Though Lewis's novel could be read as a pastiche of the emerging genre, self-parody was a constituent part of the Gothic from the time of the genre's inception with Walpole's Otranto.

Though Tono-Bungay was not a science-fiction novel, radioactive decay plays a small but consequential role in it.

Though the term nihilism was first popularized by the novelist Ivan Turgenev ( 1818 – 1883 ) in his novel Fathers and Sons, </ i > it was first introduced into philosophical discourse by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi ( 1743 – 1819 ).

Though some regarded as a failure as a novel, considering it little more than a disguised lecture on Heinlein's social theories, some readers took a very different view.

Though Saladin faded into history after the Middle Ages, he appears in a sympathetic light in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Talisman ( 1825 ).

Though Thackeray does not settle definitively whether Becky murders Jos, such a development is in keeping with the overall trend of character development in the novel.

Though referred to as " the first modern vampire novel ", it is as a novel of social theme that I Am Legend made a lasting impression on the cinematic zombie genre, by way of director George A. Romero, who acknowledged its influence and that of its 1964 adaptation, The Last Man on Earth, upon his seminal film Night of the Living Dead ( 1968 ).

" Though a novel and succinct condensation of the military's Principles of mass and maneuver, Bruce Catton writes: " Do not, under any circumstances whatever, quote Forrest as saying ' fustest ' and ' mostest '.

Though the novel is ostensibly set in World War II, Heller intentionally included anachronisms like loyalty oaths and computers ( IBM machines ) to situate the novel in the context of the 1950s.

Though several important plot points are different, there are significant parallels between the two stories, and many scenes and lines are culled directly from Hammett's novel.

Though the genre has evolved since its inception, the historical novel remains popular with authors and readers to this day ; bestsellers include Patrick O ' Brian's Aubrey – Maturin series, Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth, and Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle.

Though not explicitly connected with Johnson County, The Ox-Bow Incident ( 1940 ) by Walter Van Tilburg Clark is a novel that dramatizes and condemns a lynching of the sort that Wister's novel appears to defend.

Though released to less critical acclaim than his debut, the novel was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award.

Though Hernández employed novel images and concepts in his verses, he never abandoned classical, popular rhythms and rhymes.

Though prison was not something she would have chosen, she said, " It was still lovely to wake up in the morning and feel that one was lovely ," when she compared her lot to the other women incarcerated at Holloway ( Oswald Mosley later mentioned this to Diana's sister Nancy, who in turn included the line in her novel, Love in a Cold Climate ).

Though it seems now that the critical response to Styron's next novel, Sophie's Choice ( 1979 ), could hardly match the reception sparked by the publication of The Confessions of Nat Turner ( a novel reflecting the turbulent decade in which it was born even as it seems to reinforce the social and political turmoil of that time ), Styron's decision to portray a non-Jewish victim of the Holocaust generated various debates of its own.

Though wildly successful, the novel has brought to Zuckerman unwanted attention both from readers and his family.

Though, according to the novel, they're not really parallel universes at all but only a model to capture the continuity of space, time and probability.

Though Ellis made his debut at 21 with the controversial 1985 bestseller Less Than Zero, a zeitgeist novel about amoral young people in Los Angeles ; the work he is most known for is his third novel, 1991's American Psycho.

Though Herbert notes little about Tleilaxu Masters prior to Heretics, the novel establishes that after learning how to restore a ghola's memories in Dune Messiah, the Masters use this knowledge as a form of immortality.

Though they never confessed, in Dune: House Corrino, Shaddam recalled that Elrood had " cackled knowingly: and said:

" Longtime collaborators Herbert and Anderson set themselves a steep challenge — and, in the end, fail to meet it — in this much anticipated wrapup of the original Dune cycle ( after 2006's Hunters of Dune )... Though pacing is brisk and the infrequent action scenes crackle with tension, only two minor characters — gholas, who are young clones with restored memories, of Suk doctor Wellington Yueh and God-Emperor Leto II — acquire real depth.

Though the spread of this type of decoration in the Aegean has not yet been precisely determined, it seems to appear first in the Cyclades, which were among the leading exporters of pottery throughout the century.

Though there is some debate on the exact mechanism of conjugation it seems that the pili are not the structures through which DNA exchange occurs.

Though discouraging, the failure of choice to lead to overall improvement often seems to reflect weaknesses in the way that choice is implemented rather than a failure of the basic principle itself.

Though Heart of Darkness seems to represent a nightmarish gathering of the wicked, the novella contains mostly holy savages.

Though by this time opposition to images was strongly entrenched in Judaism and Islam, attribution of the impetus toward an iconoclastic movement in Eastern Orthodoxy to Muslims or Jews " seems to have been highly exaggerated, both by contemporaries and by modern scholars ".

Though he seems to have kept a workshop, his only registered pupils were Nicolaes van Berchem, Jan Steen, and Adriaen van der Kabel.

Though his early reception in the city seems to have been lukewarm, Procopius won favor quickly by using propaganda to his advantage: he sealed off the city to outside reports and began spreading rumors that Valentinian had died ; he began minting coinage flaunting his connections to the Constantinian dynasty ; and he further exploited dynastic claims by using the widow and daughter of Constantius II to act as showpieces for his regime.

Though settlement in the area goes back to Roman times, the medieval town of Perpignan seems to have been founded around the beginning of the 10th century ( first mentioned in a document as villa Perpiniarum in 927 ).

Though Kathy seems to have liberal views, when he reveals what he intends to do, she is taken aback and asks if he actually is Jewish.

Though Bering seems to have been primarily interested in landing in North America, his recognised the importance of secondary objectives: the list of which expanded rapidly under the guidance of planners Nikolai Fedorovich Golovin ( head of the Admiralty ); Ivan Kirilov, a highly-ranked politician with an interest in geography, and Andrey Osterman, a close adviser of the new Empress, Anna Ivanovna.

Though it has not been well-studied, the fifteenth century seems to have been a tumultuous time for Genoa.

Though Peter was referred to by contemporary chroniclers as the earl of Richmond, the title seems not to appear in any official documents.

Angelo Gilardino, who has worked at the Fundación Andrés Segovia in Spain, noted: " Though it is not yet completely documented, it seems clear that, since his tender childhood, learnt playing as a flamenco guitarist.

Though a plague carried off 10, 000 of the inhabitants in 1376, the town seems to have remained tolerably prosperous until the 16th century.

Though selective reduction seems to be working, mothers of multiples who undergo this procedure are at a higher risk of miscarrying compared to that of an unreduced multiple pregnancy.

Though it sometimes seems as though the mourners have collected all their memorabilia and conducted their interviews for some official purpose, this is never made clear.

Though he could have continued to operate as proconsul, it seems that the position as consul would make his position as commander unassailable and avoid any problems with the consuls if he was only a proconsul.

Though everyone on the island seems to know much about Bokononism and its founder, Bokonon, the present government calls itself Christian and those caught practising Bokononism are punished with death by the giant " hook.

Though it is not known for certain how many of these Brunelleschi designed, but it seems that at least one, for the church of San Felice, is confirmed in the records.

Though this result has subsequently been shown to be severely biased by the poor electrical standards in use at the time, it seems to have set a fashion for rather lower measured values.

Though outwardly this seems like an opportunity for great wealth and power for House Atreides, Leto recognizes it as a trap ; Shaddam has become threatened by Leto's rising power, and somehow intends to diminish or destroy him.

Though he appears to be unimportant throughout most of the book, he seems to be the only American before the bombing of Dresden to understand what war can do to people.