The Book Club: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley with Gina Bontempo

The Book Club

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Books, Arts

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The first science fiction novel ever written (over 200 years ago), Frankenstein is a tragic and cautionary tale about failed humanity, the dangers of scientific knowledge, an overreaching scientist playing “God,” and the universal desire for a sense of belonging. Enjoy this discussion of a gothic classic with Michael Knowles and Gina Bontempo! In our fast-paced world, it’s tough to make reading a priority. At least it used to be. At Thinkr.org, they summarize the key ideas from new and noteworthy nonfiction, giving you access to an entire library of great books in bite-size form. Read or listen to hundreds of titles in a matter of minutes: start your free trial today at https://thinkr.org/ Subscribe so you never miss a new episode! 📚 👉 https://www.prageru.com/series/book-club/

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0:00.0	This episode of the Book Club is alive. It's alive. I'm Michael Knowles and this month we are covering
0:18.0	Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. But first, before we get to that, you know, it's very tough to make reading a priority these days. Well, at least it used to be.
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0:36.4	like Dale Carnegie's had to win friends and influence people and you will get modern classics
0:41.2	like Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life.
0:44.2	If you want to challenge your preconceptions, that's good.
0:48.1	If you want to expand your horizons, that's good too.
0:51.0	But most important of all, if you want to sound smart at
0:53.9	cocktail parties, go to thinker.org, THI n kr.org. No e. There's no time for that.
1:00.5	Start a free trial and put your mind in motion.
1:05.0	All right, we are alive.
1:07.0	My mind is in motion.
1:09.0	My wonderful guest, Gina Bon Tempo's mind is in motion. Now we must put this episode much like
1:17.1	Frankenstein's monster into motion. Gina, thank you for being here. Thanks for
1:21.6	having me.
1:22.6	I am so pleased that you made me read this book.
1:26.2	Somehow I never read it, no teacher ever assigned it to me, I never picked it up,
1:31.2	and it is so tremendous.
1:33.7	But the story of Frankenstein, and actually I don't want to omit the subtitle
1:38.0	because I think the subtitle is very important.
1:39.8	Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus.
1:43.5	And we'll get to that in a little bit.
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