/lit/ - Literature

>>19524875
I like short stories so I mentioned those. I found Frankenstein more sad than anything, it's really emotional for me and have been wanting to re-read. I've never read Dracula but i think that the concept of vampires is going through an awkward phase. Where I would say Shelley was influential within the horror genre was in that she placed the scientific as outside of human control which reached a new level with stories like I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.

The worry I have is artistic singularity, taking the phrase "there is nothing under the sun" in its usual connotation would mean that there is no more space for artistic innovation.