That is 1 CE = 1 AD, and 2016 CE = 2016 AD. The word common simply means that it is based on the most frequently used calendar system: the Gregorian Calendar. BCE stands for Before the common era.. BC means Before Christ, or Before the Messiah.. Both measure the number of years before the approximate birthday of Yeshua/Jesus. Designation of a particular year in BC and BCE also have identical values.
popularily it is horror, technically it is science-fiction. of some intererest Mary Shelley did not write any other science-fiction romances or novels, just Frankenstein, so the monster work, indeed. a more science-fictional development of related ideas will be found in Donovans Brain and on a sexier node- The Head.
Bookmark this page Manage My Reading List. 1  Frankenstein is by no means the first Gothic novel. Instead, this novel is a compilation of Romantic and Gothic elements combined into a singular work with an unforgettable story. 2  The first Gothic horror novel was The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, published in 1754.