being held up to Stephen King as a successor.I found that sort of interesting.  I’d think, in order [...]
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• Top 25 Favorite Writers

  
  Celsius1414 — Authority: 128
  Much like for my favorite movies , here is a list of my Top 25 favorite writers. Vladimir Nabokov Ray Bradbury JRR Tolkien Kurt Vonnegut Douglas Adams Mark Twain The rest in alphabetical order by last name: Robert Benchley Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë Albert Camus Raymond Chandler Umberto Eco ...
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• Things that go bump in the night . . .

  
  Lola's Curmudgeonly Musings on Life, Love & Other Trifles — Authority: 121
  Halloween Past Revisited from History.comFrom ghoulies and ghostiesAnd long-leggedy beasties . . . ~ Scottish SayingGoblins and gremlins and ghosties and ghouls . . . oh my. Happy All Hallow’s Eve everyone. Or to be more precise, Happy Samhain.Samhain (pronounced sow-in), is an ancient Celtic festival. The Celts ...
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• Is your house haunted?

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 587
  Horror of the “gothic” variety that occupied so much of the conversation between Byron and the Shelleys (these would be the conversations that ultimately gave rise to Frankenstein ) has traditionally traded in some easily recognizable tropes. Among the most common are your haunted places. Swamps and moors are ...
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• Halloween ‘This is’ Lyrics and Quotes

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  New York City, Oct 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Today is Halloween, the day to let out your wild side and show it to the world in the Halloween colors of orange and black.Here are some Halloween quotes and sayings to spice up your party.Scary and Creepy Halloween Quotes “Eye of newt, and toe of [...]
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• This Week in History Podcasts: Frankenstein, a Vampyre and a Voodoo Queen Walk Into a Bar

  
  The Blogs at HowStuffWorks Stuff You Missed in History Class — Authority: 113
  On Monday’s podcast, Sarah and I got to wear our English major hats – our favorite chapeaux of all.In honor of Halloween, we talked about a little ghost story competition that gave us both “Frankenstein” and the vampire .Wednesday’s podcast brought us Marie Laveau, voodoo queen, a person Sarah and I had ...
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• The Badly Drawn Prometheus: Studies in Crap Ruins Halloween With Paint Me the Story of Frankenstein

  
  Runnin' Scared — Authority: 744
  Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Know...
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• Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – Blu-ray Review

  
  Inside Pulse Movies — Authority: 143
  Frankenstein is one of the great horror stories of all time. It’s one of the few which have transcended its genre and is considered to be a work of high literature. It touches on some of the most basic concerns of humanity: life and death, science and morality. The questions it raises about our ambition, our ...
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• Review: The Hypocrites’ “Frankenstein”

  
  Chicago Theater Blog — Authority: 431
  Without firm skeleton, confusion and unfocused choices persist The Hypocrites present: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Adapted and directed by Sean Graney at the Museum of Contemporary Art Stage through November 1st ( program ) reviewed by Barry Eitel From the moment ...
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• “It’s alive! It’s alive!”—even after all these years

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 587
  Like a lot of kids, I could not get enough of monster movies. On Saturday afternoons, I would hunker down on my living room couch to watch Creature Double-Feature on our small black-and-white TV. I loved Godzilla, Gorgo, the giant ants of Them! , War of the Worlds , and those delightful shock-fests from England’s ...
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• The Great Wednesday Compare #4- Frankenstein VERSUS The Turn of the Screw

  
  The Book Mine Set — Authority: 114
  The winner of the last Great Wednesday Compare ( Frankenstein vs. Dracula), with a final score of 5-4 was Frankenstein.Surprise, surprise! Pleasant surprise! I was so reluctant to pit poor ol Frankie up against Dracula. I mean everyone seems so into vampires these days, and Draculas the granddaddy of them all. But, Im ...
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• Collecting Classic Horror Books—Tales that Scared Our Great-Great-Grandparents

  
  WorthPoint — Authority: 131
  Illustration by Christina Rossetti’s brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, for the first edition of “Goblin Market and Other Poem,” 1862. “Morning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry ‘Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy’ ” Thus begins Christina Rossetti’s 1859 epic poem, ...
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• Review: Right Brain Project’s “The Modern Prometheus”

  
  Chicago Theater Blog — Authority: 431
  More Entertainment Than Intellectual Challenge   The Right Brain Project presents: The Modern Prometheus adapted by Brad Lawrence directed by David Marcotte and Nathan Robbel thru November 21st ( buy tickets ) reviewed by Paige Listerud The Right Brain Project enjoyed ...
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• Books That Go Bump in the Night, Part 4

  
  NineteenTeen — Authority: 114
  She doesn’t look like a revolutionary, does she? Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin had a father who was a radical political philosopher and a mother who was one of England’s first feminists. Today, we would consider her homeschooled, but her “teachers” were the radical thinkers of the times, who flocked to her ...
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• The power of Shelleys Frankenstein lives on – but not in Cologny

  
  Books: Books blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 135
  Sitting on the tranquil banks of Lake Geneva, its safe to say that 200 years on, the waking dream in which Frankenstein came to Mary Shelley in Cologny was one hell of a revelation Last month I visited Cologny on the shores of Lake Geneva. Summer still lingered in Switzerland. On the waters of the lake men paddled ...
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• The Great Wednesday Compare 4- Frankenstein VERSUS Dracula

  
  The Book Mine Set — Authority: 114
  The winner of the last Great Wednesday Compare ( Frankenstein vs. The Shining), with a final score of 7-6 was Frankenstein.Well. The Shining put up much more of a fight than Id expected. I was a huge fan of Stephen King in my high school years. At one point Id even caught up and actually waited for a new release. Hes ...
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• About.com Paranormal: The Real Monsters of Halloween - Frankenstein monster

  
  Haunted San Diego Blog — Authority: 423
  This article comes from About.com Paranormal’s web site. Most people are aware that the story of Victor Frankenstein and the monster he created come from the novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, wife of the acclaimed poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. What many people do not know is that Victor ...
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• Blu-ray Review: Mary Shelleys Frankenstein (1994)

  
  Cinema Viewfinder — Authority: 463
  What a difference fifteen years can make. At the time of its release, Kenneth Branaghs version of Mary Shelleys Frankenstein struck me as uneven, and worst of all less than horrific. Its recent release on Blu-ray inspired me to watch it again for the first time since its initial release. I was impressed with its ...
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• The Great Wednesday Compare #4- Frankenstein VERSUS The Shining

  
  The Book Mine Set — Authority: 114
  The winner of the last Great Wednesday Compare ( Frankenstein vs. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde), with a final score of 7-1 was Frankenstein.Frankie can relax another week. Ive not read nor seen Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde except for spoofs in cartoons. Seems like an interesting premise at least. Speaking of ...
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