A Book - A Place: Geneva
Part history podcast, part travel guide, always a great story. A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to unexpected places in an often city that has a unique place in history. Frankenstein and comic books were born here. Revolutionaries plotted. An enlightenment superstar had good reason to have houses in and just outside Geneva. And science fiction fans became real scientists at the home of the world's greatest science experiment here. Whether you're a visitor, a newcomer, or a long-time resident, this podcast will take you to corners of the city where history was (and is still being) made.
Episodes
In this episode: the surprising history of comic books - not invented in New York, Brussels or Tokyo, but in Geneva - 200 years ago.
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Episode 1: Frankenstein: a monster is born on the shore of Lake Geneva
The book: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelly, published in 1818
The place: ‘Frankie’ a.k.a ‘The Creature of Doctor Frankenstein’ statue in Plainpalais, Geneva by KLAT, 2014
Everyone knows something about Frankenst...
But what about the birth of the story, which is now seen as perhaps the first horror novel, the first work of what would become known as science fiction, and, for today’s readers, still one of the most thought provoking tales about artificial intelligence?
As we’ll hear, Frankenstein was born, not in a mad scientist’s laboratory, but in a genteel villa o...
In this episode: we all know something about Frankenstein - but do you know the amazing story of its birth in Geneva?
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A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to unexpected places in an often overlooked city that has a unique place in history.
Frankenstein and comic books were born here. Revolutionaries plotted. An enlightenment superstar had good reason to have houses in and just outside Geneva. And science fiction fans became real scientists at the home of the world's greatest science experi...
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