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Influence
The concept of the 'mad scientist' creating a
creature/monster/weapon that eventually falls out of his
(the scientist is usually a 'he') control, leading to
the scientist's eventual defeat or ruin, is a common
narrative trope in science-fiction / horror tales. For
example, Robert Louis Stephenson's The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde also features a scientist
destroyed by a creature of his own making (although the
circumstances are, of course, quite different).
Science fiction author Isaac Asimov coined the term
Frankenstein complex for the fear of robots.
Frankenstein in popular culture - Franken
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