More Voices from the Radium Age
$41.48
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
5 September 2023
Summary
An essential collection of proto-science fiction stories that reveals the diverse literary milieu out of which the sci-fi genre emerged.
A planetary escape pod, an alien body-snatcher, an underground Alaskan city, and a war between the sexes in Atlantis! These are just a few of the outre elements you’ll find in More Voices from the Radium Age, a showcase of proto-science fiction edited and introduced by Joshua Glenn. This volume brings together well-known and lesser-known wri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262546430 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262546434 |
| Author: | Joshua Glenn |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 5 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 133mm |
| Series: | MIT Press / Radium Age |
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Critics Review
“A diverse, captivating collection… . Highlighting neglected voices in speculative and science fiction, More Voices from the Radium Age offers an entertaining, engrossing glimpse into the profound and innovative literature of the early twentieth century.”–Foreword Reviews“A. Merritt’s ‘The People of the Pit’ … could have served as the template for half of Lovecraft’s contributions to Weird Tales… . Deliciously florid.”—Washington Post
About The Author
Joshua Glenn
Joshua Glenn is a consulting semiotician and editor of the websites HiLobrow and Semiovox. The first to describe 1900-1935 as science fiction’s “Radium Age,” he is editor of the MIT Press’s series of reissued proto-sf stories from that period. He is coauthor and coeditor of various books including the family activities guide Unbored (2012), The Adventurer’s Glossary (2021), and Lost Objects (2022). In the 1990s, he published the indie intellectual journal Hermenaut.
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