The Great Romance: A Rediscovered Utopian Adventure
(Sprache: Englisch)
The Great Romance, a two-volume novella published under the pseudonym "The Inhabitant," was one of the outstanding late nineteenth-century works of utopian science fiction. Volume 1 was a possible model for Edward Bellamy's phenomenally successful Looking...
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The Great Romance, a two-volume novella published under the pseudonym "The Inhabitant," was one of the outstanding late nineteenth-century works of utopian science fiction. Volume 1 was a possible model for Edward Bellamy's phenomenally successful Looking Backward, while volume 2 was assumed lost for over a century until uncovered in the Hocken Library in Dunedin, New Zealand. Together these volumes represent a remarkable piece of science fiction writing as they proffer one of the first serious considerations of the colonization of other planets and the impact of human beings on an alien culture. Here, for the first time, readers encounter descriptions of spacesuits and airlocks, space shuttles and planetary rovers, interplanetary colonization and cross-species miscegenation.
Behind these genre-defining elements is the story of John Hope, who, by means of a sleeping elixir, awakes to a utopian community in a distant future-a "kingdom of thought" where the struggle for existence has been eliminated and humanity operates under an unwritten law of civility and harmony, aided by telekinesis that inerrantly reveals all wrong-doers. Since only two of the probably three volumes are extant, the tale ends with a chilling cliffhanger. In his introduction Dominic Alessio discusses the cutting-edge aspects of this work and its significance in not only the realm of science fiction but also the history and culture of its day.
Behind these genre-defining elements is the story of John Hope, who, by means of a sleeping elixir, awakes to a utopian community in a distant future-a "kingdom of thought" where the struggle for existence has been eliminated and humanity operates under an unwritten law of civility and harmony, aided by telekinesis that inerrantly reveals all wrong-doers. Since only two of the probably three volumes are extant, the tale ends with a chilling cliffhanger. In his introduction Dominic Alessio discusses the cutting-edge aspects of this work and its significance in not only the realm of science fiction but also the history and culture of its day.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Great Romance: A Rediscovered Utopian Adventure “
Introduction; A Note on the TextThe Great Romance, Volume 1; The Great Romance, Volume 2
Autoren-Porträt von The Inhabitant
Dominic Alessio is an associate professor of history and the director of the study abroad program at Richmond, The American International University in London. He is a vice chair of the New Zealand Studies Association.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: The Inhabitant
- 2008, 102 Seiten, Maße: 14 x 21,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Dominic Alessio
- Verlag: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR
- ISBN-10: 0803259964
- ISBN-13: 9780803259966
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „The Great Romance: A Rediscovered Utopian Adventure “
"This may have been the first time that anyone described space suits, air locks or the difficulties of landing on an asteroid or entering a planetary atmosphere. . . . . This reprint will be of considerable interest to specialist scholars of science fiction."-Publishers Weekly
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