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This is Paige Beil's blog for the class LMST 345: Literature of Fantasy, Scifi, and Horror.

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- September 05, 2020

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Redlands (5 points)

- October 01, 2020

I was really excited to read Redlands because I heard good things about it from my illustration professor. There is a lot to like in the artistic side of the comics, but I really did not like the actual writing that much. It didn’t really help that the subject matter did not match my tastes at all. Yes, I can stand sex and the stuff that comes with it, but I don’t really feel comfortable delving into underage sex work and actual graphic sex scenes. I can get that Redlands was using it to push the taboo themes of witches, but I feel like the more extreme examples were meant to be there for shock value with little to no payoff for it. That may be because there were only 5 issues of the comic available, but I think it went a little too far with the descriptions of Nancy’s diary entries about being sold to the sex trade. I know a big part of witch stories are about embracing the taboo as a way defying social norms and encouraging self-empowermen...

Frankenstein : The Modern Prometheus (6 points)

- September 07, 2020

I have listened to and watched a decent amount of videos and podcasts that tell an abbreviated version of Frankenstein, yet had not read the full novel until now. Going into the novel, I expected the narrative to focus more on the time when Dr. Frankenstein was constructing The Monster than the period afterward, steeped in the doctor’s paranoia. I was pleasantly surprised by the focus instead being on Dr. Frankenstein’s views on death and tragedy. Shelly put emphasis on the way each of the major deaths of the story revolved around the doctor’s ego more than the tragedy of their individual character. Through this I can see The Monster being an avatar for death and the story being a way to work through the human horror of witnessing your friends and family die while you live on, helpless and grieving. From what I learned of Mary Shelly’s life at the time, must have been a very cathartic outlet for her to express her grief and rage. As well, I appreciated the nuance in the way Shelly wrot...