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  • Father of the Bride of Frankenstein

  • By: Daniel M Kimmel
  • Narrated by: Benjamin Fife
  • Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)
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Summary

In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, creating the iconic concept, and incidentally creating modern science fiction.

In 1935, Elsa Lanchester married the monster.

And now, Daniel M. Kimmel updates the myth, and tells us the tale from the point of view of the most important character: the Father of the Bride of Frankenstein.

This is not Ms. Shelley's monster, but (dare we say it?) a dazzling urbanite, literate and thoughtful....and Jewish?

Science has always outrun the guidelines of ethics. It's not unthinkable that interspecies relationships will be the next big question. And with those relationships will come a father's love for his daughter, and that father's fears for his bankbook when his doting daughter plans the most outrageous of weddings.

Making your daughter happy can be a wild ride when her fiancé is being called subhuman, sued because of his very existence, and trying to keep a good Jewish home.

Film critic and award-winning author Daniel M. Kimmel is the author of the Hugo-finalist non-fiction volume Jar Jar Binks Must Die... and Other Observations about Science Fiction Movies, and the novels Shh! It's a Secret: a novel about Aliens, Hollywood, and the Bartender's Guide, and Time On My Hands: My Misadventures In Time Travel. He is the winner of the 2018 Skylark Award (formally known as the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction), which is given by the New England Science Fiction Association for lifetime contributions to science fiction.

©2019 Daniel M Kimmel (P)2019 Daniel M Kimmel
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Good twist on Father of the Bride

Told from the point of view of the father of the bride, this book tells the story (chaos) leading up to the wedding of his only daughter and Frank, a reanimated corpse. It is funny and thought provoking. Benjamin Fife did a good job with the narration.
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Amazing book

Loved this. Such a good twist on a classic. You find yourself fully immersed and rooting for the family. The narration was fantastic

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Um ok....

This was different. Not what I normally listen to, but that's why I wanted to read it.

I like when classics are re-written with a modern twist. It was like any other romance tale where the father is not too keen on the husband to be, only this husband to be was built in a lab.

Give it a go, if anything, it will entertain.


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fantastic

what a fantastic and funny science fiction audiobook, I loved every single second of it. Thank you to Daniel M Kimmel for writing such a great story and to Benjamin Fife for a fantastic narration xxxx

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