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The Ultimate Frankenstein
| Author: | Byron Preiss David Keller Megan Miller John Gregory Betancourt |
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Dell Publishing, 1991 |
| Series: | The Ultimate Anthologies |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction / Horror |
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Synopsis
Based on the original motion picture Frankenstein, some of the best-known authors of the fantastic and the mysterious explore the legend of Mary Shelley's classic monster.
From Brian Aldiss's eerie look at a mysterious creature hidden for centuries, to S.P. Somtow's tale of passion and dismemberment in Thailand, to Katherine Dunn's examination of a bizarre affair--here are spectacular new Frankenstein stories transcending time and place.
Table of Contents:
- 1 - Introduction: The Lord's Apprentice (The Ultimate Frankenstein) - essay by Isaac Asimov
- 9 - Near-Flesh - short story by Katherine Dunn
- 25 - Summertime Was Nearly Over - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
- 39 - The Creature on the Couch - novelette by Michael Bishop
- 69 - Fortitude - short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- 89 - Monsters of the Midway - short story by Mike Resnick
- 95 - Dreams - short story by F. Paul Wilson
- 109 - Evil, Be My Good - short story by Philip José Farmer
- 125 - A Writ of Habeas Corpus - short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
- 143 - The State Versus Adam Shelley - short story by Benjamin M. Schutz
- 157 - Chui Chai - short story by S. P. Somtow
- 175 - I, Monster - short story by Loren D. Estleman
- 189 - This Icy Region My Heart Encircles - short story by Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem
- 205 - Mad at the Academy - short story by Esther M. Friesner
- 221 - Last Call for the Sons of Shock - short story by David J. Schow
- 239 - Victor - short story by Karen Haber
- 249 - Part Five - novelette by Garfield Reeves-Stevens
- 271 - Frankie Baby - short story by Joyce Harrington
- 283 - Pity the Monsters - [Newford] - short story by Charles de Lint
- 301 - The Last Supper and a Falafel to Go - short story by George Alec Effinger
- 317 - Selected Filmography (The Ultimate Frankenstein) - essay by Leonard Wolf
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