Plenty authors of science fiction trace their literary DNA back to Mary Shelley and her masterwork, "Frankenstein." What does it mean for science fiction to trace its origins back to a woman of a certain time and place and class? What does it mean for these authors we know and love (or don’t) today to bring her back into the conversation? What does it mean to claim Mary Shelley as an influence at all? These are just some of the questions we set out to answer in this week's podcast.

You can find a list of works inspired by Frankenstein at: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/22661.Frankenstein_revisionist_novels (our thanks to the list's creator) as well as some thought-provoking essays on Shelley's legacy at https://www.themarysue.com/lita-judge-mary-shelley/ and https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/women-science-fiction-authors-mary-shelley-frankenstein-200-ursula-k-le-guin-sci-fi-writers-female-a8177556.html. Many thanks to those authors as well!

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