While reading about the life of.....

[Avante]

.....Mary Shelley who as a teenager wrote what many consider the first si fi novel...Frankenstein...I came across this.

Not word for word (book is in my truck and Judy has it) but close...

Did God make all this in a moment of madness and then once His sanity returned He lost interest?

While here, who has read the gothic masterpierce "The Monk" by Monk Lewis? I own what is considered the first gothic novel..."The Castle of Otranto"...by Horace Walpole. Thinking of finally reading it, has anyone here read the book?

No not really deep into that sort of thing but it does interest me.

[Infinite_limit]

I've been watching Penny Dreadful on Showtime

[xmas1997]

Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, although I suffered through it hoping it would be as entertaining as Bram Stoker's Dracula, was written in the Victorian style of English at the time. I found it very tedious and hard to read, even though the plot was really great.
I would not recommend it for that reason.

[Avante]

Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, although I suffered through it hoping it would be as entertaining as Bram Stoker's Dracula, was written in the Victorian style of English at the time. I found it very tedious and hard to read, even though the plot was really great.
I would not recommend it for that reason.

I found Stokers Dracula a great read, and agree that Frankenstein is not for everyone. I approached it as a ..must read...."anyway". Yes wouldn't recommend it to anyone reading for just enjoyment.

You familiar with Stokers other works?

[Katherine Robinson]

It's quite a quote, Avante. If God had created this realm through a sort of madness, perhaps he wishes to abandon it for the fact. We are grains of sand in an endless desert, after all, to deny any proposition of what the ultimate picture is would be a simple assumption. I would hope that it as fiction as the book as that is quite a bleak precedent.

[xmas1997]

I found Stokers Dracula a great read, and agree that Frankenstein is not for everyone. I approached it as a ..must read...."anyway". Yes wouldn't recommend it to anyone reading for just enjoyment.

You familiar with Stokers other works?

Actually no tbh.
What are some of Stoker's other works that you would recommend?

His Dracula was fantastic. No movie version except Gary Oldman's came close to being accurate.

[ohmwrecker]

I've been watching Penny Dreadful on Showtime

How is that ish? I haven't heard anything good about it.

[Avante]

Actually no tbh.
What are some of Stoker's other works that you would recommend?

His Dracula was fantastic. No movie version except Gary Oldman's came close to being accurate.

The Jewel of the Seven Stars a great read, if ya like Stoker.

Dracula is the movie that needs to be redone with todays technology. But....it must be the book in a movie, none of that usual Hollywood shit doing what they want.

Michael Moorcock's...Elric...stories a must for todays movie makers.

[Avante]

It's quite a quote, Avante. If God had created this realm through a sort of madness, perhaps he wishes to abandon it for the fact. We are grains of sand in an endless desert, after all, to deny any proposition of what the ultimate picture is would be a simple assumption. I would hope that it as fiction as the book as that is quite a bleak precedent.

I'd never read/heard that....God in a madness...before. I found that an interesting thought. Obviously none of us know...0...about anything about this, it's just individual opinions based on actually....0.

[Katherine Robinson]

I'd never read/heard that....God in a madness...before. I found that an interesting thought. Obviously none of us know...0...about anything about this, it's just individual opinions based on actually....0.

Yup, since you're a wrestling day Avante, how'd you take ultimate warriors ddeath? His last speech seems like he knew he'd be gone before he saw the fans again.

[Avante]

Yup, since you're a wrestling day Avante, how'd you take ultimate warriors ddeath? His last speech seems like he knew he'd be gone before he saw the fans again.

One of the more interesting characters, he first started out as a tagteamer with Sting, he was Rock and Sting was Flash, damn if I can rememember what they called teamselves. Something like Starfighters..??

Then he became the Dingo Warrior in Texas. As the Ultimate Warrior in the WWF (prior to WWE) he pretty much was exposed as a no talent guy with an incredible physique. Still the most awesome ever seen in pro rasslin'. He had no mic skills at all, so his last speech was rather shocking, he can talk. He also had no real wrestling talent, very very limited!

I didn't pick up on him saying farewell to anyone. I just thought he really wasn't all that to begin with and was getting too much attention. Remember when Randy Savage died, he got hardly any attention and he was far far far more important in the pro rasslin' biz.

[Katherine Robinson]

One of the more interesting characters, he first started out as a tagteamer with Sting, he was Rock and Sting was Flash, damn if I can rememember what they called teamselves. Something like Starfighters..??

Then he became the Dingo Warrior in Texas. As the Ultimate Warrior in the WWF (prior to WWE) he pretty much was exposed as a no talent guy with an incredible physique. Still the most awesome ever seen in pro rasslin'. He had no mic skills at all, so his last speech was rather shocking, he can talk. He also had no real wrestling talent, very very limited!

I didn't pick up on him saying farewell to anyone. I just thought he really wasn't all that to begin with and was getting too much attention. Remember when Randy Savage died, he got hardly any attention and he was far far far more important in the pro rasslin' biz.

Especially after he was gone so long, but right after his speech he passes away. It's just a head scratcher, I believe he was on borrowed time.

No idea why Randy Savage didn't receive much attention, he was the face of wrestling at his height it seemed.

[Avante]

Especially after he was gone so long, but right after his speech he passes away. It's just a head scratcher, I believe he was on borrowed time.

No idea why Randy Savage didn't receive much attention, he was the face of wrestling at his height it seemed.

Obviously the guy was a steroid monster and probably had the insides of a 70 year old man. I have to go with it was just a coincidence. Sure the timing was crazy but nothing more.

Savage and McMahon had some feud going on, not sure what the deal was. But, you'd think a death would have erased all that and the guy given his props.

I have a book about the great running backs, I'm talking Jim Thorpe, Red Grange up to the early 1990's when the book was written. No mention of O.J.Simpson anywhere, this Savage deal reminded me of that.

[cantthinkofanything]

.....Mary Shelley who as a teenager wrote what many consider the first si fi novel...Frankenstein...I came across this.

Not word for word (book is in my truck and Judy has it) but close...

Did God make all this in a moment of madness and then once His sanity returned He lost interest?

While here, who has read the gothic masterpierce "The Monk" by Monk Lewis? I own what is considered the first gothic novel..."The Castle of Otranto"...by Horace Walpole. Thinking of finally reading it, has anyone here read the book?

No not really deep into that sort of thing but it does interest me.

I read the Castle of Otranto...but haven't heard of the Monk.

[Avante]

I read the Castle of Otranto...but haven't heard of the Monk.

So do you recommend The Castle?

The Monk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monk

[Infinite_limit]

How is that ish? I haven't heard anything good about it.
Really?

It's very slow moving and dark. But I enjoy how they mix in a lot of different story lines like Frankenstein, Phantom of the Opera, Vampires etc.

[cantthinkofanything]

So do you recommend The Castle?

The Monk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monk

Why are you following me around and humping my leg?

[Avante]

Why are you following me around and humping my leg?

You're a weird cat little man.