Author Archives: sparklingangela
“He” vs.”It”- The House of the Scorpion
Even though I read the summary of The House of the Scorpion and I began reading the novel with the …
“To be utterly rational”- Blindsight
“And then I wonder what it would be like to feel nothing at all, to be utterly rational….” (Blindsight, pg. …
A Third Sex? Inconceivable!
Dawn, the 1st novel in the Lilith’s Brood trilogy by Octavia E. Butler, is set in an intensely alien world, …
We3 Had Me Going WTF
I did not have any expectations before I started reading We3. The cover piqued my interest because I was trying …
Neuromancer: A Mishmash of Science/Religion & New/Old
As I continue to read Gibson’s ground-breaking novel, I am beginning to notice certain patterns and consistencies…and the discovery is …
Will the REAL monster of Frankenstein, please stand up?
“But it is true that I am a wretch. I have murdered the lovely and the helpless; I have strangled the innocent as they slept, and grasped to death his throat who never injured me or any other living thing.”- Frankenstein’s creature, pg. 243 “Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil, as I … Read more
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Vol. 1- Frankenstein
I first read Mary Shelley’s classic novel, Frankenstein, when I was in high school. At the time, I was far more concerned with the television show Gossip Girl and the hot guy I was crushing on then I was with engrossing myself in Mary Shelley’s timeless work. However, as I opened Frankenstein a second time … Read more
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