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Frankissstein: A Love Story

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From 'one of the most gifted writers working today' (New York Times) comes an audacious new novel about the bodies we live in and the bodies we desire

In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor called Ry is falling in love – against their better judgement – with Victor Stein, a celebrated professor leading the public debate around AI.

Meanwhile, Ron Lord, just divorced and living with Mum again, is set to make his fortune launching a new generation of sex dolls for lonely men everywhere.

Across the Atlantic, in Phoenix, Arizona, a cryonics facility houses dozens of bodies of men and women who are medically and legally dead… but waiting to return to life.

But the scene is set in 1816, when nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley writes a story about creating a non-biological life-form. ‘Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful.'

What will happen when homo sapiens is no longer the smartest being on the planet? Jeanette Winterson shows us how much closer we are to that future than we realise. Funny and furious, bold and clear-sighted, Frankissstein is a love story about life itself.

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ISBN9781787331402
PublisherJonathan Cape
Publication Date05/28/19
Pages352

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  • tanja_wue
    tanja_wue

    205 Followers

    3.5

    Eine Liebesgeschichte die ich nicht ganz greifen konnte, weil wir teilweise so wirr hin und Her gesprungen sind. Mittelteil war super!

    Die Autorin wollte hier alles und zwar alles mit einander verbinden. Die Geschichte über Frankenstein, wie man den Tod besiegt und die Zukunft mit Roboter und KI. Fand es wirklich schwierig reinzukommen. Der Mittelteil wo sich Ry und Viktor begegnen konnte mich zwischendurch so mitnehmen, aber auf keiner romantischen Art, sondern eher. Was lese ich da gerade und ich will mehr davon. Das war so gut, nur fehlte mir ein Ende wo ich mehr verstanden hätte wie das. Es wird auch viel über die eigene Identität thematisiert und es ist ein Buch zum nachdenken. Obwohl ich manches nicht verstanden habe. Die Dialoge waren nicht mit Gänsefüßchen bzw Anführungszeichen versehen, was mich tierisch gestört hat. Wenn jemand das Buch auch gelesen hat, bitte mal melden. Ich würde mich so gerne darüber unterhalten. Danke!

    Oct 27, 2024

  • mosii
    mosii

    24 Followers

    4.0

    Frankensteins neue Verkörperung in einer Welt mit Sexbots für Männer. Dort sind Körper quasi nutzlos, denn in einer Welt mit AI braucht es keine Biologie mehr.

    Lieblingszitate aus dem Buch: If God hadn't wanted us to tamper with things, She wouldn't have given us brains (S.240). I discover that grief means living with someone who is no longer there (S.343). He says, And yet I do love you! It won't last but it is now. Yes, it is real. Yes, it is now (S.158).

    Frankensteins neue Verkörperung in einer Welt mit Sexbots für Männer.
Dort sind Körper quasi nutzlos, denn in einer Welt mit AI braucht es keine Biologie mehr.

    Jan 28, 2025

  • 4.5

    So much fun, but still very thought-provoking! Would recommend to Frankenstein Fans, readers of feminist/queer classic retellings, lovers of spekulative fiction, or people interested in the philosophical and ethical questions of life and death, immortality, resurrection and AI/robotics.

    ! Spoiler warning for themes and narrative structure. No plot spoilers ! This book was so much fun! A lecturer of mine recommended it to me for my MA thesis, so I bought and read it immediately. It’s a queer Frankenstein retelling, taking place in Great Britain during Brexit and in the 19th century europe, where Mary Shelley herself is the protagonist. The time-lines and narratives take turns, are intertwined, discussing similar themes and problems but in terms of the corresponding era: 19th century, through the eyes of Mary Shelley, the Author of Frankenstein, during her creative process of writing this novel but also all the deaths and tragedies that haunt her throughout her life, and futuristic 21st century Britain/USA, where Robots and AI gain more and more importance, even the possibilities of resurrectionand immortality are discussed). The novel deals with questions of death and (im)mortality, the significance of the body versus the soul, identity, sexuality, feminism, and much more — all intertwined with the moral implications of robotics and AI.

    Apr 14, 2025

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