Publisher's Synopsis
'Frankenstein's Dog' explores a scenario whereby Frankenstein should have first created a dog as a pilot scheme, before attempting a man-monster, mirroring the orbit before the first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. The man-monster was a metaphor for many things; for instance, revolution and the violent mob, uncontrolled science and the abandoned child. He failed, through no fault of his own, to establish much of a rapport with 'fellow' humans but could form a bond with a dog. In Shelley's novel, the creature never dies and only falls out with his creator because Frankenstein refuses to make him a female mate. It is reasonable to assume that having constructed a dog, Frankenstein would be willing and able to make a bitch.
