Frankenstein-科学怪人-弗兰肯斯坦

作者：Mary Shelley

书名：Frankenstein《科学怪人》又译作《弗兰肯斯坦》

中文简介：Frankenstein《科学怪人》故事主要描述一个科学家的疯狂计划，维多·弗兰肯斯坦计划要靠自己的力量创造一个生命体，说是想打造一个完美的人。于是，他从坟场精挑细选后挖出尸块，以专业知识判断还能使用哪部分，再将之拼成人型，通过电击赋予他生命。不久，弗兰肯斯坦便发现这是个严重的错误，他制造了一个怪物。于是，他开始追杀这个怪物，怪物也本能地逃亡，双方发生多次冲突。弗兰克（Frank monster）杀死了法兰克斯坦的弟弟。

英文简介：Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and bestowing animation upon lifeless matter, Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts but; upon bringing it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature's hideousness. Tormented by isolation and loneliness, the once-innocent creature turns to evil and unleashes a campaign of murderous revenge against his creator, Frankenstein.

Frankenstein, an instant bestseller and an important ancestor of both the horror and science fiction genres, not only tells a terrifying story, but also raises profound, disturbing questions about the very nature of life and the place of humankind within the cosmos: What does it mean to be human? What responsibilities do we have to each other? How far can we go in tampering with Nature? In our age, filled with news of organ donation genetic engineering, and bio-terrorism, these questions are more relevant than ever.