Explaining Best Selling Science Fiction Novel

 

Best Selling Science Fiction Novel.

Frankenstein’s Monster

Considering the time when the famous science fiction novel, Frankenstein was written, it is clear that it was ahead of its time by many decades. It does not only deal with fiction where a scientific idea weaves the tapestry of scientific possibilities with a single purpose. That of launching a controversial and yet not dismissible scientific thought into the sky of reality. Where human imagination is caught between the raging bull of pessimism; a compulsive resident of scientific ridicule. And the dove of free imagination, that with its wings of optimism and scientific originality, bears flight on the horizon of endless possibilities. Where the raging bull of optimism is always tied to a stake which keeps sinking into the gravity of fallacies and heretic claims, with no logical ramifications.

And when Frankenstein was written, it was caught between the raging bull and freedom seeking dove. And in case of novels that deal with such amazing ideas, there is one aspect that always tends to dominate: The dove usually alights on the back of the raging bull, whose stake is continuously sinking into gravity. And if the dove rests there for too long, it too can be consumed by the force of gravity, where everything sinks into a black hole of despondency, that further culminates into a virtueless state. Then no matter how hard one tries, no scientific idea can rescue the dove.

This is where Frankenstein is special. The dove rested on the back of the raging bull, but when the gravity was about to consume the dove, it somehow managed to fly away. It is this timing of the dove’s flight that makes Frankenstein exceptionally unique as a science fiction novel. 

Let me explain this phenomenal flight of the dove!

This science fiction novel was written in 1818, and it is this fact that makes it one of those rare gems in the scifi genre. The concept was so adventurous and brave that it came in direct collision with many long held beliefs and conventionalities of that time. Yet, there was no logical oddity that would make the raging bull pierce its sharp horns through it and cast it into pessimistic certainty.  Though the idea is challenging and it must have shook the scientific community that entertained similar subjects in 1818. Yet, the idea carries a logical permissibility that makes a person believe in it. Without making him/her feel that he/she would be challenging God. And that is the beauty of this idea, which Ms. Mary Shelley, achieves with such matchless finesse, that one believes in her character, Victor Frankenstein’s monster, and there are many moments in the novel, where it seems the author is assigning God like qualities to the scientist, the creator of Victor Frankenstein.

However, the writer does not allow this  thought to swim any further in the reader's mind. When the doctor, who is also the Creator, is threatened by his own creation. It makes the doctor feel miserable and scared as well. ( and both these adjectives do not apply to God ) This is such a counterbalancing literary act, that both the author and Victor Frankenstein’s monster manage to gain acceptance among the readers and critics alike. 

And it is exactly at this point that the dove of free thinking, bearing the wings of optimism and scientific originality, manages to free itself from the gravity of pessimism and scientific ridicule. 

That was about the dove taking flight and feeling free.

But there are other arguments too that Mary Shelley uses to keep the readers appeased, and not let their beliefs be belittled or desecrated. And when dealing with such subjects, this approach is the only strategy to let the idea settle down in the mental environment of the reader. At his/her own pace, and based on his/her willingness. And for a writer like Ms. Mary Shelley, managing to gain access to the reader’s consensual and organic acceptance of a prolific idea, such as Victor Frankenstein’s monster, is an art mastered only by a select few. 

And this is how she does it with perfection, that surpasses every master of this art.

It will not be incorrect to believe that Victor Frankenstein’s monster is invincible. Nevertheless, the so-called creature that stands almost 8 feet tall, has a very frail side too. He feels the insensitivity of other human beings towards him, and often it is so intense that he begins to loathe them, and this feeling plunges him into deep despair which further escalates into acrimonious feelings towards mankind. Whenever Victor Frankenstein’s monster undergoes this emotional subjugation at the hands of callous human beings, the reader tends to pity this so-called creature due to his helplessness and state of utter desperation.

By doing so, the writer successfully manages to show the humane aspect of a monster that is technically human. And when this narrative settles in the reader’s mind, he/she is unwilling to accept that Victor Frankenstein’s monster challenges God. Because the science fiction novel, Frankenstein does not aim to achieve this objective at all.

And being able to discuss the scientific possibility of such a bold idea, without  enraging the bull of pessimism, and allowing the dove to bear an aptly timed flight, via the storyline of Frankenstein; is within itself a marvel of literary achievement. 

Atleast that is my impression of Ms. Mary Shelley’s science fiction, Frankenstein.

On the contrary, the science fiction novel, They Loved in 2075, enrages the bull of pessimism, and yet the dove bears a free flight without much effort. Because the storyline of this science fiction, which is set in 2075, deals with real issues and technological snares that mankind will be dealing with in 2075. 

In the science fiction novel, They Loved in 2075, I have raised a few important questions that we should begin addressing now.

How will humans experience love in 2075? This science fiction novel navigates through the possibility of men and women falling in love with machines, without knowing they are robots imitating human emotions. Will you still dare to fall in love in 2075 or will you strive to tell the difference between a human lover and a robotic lover?

This Sci-fi novel tells the story of a man who falls in love with a real woman in 2075. And how he struggles to feel human and keep his emotional composition intact.

This Sci-fi story ( They Loved in 2075 ) also aims at revealing why the man chose to love a real woman and not a never ageing and always beautiful woman with synthetic feelings. In 2075, this might be a choice we all will have to make. Especially our children!

It in no way is a literary equal of Ms. Mary Shelley’s science fiction, Frankenstein, but in every way it is the story of evolved Frankenstein’s Monster. Because in 2075, when the world will be teaming with self aware machines. What makes you think they will not act as revengefully as Frankenstein’s Monster. Moreover, Frankenstein’s Monster was invincible to some extent, but self aware and AI powered machines in 2075, will be immortal and invincible both. 

Thai is what makes the science fiction novel, They Loved in 2075, so uniquely interesting. 

To discover how I have enraged the bull, and yet capacitated the dove to fly. Please read the scifi They Loved in 2075!