Today (September 6) is National Fight Procrastination Day.  Don’t let another minute go by!  Fight procrastination now!  Well, I will when I get a round tuit.   Everybody puts off something she or he (or s/he) doesn’t very much want to do.  For us felines, it’s called prudence.  We think through everything quite carefully before [...]

Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus when she was 18 years old.  It was first published anonymously in 1818 (when she was 21) and has been in print ever since.  It is THE classic Gothic horror tale and has been characterized as the first true science fiction novel, since it involves the use of [...]