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A Cyberstein functions as an index of links, creating an interface,
or connection between a CD-ROM and cyberspace. The CD-ROM Frankenstein
The Art and Legends and the internet are teamed together to
leverage research, educational and entertainment potential.
Please be patient and check periodically as the Cyberstein takes
form, your purchase of the CD-ROM Frankenstein The Art and
Legends ($24.95) will allow this educational software tool
an opportunity to grow beyond its status as an exciting stand
alone CD-ROM.
The
Gutenberg Project This link has text for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
or the Modern Prometheus, also other literary works and writers
mentioned on the CD-ROM Frankenstein The Art and Legends. Examples
are Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Mary Wollstonecraft
and many more. Another source for Mary's work is Research
study for Mary Shellys' Frankenstein, by Martin Irvine
Some works relating to topics explored onthe CD-ROM can be accessed from the Nathaniel Hawthorne homepage such as The Great Carbuncle and Sketches From Memory.
The text for Johann
Goethe's Faust is linked from Jack Lynch's homepage on eighteenth century
resources, a search engine, from Milton to Keats this site
cover literature, history, art, music, religion etc. from around
the world.
As a library/media specialist of almost twenty years and an
English teacher before that, I feel qualified to comment on the
CD-ROM produced by Michael Callis and Dennis Sullivan.
I found the product a strong motivational tool for further investigation
of the Frankenstein legend and all of its related artistic areas.
When I introduced it to students in my media center and asked
for critiques from them, the response was overwhelmingly positive
from students at all levels. I would certainly incorporate this
CD-ROM into our media center collection and would expect it to
receive wide use by students and staff alike.
It has my strongest endorsement as a unique resource which touches
virtually every discipline in our school curriculum.
Duke Southard, Media Supervisor
Kennett Junior Senior High School
"Totally cool!" said the 14 year old girl looking
at Frankenstein The Art and Legends a hot new CD-ROM just
released by Michael Callis. Adults and children are equally fascinated
by the connections between art, literature, and scientific achievements
that can be explored with this CD-ROM. The CD highlights links
with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus.
This easy to use program will run on either Macintosh or Windows.
Multiple controls including a page by page tour, hypertext, an
index, an overview, and back up and review features let users
chart their own journey through a wealth of information.
Who would have thought there was any connection between Frankenstein
and the invention of photography or the legend of Saint George
and the dragon? The CD-ROM ties together Frankenstein Cliff in
the White Mountains, the ruins of a castle near Darmstadt, Germany,
the American artists Godfrey and George Frankenstein, and the
Frankenstein monster. Around these core topics are intriguing
connections with such diverse figures as Captain John Smith, Goethe,
and Louis XIV.
Each screen on this informational CD includes an illustration
or painting. Zoom in on images ranging from an early stereoscopic
view of the original Frankenstein trestle to crypts of the Frankenstein
knights to paintings from the Civil War and Niagara Falls to the
Frankenstein monster overlaid on the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima.
The CD-ROM is available at the Museum of New Hampshire History
in Concord, the Currier Galleria at the Mall of New Hampshire
in Manchester, White Birch Booksellers in Conway, and the Eaton
Village Store in Eaton Center, all in New Hampshire, and at the
Boston College bookstore in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Michael Callis (Steinworks) Route 153
Eaton Center, N.H. 03832 or Tel.# (603) 447-3662
For study questions on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
go here.