Screams of Reason is a book to wallow in—a plunge into the history of
horror films, and that notorious band of mad scientists busily destroying the
world, making themselves invisible, bringing the dead to malevolent life, and
manufacturing monsters. They are all here, from Frankenstein to the geneticists
of Jurassic Park, by way of Doctor Jekyll. David Skal, the author, thinks these
monsters are inevitable and necessary for us, and explains why, with lots of
pictures. Published by Norton, £17.58, ISBN 039304582X.
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