catdir.loc.govPDFcatdir.loc.gov › catdir › samplesTHE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO SCIENCE FICTION EDITED BY EDWARD JAMES AND
818) place it firmly within the tradition of anti-science fiction, and The Last · an (1826), a fatalistic disaster story, is equally antithetical to the philoso- hy of progress. Neither work made its influence felt immediately, but both · came formative templates heading powerful traditions of imaginative fic- on. The Frankenstein formula of an unruly and unfortunate artefact bring- g about the downfall of its creator became established in the last decade...