First,
here are today’s stops on the River Road
book tour. There are prizes galore—check the column at the right for Tour
Prizes. Today’s two stops are both official tour spots, so you can enter for
the tour-wide prizes as well as the commenter prizes.
*** Frankie
at Blooding Book Reviews has
a review of River Road today, so
check it out!
***
There’s a promo over at Nomi’s Paranormal Palace today.
Naomi’s a fan of the Susannah Sandlin series, so I’m glad to be able to promo
River Road on her blog as well.
Now,
today, I’m excited about offering this book as a giveaway. Steampunk: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is part of same series where
we found Steampunk Poe, from the
folks at Running Press. This is NOT a steampunk rewrite of Frankenstein, but is the original Mary Shelley story, with gorgeous
full-color illustrations by Zdenko Basic and Manuel Sumberac.
Zdenko
Basic is a costume and set designer for The Merlin Theatre in Somerset,
England, and has illustrated classic children’s books such as Alice in
Wonderland, Pinocchio and Snow White. He also received the 2009 Croatian
Association of Artists of Applied Arts award for best young artist.
This
is a beautiful, beautiful book. Seriously, you want this in your library. (And
I have it on good authority that Steampunk H.G. Wells is coming soon!)
Just
leave a comment—have you read the original 1818 story by Mary Shelley? I have
to be honest and say I had not read it until a few years ago; I only knew the
old horror movie. (Believe me, the book’s much better.) No hoops today. Leave a
comment; get an entry. Easy-peasy!
I have not read the original Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. My introduction to Frankenstein was the old movie also.
ReplyDeleteI read part of the book in high school but never finished it. I've seen all of the old Universal Frankenstein movies.
ReplyDeleteI have not read the original storie, but I would love to. I just saw the old movie!!!
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Sorry to say that I have not read it. I always think I am going to get to it, but there are so many books to read!
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Yes, yes, yes! I have read and absolutely LOVE the original "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley. It is absolutely genius. Seriously, for those who haven't read it, you really should. It's a classic for a reason! I can't imagine how stunning this version with the illustrations must be - WOW. I'd love to have this in my collection!! I missed out on the Steampunk Poe book giveaway, glad I could visit for this one :)
ReplyDeleteYes I read it for the first time last year, it is so much more than how it's portrayed in movies and cartoons!
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I haven't read the old 1818 novel but would love to try this new steampunk one. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteHaven't read the book but have seen the movie, several times. Love that guy!
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This is cool. I read Frankenstein several times in high school and once in college and I really enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteNo, havent read it yet.
ReplyDeletei read it and liked it. As a fan of the genre, I couldn't miss it!
ReplyDeletenope, not yet. but i hope one day i'll be able to read it
ReplyDeleteI haven't read the original yet.
ReplyDeleteOk...I haven't been entering contests because I'm so excited about River Road and have been following the tour. BUT this book looks fantastic just from the cover..I love Frankenstein's story and now steampuck version...very cool. Please count in for this.
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I have read the original book, haven't seen the films, i did see Van Helsing and i liked how they incorporated altered bits therein, i do love fiddling with old stories like this. Yes Please, i do so hope i might win
ReplyDeleteI have indeed read the book. I'm a bit of a gothic horror fiend, as well as a steampunk enthusiast.
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i have read it this year. this would be a gr8 xmas pressie
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I read it in a Lit class.
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