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Voyage to Arcturus
  
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Voyage to Arcturus (Hardcover)

by David Lindsay (Author)
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Calvinist mysticism, triple-distilled, is the dangerous juice that fuels this blazingly strange Scottish rocket-ship of a novel from 1920... brilliant... unique... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Like a strong narcotic, Aug 31 2006
By Krypter (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Voyage to Arcturus (Paperback)
A book that sends you to another world is a fantasy. A book that propels you like a cannonball into a surreal world that's like a combination of Dante's Divine Comedy, Burroughs' Naked Lunch and Vance's Planet of Adventure is something altogether different, maybe unnameable. A Voyage to Arcturus is quite simply a metaphysical voyage to an incredibly alien landscape that raises in its forms both the questions and the answers about the nature of reality, our perceptions, our senses (especially as regards to pleasure and pain) and role of God in all those layers of reality. Hints of Gnosticism, Calvinism, asceticism and hedonism waft across the pages of this tale like a fine perfume.

Prepare to be amazed, horrified and bewildered by the sights you will see, the landscapes you will tread, and the parts of your mind that will open. A remarkable work only weakened somewhat by a rather superfluous beginning and some awkward phrasing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Psychedelic Masterpiece, Oct 16 2004
By S. Andersen (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Voyage to Arcturus (Hardcover)
David Lindsays book is more visionary than science fiction. The book reads like the description of a very powerful acid trip. Lindsays writing style leaves strong impressions of the landscapes he describes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic of the Fantastic, May 9 2004
By Luke Brown (Hobart, TAS Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Voyage to Arcturus (Hardcover)
The book is a classic of fantastic literature. In Blakean tradition, with A Voyage to Arcturus, Lindsay has invented his own mythology to express his ideas, revealing a powerful artistic imagination. The story follows Maskull's journey through an alien landscape that reflects the tension between Apollonian and Dionysian forces within humanity. Lindsay's work is a true original. By integrating his own philosophical ideas with those of Nietzsche and Blake, in A Voyage to Arcturus, Lindsay provides a meditation on what he considers the driving forces of the human condition -- pleasure and pain.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Like Nothing Else in Literature
I first read VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS at the age of 18, having just been thrust out of my parents' house and without any definite prospects for where or how I was going to live. Read more
Published on Jun 17 2003 by Paul B. Rucker

5.0 out of 5 stars like a Joseph Campbell hallucination
Most books are read for instruction or entertainment. Many challenge the wits or beliefs. Few question our very grasp on reality, or confront us with spiritual dilemma. Read more
Published on Feb 21 2003 by Heavy Theta

2.0 out of 5 stars Great book, terrible edition
This is an excellent book, one I have read many times. Five stars for the story. Never have I read it in such a garbled edition, though. Zero stars to Bison Books. Read more
Published on Jun 9 2002 by Murray

5.0 out of 5 stars It stays with you.
I've not read this book in thirty years yet it's still fresh in my mind. A masterpiece.
Published on July 8 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Unforgettable dream that should filmed !
Like a dream, this book will haunt you. As intoxicating a LSD (but much safer), you'll come back to it again and again. Read more
Published on Oct 10 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable story
It is a funny thing about this book. I read it at least 20 years ago and have not thought of it since. Read more
Published on April 4 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is NOT a novel though even Lindsay might disagree.
If you understand the one-line summary you've begun to appreciate what A Voyage to Arcturus is all about. It is most assuredly NOT a tale, a speculation, or a fantasy. Read more
Published on Dec 17 1996

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of "A Voyage to Arcturus" by David Lindsay
"A Voyage to Arcturus" was David Lindsay's first and perhaps best novel ("The Haunted Woman" though more a novella than a novel is also very good). Read more
Published on Dec 6 1996

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