#5: The 17-Year-Old Who Invented Science Fiction

In this episode, the story of how a 17-year-old named Mary Godwin came to write Frankenstein and in doing so write the first great work of science fiction. This episode is sponsored by: Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters Seeing Red by Sandra Brown You can keep up with Annotated between episodes with photos, facts, and trivia on Instagram ( @annotatedfm ) and Twitter ( @annotatedfm ) . This episode of Annotated was written by me, Jeff O'Neal, and directed by Jeremy Desmon. Sound editing and design by Kyle O'Neal. Our thanks to Mahvesh Murad for being our Mary Shelley, Bob Schinsky for being our Lord Byron, Amanda Nelson for being our Jane Clairmont and Kyle O'Neal for taking on the role of Percy Shelley. Further reading recommendations: Mary Shelley by Miranda Seymour The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Montillo Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon Mary Shelley by Muriel Spark Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality by Emily W. Sunstein You can

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This episode is 20:35 long.

This episode was published on Aug 24, 2017.

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