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A Voyage to Arcturus

by David Lindsay · 1920

Science Fiction · ranked #40 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

A stunning achievement in speculative fiction, A Voyage to Arcturus has inspired, enchanted, and unsettled readers for decades. It is simultaneously an epic quest across one of the most unusual and br

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The verdict

Category
Science Fiction
First published
1920 · 1920s
Author
David Lindsay
Standing
Recommended

About Science Fiction

Science fiction is the literature of ideas — asking what human life looks like when technology, time or the laws of physics shift. At its best it uses speculation to say something precise and true about the present.

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