The Nightmare Of Frankenstein, by Perry Lake
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Alone... Hunted... Hounded... He will allow nothing to stop him. In his quest to learn the secrets of his creation, the Monster of Frankenstein seeks out various eccentric scientists and mad doctors such as Adam Weishaupt—the founder of the Illuminati, the murderous duo of Burke and Hare, and Andrew Crosse, a real-life researcher who created life in his laboratory. Along the way, the Monster battles ghouls, witches, and mad scientists! See him captured by madmen and forced to battle other monsters in the arena of death! Read THE NIGHTMARE OF FRANKENSTEIN today!
The Nightmare Of Frankenstein, by Perry Lake- Amazon Sales Rank: #793063 in eBooks
- Published on: 2016-04-21
- Released on: 2016-04-21
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Gothic Retelling By Pike Stephenson Are you a fan of the classic black and white horror films? Do you enjoy the creepy atmosphere and gloom they project, drawing you into a darker realm of suspense? Then Perry Lake’s the Nightmare of Frankenstein is for you.Let me say first: this isn’t my kind of book. I’m typically a fan of bold action and seething horror. But I am still a fan of the old black and whites. I recall many times as a kid staying up late to catch the tales of Dracula, the Mummy, and my favorite the Wolfman. These pictures were some of the bedrock of suspense and horror for decades. And Perry Lake’s Frankenstein pays homage to them in tone and style.The book, broken in to two tales begins with the journey of Victor Frankenstein, from his youth up to the point of his greatest creation and undoing. Told in the third person, we follow the lad as he devours knowledge in his quest to create life from the lifeless. The author wraps chunks of history (both literal and speculative) into this tale, giving Victor the tools he required to leap from man to God. I enjoyed how the author borrowed pieces of history, blending the works of scientists of notoriety and infamy (such as Thomas Aquinas and Albertus Magnus, both holy men and scholars) as well as tapping into the enigmatic Illuminati to craft the framework of Victor’s quest. He travels across Europe and beyond in search of the tools necessary to meet his endgame. Though at times it felt a little dry emotionally. Most of the time his thirst for knowledge is all that drives him through the storyThe first act ends with Victor’s creation taking life, then springs forward into the mind of the Monster.Now told in the first person, the Monster travels throughout Europe and beyond, searching for the knowledge to continue were his creator left off and make himself a mate as he was promised. Again, the book weaves in more speculative/ literal history as the Monster meats alchemists, scientist, and doctors that marvel and fear him. We also get a taste of other classic monsters such as a wolfman, some ghouls, and Dracula himself. And if I’m not mistaken, an aspect of Cthulhu makes an appearance. The author even skirts in close to the queen herself, Mary Shelley, as her recounting of Frankenstein’s tale is perceived by the general public as a fictional tale. Later he meets Dr. Robert Knox, a Scottish anatomist whose lines are written in an ancient tongue that made reading it a little slow but enjoyable nonetheless.I enjoyed the half-century exploits of the Monster but felt a bit let down as he fought through many miss steps in his quest for a mate. The poor (and I use that loosely) creature remains utterly alone the entire time. The brute touched many lives, some of which violently, and made quite the impression in his journeys. The story ends with the Monster narrowly fleeing a band of collectors that planned on displaying him for other’s amusement, but the author offers a glimpse into the continuing tale of the Monster. This I look forward to reading!Perry Lake offers a rich, well-researched look into one of the classic tales and one I would suggest other fans of the classics to read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This isn't Your Grandma's Frankenstein Monster By tpvissage Another version of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s famous tale, this one told from both the creator and the creation’s points of view with the Creature’s being the more lengthy and interesting one. From the title, we might ask, “Whose nightmare?” Do we refer to the Creature as “Frankenstein” as millions have misnamed him? Did he take his creator’s name? Who is he in the title…Frankenstein? Or is he “the Nightmare?”Frankenstein the man is present, of course, in the first section of the book, following him from boyhood, and his interest in science and alchemy in particular. While showing his life as set forth in the original, it reveals more background about his studies and attempts to meet various alchemists, some of whose lives are recounted in more detail in the Dracula series by this author. As in the original novel, his story ends with his death in the Arctic, and it is here that the Creature picks up the tale with a first person account.This is Perry Lake’s version, without a doubt, and though it relates to Mary Shelley’s original in some respects, it widely diverges in others. This creation is truly a monster. Like his counterpart, he’s articulate and knowledgeable in his self-education. No awkward, semi-dumb brute here, accepting a daisy from a little girl or trying to capture sunlight in his fingers, this is a man-thing capable of intricate reasoning, but also of great violence and a hatred of the world which