{"product_id":"the-foundations-of-fiction-mad-scientists-audiobook","title":"The Foundations of Fiction - Mad Scientists (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Foundations of Fiction - Mad Scientists (Audiobook)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by David Shaw-Parker, Christopher Ragland, Robert Maskell(Unabridged: 11:36mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing stories by Ambrose Bierce, Constance Cotterell, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Page Mitchell, Emma Vane, H P Lovecraft, Herbert C Ridout, Jack London, L T Meade, Lucy Hamilton Hooper, M R James, Mary Shelley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson \u0026amp; many more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time?  Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuccess undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn literary terms it seems you are never more than half a dozen stories away from a mad scientist.  True or not it’s a given that they are amongst the most entertaining of protagonists and one of the go-to characters for authors down the ages.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume we explore everything from the seemingly plausible to the obviously mad-cap and, of course, each narrative is driven by a character full of ideas but missing a button or two of common sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e01 - Foundations of Fiction - Mad Scientists - An Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 - Herbert West - Re-Animator by H P Lovecraft\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll \u0026amp; Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 - The Facts in the Case of Monsieur Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 - Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 - The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 - A Thousand Deaths by Jack London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 - A Diagnosis of Death by Ambrose Bierce\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 - Carnivorine by Lucy Hamilton Hooper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 - Lost Hearts by M R James\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 - The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 - The Blue Laboratory by L T Meade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 - The Man Without a Body by Edward Page Mitchell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 - The Moaning Lily by Emma Vane\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 - The Love Germ by Constance Cotterell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 - Cool Air by H P Lovecraft\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 - The Freezing of London by Herbert C Ridout\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 - Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43435552243790,"sku":"AB-24862","price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/9781836824862_Foundations_of_Fiction_-_Mad_Scientists.jpg?v=1771428204","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-foundations-of-fiction-mad-scientists-audiobook","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}