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February 26, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

TPiB: Steampunk in the Library

“I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.” – Voltaire Steampunk: Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan “What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner.” It […]

October 17, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

How did Frankenstein become the man who created a monster? The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein series by Kenneth Oppel (Reviewed by Susan Little)

Today Christie is talking about Frankenstein re-imagined for the 21st century, but how did Frankenstein become the man who created a monster?  Kenneth Oppel has written a prequel that answers that question and high school teacher by day and library aide by night Susan Little reviews it for us today.     This Dark Endeavor […]

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