has rejected him. Where the original creature merely wished to co-exist with Man, this one wants that also, but on his own terms…and more. He’s extremely resourceful. In spite of his size, he rides horses. He uses weapons other than his hands. He’s wily and cunning, violent and deceitful. He will kill without blinking an eye…man, woman, or child. He abducts people, promises to release them when they do his bidding, then kills them when their usefulness is over. IN a word, he rejects the world as the world rejects him. This Creature is truly one of vengeance, not only of his Maker but all of Mankind, one from whom the villagers will definitely shriek and flee in terror at mere mention of his name.Some of the events recounted in the Dracula series involving the Creature are also more detailed here.My main complaint, besides a few grammatical errors here and there, would be the fact that some areas are glossed. The Creature visits Dracula at his castle:“…After some initial misunderstanding, I realized that the vampire king and I had much in common…”No explanation of what that “misunderstanding” was…inquiring readers are certain to wonder.His arrival ends one chapter (or story, since this novel, like that other series, is in short story form. At the beginning of the next story, he leaves:“…I left behind me left the smoldering ruins of the Castelui de Vlad Tepes…”No detail of how the castle came to be in “smoldering ruins,” just that one sentence. This occurs in a couple of other places, also. Is the inference being, that part of the tale is told in Dracula’s own story so why repeat it here? Indeed, nothing of what went on between the vampire king and Frankenstein’s creation is revealed, and this brief mention seems to negate the ending in the other series where Dracula is pursued by van Helsing and his companions...unless that is the way the castle came to be in “smoldering ruins”?I was also disappointed that the ending of the Dracula series which seemed to point to a very unique and original approach to the Frankenstein one, wasn’t followed up. I had looked forward to this series simply on the strength of that ending, and it isn’t evident…yet.In all events, this is an intriguing novel with, if not a new slant on the story (there is at least one other series about the Creature), at least an interesting one.This is a novel which should satisfy that reader liking violence and vengeance in his novels.The next installment is awaited with anticipation.This novel is owned by the reviewer and no remuneration was involved in the writing of this review.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Very-Well researched Work By Sandy Having enjoyed Perry Lake's Brides of Draculae, I was looking forward to his next book, The Nightmare of Frankenstein. The story was narrated in two parts - first, the third person narrative chronicling the early life of Victor Frankenstein, the monster creator; then the second part, a first person narrative by the monster, Frankenstein himself. Lake again, uses his expertise in Victorian voices to weave an authentic Gothic horror story. It is clear that he always researches his stories extensively and as I’ve noticed in his works, he tends to allow the research to overwhelm his fiction, affecting pace and structure.I found the first part more like an academic treatise than a work of light fiction. It was bogged down with so much information and technical jargon/language that one was tempted to just skip the pages and seek the real story. Take for example the following extract - “Due to his discussions with Dr. Gall, Victor knew that divergent parts of the brain served sundry purposes. He therefore chose to fashion a brain from the Perseverance, Comparative, and Calculative skills of a merchant, the Conscientiousness and Concentration of a burgermeister, the Firmness and Observational skills of a constable. Both the Music center and the Benevolence center, which in cranioscopy is the closest kin to a soul or spirit, and which designates the appreciation of beauty, came from a young singer…” Notwithstanding, at least, I got to learn about the expression, “Excarnation”, which is the process of cutting all flesh from the body to allow the bones to fit into a small container…gruesome!! The story got a bit better when told from the monster's perspective. I enjoyed in particular the monster’s encounter with Count Dracula and Professor Waldeman. Also the gruesome cemetery night raid for corpses was skilfully written. It was great to come across scenes I had previously read about in Brides of Dracula, such as Dr Frankeinstein’s meeting with the vampire Countess Dolingen and the Monster fight club. However, just as in the first part of the book, the second part was still weighted with so many details that made the story drag for me at times. Proofreading errors in several places and gaps at the start of each sentence also interfered with my enjoyment of the story – “his tied (tired) old eyes..”, “He entered the accursed castle in which none of his family had sat (set) foot..”, “Victor realized the problem lie (lay) in the size of the crystal”, “Victor never did finished (finish) reading the black book.” These are just a few of a range of errors that I found somewhat distracting while reading the book.In conclusion, in The Nightmare of Frankenstein, Perry Lake has written a well-researched book which students interested in the subject would find invaluable. However, as a work of light horror fiction, it failed to hold my attention in its entirety.
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