Overview
This collection of science fiction stories from the early twentieth century features work by the famous (Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes), the no-longer famous (āweird fiction" pioneer William Hope Hodgson), and the should-be-more famous (Bengali feminist Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain). It offers stories by writers known for concerns other than science fiction (W. E. B. Du Bois, author of The Souls of Black Folk) and by writers known only for pulp science fiction (the prolific Neil R. Jones). These stories represent what volume and series editor Joshua Glenn has dubbed āthe Radium Ageāāthe period when science fiction as we know it emerged as a genre. The collection shows that nascent science fiction from this era was prescient, provocative, and well written.
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Readers will discover, among other delights, a feminist utopia predating Charlotte Perkins Gilmanās Herland by a decade in Hossainās story, āSultanaās Dreamā; a world in which the human population has retreated underground, in E. M. Forsterās āThe Machine Stopsā; an early entry in the Afrofuturist subgenre in Du Boisās last-man-on-Earth tale, āThe Cometā; and the first appearance of Jonesās cryopreserved Professor Jameson, who despairs at Earthās wreckage but perseveresāin a metal bodyāto appear in thirty-odd more stories.
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This book title, Voices from the Radium Age, ISBN: 9780262543378, by Joshua Glenn, Joshua Glenn, published by MIT Press (March 15, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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