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Adaptation of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley , 1818 single work novel
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  • Prequel to Monster at Large.
    Developed from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Currawong , 1942 .
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      Scanned for the Australian Pulp Fiction Industry project.
      Extent: 64p.
      Series: Currawong Novels Currawong (publisher), 1941-1951 series - publisher novel The Currawong Novels series included a variety of fiction such as mystery, romance and western titles. Using the slogan on their back page, "You Can't Go Wrong with a Currawong", the series consisted of short novelettes of between 48 and 80 pages in length.
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y separately published work icon Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (International) assertion Mary Shelley , London : Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Maver & Jones , 1818 Z856175 1818 single work novel horror

'Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist, has a great ambition: to create intelligent life. But when his creature first stirs, he realizes he has made a monster. A monster which, abandoned by his master and shunned by everyone who sees it, sets out to destroy Dr Frankenstein with murder and horrors to the very ends of the earth.' (Source: Penguin)
y separately published work icon Monster at Large Vol Molesworth , Sydney : Currawong , 1942 Z955743 1942 single work novel science fiction thriller
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The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 2012 single work criticism
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Vol Molesworth Graham Stone , 2001 single work biography bibliography review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 33-34)
The Golden Age of Australian Science Fiction Sean McMullen , 1995 single work column
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The Golden Age of Australian Science Fiction Sean McMullen , 1995 single work column
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 12 no. 3 (Issue 36) 1995; (p. 3-28)
Vol Molesworth Graham Stone , 2001 single work biography bibliography review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 33-34)
The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127) According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
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