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Subject: THE FRANKENSTEIN PAPERS by Fred Saberhagen
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Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 12:21:45 EST
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		  THE FRANKENSTEIN PAPERS by Fred Saberhagen
			      Baen, 1986, $3.50.
		      A book review by Evelyn C. Leeper

     Saberhagen did such a wonderful job with his "Dracula" series (THE
HOLMES-DRACULA FILE, AN OLD FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, THORN, and DOMINION, as
well as THE DRACULA TAPE) that I was eagerly looking forward to this novel.
What a disappointment!

     Told in the dual first-person (half by Benjamin Franklin's son, half by
the monster), it suffers from the division of point-of-view.  Had the
monster told the entire tale it might have been better.  The addition of
Franklin seems to be more so that famous personages can be discussed than
for any real dramatic reason.  And the denouement is both predictable and
disappointing.  read Saberhagen's "Dracula" books, but skip this one.


					Evelyn C. Leeper
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