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Of the seven nar­ratives in question – Robinson Crusoe (1719), Frankenstein (1818), The Strange Case of Dr. Ball’s fascinating study concerns itself with seven stories from the 18th-century through the present that have become “modern myths,” a concept he blueprints in the opening chapter and elaborates along the way. Though I endeavor, in this space, to bring to your attention genre-related volumes of only the most recent or imminent vintage, I would be remiss to let Philip Ball’s The Modern Myths pass unnoticed, even if I’m a little tardy to the party. The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Ma­chinery of the Popular Imagination, Philip Ball ( University of Chicago Press 978-0226719269, $30.00, 368pp, hc) May 2021.