A Voyage to Arcturus - Softcover

Lindsay, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1533265844 ISBN 13: 9781533265845

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

A Voyage to Arcturus

By David Lindsay

A Voyage to Arcturus is a novel by Scottish writer David Lindsay, first published in 1920. It combines fantasy, philosophy, and science fiction in an exploration of the nature of good and evil and their relationship with existence. Critic and philosopher Colin Wilson described it as the "greatest novel of the twentieth century", and it was a central influence on C. S. Lewis' Space Trilogy. J. R. R. Tolkien said he read the book "with avidity". Clive Barker has stated " A Voyage to Arcturus is a masterpiece" and called it "an extraordinary work . . . quite magnificent."

An interstellar voyage is the framework for a narrative of a journey through fantastic landscapes. The story is set at Tormance, an imaginary planet orbiting Arcturus, which, in the novel (but not in reality) is a double star system, consisting of stars Branchspell and Alppain. The lands through which the characters travel represent philosophical systems or states of mind, through which the main character, Maskull, passes on his search for the meaning of life.

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About the Author

David Lindsay (3 March 1876 – 16 July 1945) was a Scottish author now best remembered for the philosophical science fiction novel A Voyage to Arcturus (1920).

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1533265844
• ISBN 13: 9781533265845
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 284