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David Lindsay

A Voyage to Arcturus Kindle Edition

by David Lindsay (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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One of the most original and acclaimed science fiction novels of the twentieth century

This landmark work of speculative fiction follows the adventurer Maskull as he travels to Tormance, the lone planet revolving around the double star system Arcturus. Each new land that Maskull visits is ruled by a different philosophy, and he must navigate each in succession as his body changes in response to the varying environments in which he finds himself. Never sure of his surroundings, Maskull must determine what we will and will not do to survive—a metaphysical inquiry that propels him toward an unforgettable final realization.

A major influence on C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy, A Voyage to Arcturus is a surreal and masterful investigation into the meaning of good and evil, the nature of God, and the origins of the universe.

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192 pages
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English
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Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Publication date

September 23, 2014
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1660 KB
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“A masterpiece.” —Clive Barker

About the Author

David Lindsay (1876–1945) was a Scottish author best known for his novel A Voyage to Arcturus, a revolutionary work of philosophical science fiction.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00NG5PH9U
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (September 23, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 23, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1660 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #803,744 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,704 in Hard Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #3,040 in Classic Literary Fiction
- #3,509 in Action & Adventure Literary Fiction

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David Lindsay

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I live in Manchester, England and get up to all sorts of nonsense. Writing keeps me out of trouble ... most of the time. 'FAT Girlfriend' was written alongside working extremely long hours during my employment at CitiGroup and other financial institutions that eventually fired me. If you worked with me at any of these companies then I will probably have either used part of your character or you will recognise the characters of others (there is no one person in this book, though - every character is a figment of my imagination, with a few idiosyncrasies of others thrown in).

All proceeds from FAT G go to a small charity called 'Georgia's Children of the World'. Every penny donated goes to helping children in Romania, Cambodia and Salford (UK) - nobody takes any wages and there is almost nothing spent on expenses. Volunteers, when required, even pay for their own air fare, and there are now five Georgia's Schools around the world. Money is primarily raised through comedy and music events, with the annual G-Fest music festival bringing in around 4,000 people to watch some fantastic bands. So, even if you think there's too much swearing in FAT Girlfriend, at least you will have contributed to a very worthy cause.

My second book, Studs Up!, is a collection of novellas and short stories - seven, in fact. Although some element of football may have crept into the story lines, I wanted them to be more about life and how football can sometimes just get in the way of it. If you like to laugh, enjoy a good story and don't take life too seriously, then this is for you. Or not - read it and tell me.

Thank you for taking the time to learn about the author and for reading my work - it is more than appreciated. If you liked it, please tell others via the Amazon Review pages - it may make my next redundancy easier to take.

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BigOrangeDaveTop Contributor: Fantasy Books

A challenging read

Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2016

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This book to took a while to read. It's a tale that begins at a seance, moves to a castle on a remote coast, climbs into a crystal starship and wings its way to the strangest planet. Once there, our "hero" begins his journey through the strangest landscape I have ever discovered on the written page. A lake as a musical instrument, a hole in a cave leads to an underworld, two different color suns leads to six primary colors with one shared in both lights, a forest where trees dwarf the redwoods and a Scarlet desert.

I had to keep reminding myself this book was written nearly 100 years ago. While the language was written in a very old style the ideas and images were so fantastic that it hardly seemed possible. I am still not sure whether our hero traveled across the galaxy and then this strange planet or just through his mind.

Very strange…

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Michael G Kurilla

Philosophical musing on an unearthly planet

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2020

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David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus is purple haze journey across a bizarre world with very few inhabitants. Along the way the main character manages to kill about half the planet's population all the while discussing various philosophical orientations. The story starts strangely with a seance that rapidly progresses to a spaceflight to Arcturus by peripheral players and then ends up only one traveler at arrival. For unknown reasons he keeps moving to some undefined objective, all the while killing people for various reasons.

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Madame

Not an easy to read page turner here.

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2022

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It is unpredictable and heavily loaded with an allegorical narrative. The protagonist I found was a pompous jackass right out the gate. In the end this extreme aversion is justified when all is revealed. Speculative fiction that requires time to decipher while reading.

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Canus Major

Unreadable amateur desktop typesetting

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2019

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No paginated T of C, no paragraph indents, type is small and crowded and faint. No reason to put up with this given Amazon refund policy. I'll just try another seller.

6 people found this helpful

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KingdomCAPT

Metaphysical claptrap

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2019

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Tedious reading. Spiritually dead. Strange barely readable story. I gutted it to the end but it left me cold. Not my cup of tea.

4 people found this helpful

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Catherine L. Ferrera

An unexpected read

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2019

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I didn't know what to expect from this book, but I figured it would have a standard format, beginning, middle, end. I'd say my biggest disappointment was the end, it seemed unresolved.

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Swray48

Full of Potential...yet...

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2019

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CS Lewis comments on this book, and it is full of Potential and pregnant with meaning. But in the end, does not delivery the goods for me. Too many questions are left unanswered, and the potential is not met...

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2018

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Read in a British accent if you get the audible. Engaging story to begin but drags a bit in the middle for me, needs a bit more action. Enjoy!

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Evelyn S

I read this book yeArs ago and liked it, but now my sight is bad so ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 21, 2017

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I read this book yeArs ago and liked it, but now my sight is bad so I got it on Kindle, but, as yet, have not yet re-read it, sorry.. Reading "Game of Thrones" just now. Should be intersting though.
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