stackyFACTSWhy bother reading a book when you can just invent one? The brilliant Polish sci-fi author got so bored with the publishing industry that he wrote incredibly detailed, deeply critical essays about novels that literally did not exist.
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How did an 18-year-old Mary Shelley initially get the terrifying inspiration to write the sci-fi masterpiece Frankenstein?
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