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Valerie H.

Subject: Trying to determine genre

Date Posted: 11/21/2009 10:05 AM ET
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Have you read Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley? If so, in what genre would you place it? I want to read it for the 2010 Challenge but am uncertain which requirement it best fits. Seems one of several would work. What do you think is most appropriate?

Thanks for any thoughts.

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TomeTrader -

Date Posted: 11/21/2009 11:09 AM ET
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Classic horror.
New-to-me author
TBR
Sci-fi (says Wikipedia)
High school reading list.

Horror or sci-fi would be best because they seem most difficult to find a book for.

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caviglia

Date Posted: 11/21/2009 1:04 PM ET
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I second what TT says. Technically, it's probably a little more scifi than horror (IMO), but that's just quibbling.

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Valerie H.

Date Posted: 11/21/2009 2:19 PM ET
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I appreciate your comments. It sounds like it will work for Horror or Scifi. When I Googled it, one link classified it as Gothic.

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