Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Science gone too far

Advantages: A great read, communicates it's message with linguistic brilliance
Disadvantages: Dated language may be difficult for some

...Mary Shelley's Frankenstein explores the idea of the 'creation of life'. The idea of Frankenstein seems to show how man can go too far in his exploration of what constitutes 'life'.Frankenstein' raises the never-ending question of how far is too far in relation to medicine. Frankenstein's monster is in effect a load of body parts put together to form a new being and I'm sure nearly everybody...

coco_pixie 09.08.2009 17:20 · Read review
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Review of Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Popular Classics) - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction

Advantages: Some real gems
Disadvantages: Some dross

...The book, The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction is edited by David G. Hartwell. It boasts on the front cover: that it is: "The biggest and best science Fiction Anthology Ever Published". And there, as they say, is the rub. Is it? Although I acknowledge that there are a great many good science fiction stories in this anthology, I would have to argue against it being the best. And as...

Martinscholes 12.11.2005 00:10 · Read review
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Review of Mammoth book of 20th Century Science Fiction Volume Two

You don't read this book - you do it.

Advantages: Wonderful way to pass many afternoons together and learn science while having fun.
Disadvantages: N/A

...at an earlier age, and my 3 year old does have fun when we do this, but I feel age 6 would be the minimum to really understand much of the science behind the fun. That said you can have fun with this book at any age. I do think an most children could do this without any parental help by age 9, so perhaps that is where the age recommendation comes in - but I also think these books are more fun done as a family...

Marge3781 13.06.2012 19:01 · Read review
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Review of Explorabook: A Kid's Science Museum in a Book - John Cassidy