A Voyage to Arcturus - Paperback

Lindsay, David: - David Lindsay was a Scottish novelist best remembered for A Voyage to Arcturus, one of the most distinctive works of early twentieth-century speculative fiction. Born in London in 1876 to Scottish parents, Lindsay worked for many years in business before serving during the First World War and then turning seriously to fiction. His writing did not fit neatly within the commercial categories of his own time, combining adventure, fantasy, metaphysical inquiry, symbolism, and psychological intensity in ways that later readers would recognise as far ahead of their moment.Although A Voyage to Arcturus was not a commercial success when first published in 1920, it gradually became a cult classic and an important text for readers interested in science fantasy, philosophical fiction, visionary literature, and the stranger edges of modern fantasy. Lindsay's work has been admired for its fierce originality, its alien landscapes, its moral and spiritual unease, and its refusal to make the fantastic merely decorative. His fiction remains especially relevant to readers of classic science fiction, weird fiction, metaphysical fantasy, and early modern speculative literature.