That's what it says! Maybe it's a typo. If a a gerund is a kind of verbal noun, then maybe that's the real definition of a cyborg--something that does, and is done to...Aww shucks, Maybe I'll have to buy and read the book.
11:26 AM
The New York Times > Books > Books of The Times | 'Cast of Shadows': The Frankenstein Model, but Updated With Cloning Surprise! cloning is creepy; plots moralize about technology in terms of "good" versus "evil"; Frankenstein, the union of medical technology and human invention, is programmed for evil:
"The inspiration for that plot comes from the mother of all horror stories: Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." In that novel a student named Frankenstein brings to life a monster made from body parts stolen from graveyards and dissecting rooms. After being rejected as a freak by the rest of society, the monster goes on a bloody rampage, wreaking revenge on his creator, who had dared usurp God's role as creator.
"The Frankenstein role in 'Cast of Shadows' is taken by a workaholic doctor named Davis Moore, who specializes in cloning. The novel takes place in the not so distant future when human cloning has become a feasible if controversial method of reproduction; like abortion today, cloning draws the ire of certain religious groups, including a handful of vigilantes intent on using violence to publicize their protest. Chief among these vigilantes, we're told, is a man known as Mickey the Gerund, who has killed a growing list of fertility doctors and who has made an unsuccessful effort to assassinate Davis."
posted by Allison Muri at 10:40 PM on Apr 23, 2005
"Kevin Guilfoile writes a creepy new thriller inspired by Frankenstein & cloning"
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Mickey the Gerund? I'm trying to figure out what that means... why is he the gerund? Any ideas?
meshon by the way, I lost my login thing
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11:17 AM
That's what it says! Maybe it's a typo. If a a gerund is a kind of verbal noun, then maybe that's the real definition of a cyborg--something that does, and is done to...Aww shucks, Maybe I'll have to buy and read the book.
11:26 AM