Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927)
Autore di The Crystal Man: Landmark Science Fiction
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Edward Page Mitchell, filtered in a painterly style from a book portrait
Opere di Edward Page Mitchell
Omul de cristal 2 copie
Memoirs of an editor 2 copie
El hombre de cristal 2 copie
The Facts In The Ratcliff Case 1 copia
The Crystal Man [short story] 1 copia
The Senator's Dghter 1 copia
The Ablest Man In The World 1 copia
The Tachypomp and Other Stories 1 copia
Collected stories 1 copia
El reloj que retrocedía 1 copia
The Man Without A Body 1 copia
The Legendary Ship 1 copia
Tales of Science 1 copia
Tales of Fantasy 1 copia
Tales of Terror 1 copia
The Balloon Tree 1 copia
The Shadow On The Fancher Twins 1 copia
The Flying Weathercock 1 copia
The Story Of The Deluge 1 copia
The Terrible Voyage Of The Toad 1 copia
The Professor's Experiment 1 copia
The Inside Of The Earth 1 copia
An Uncommon Sort Of Spectre 1 copia
The Cave Of The Splurgles 1 copia
The Devil's Funeral 1 copia
The Wonderful Corot 1 copia
The Pain Epicures 1 copia
A Day Among The Liars 1 copia
Our War With Onaco 1 copia
The Devilish Rat 1 copia
Exchanging Their Souls 1 copia
Old Squids And Little Speller 1 copia
An Extraordinary Wedding 1 copia
Back Fro That Bourne 1 copia
The Case Of The Dow Twins 1 copia
Opere correlate
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century (1981) — Collaboratore — 136 copie
Frankenstein Dreams: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Science Fiction (The Connoisseur's Collections) (2017) — Collaboratore — 61 copie
Beyond Time: Classic Tales of Time Unwound (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2019) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
Scientific Romance: An International Anthology of Pioneering Science Fiction (2016) — Collaboratore — 16 copie
Flora Curiosa: Cryptobotany, Mysterious Fungi, Sentient Trees, and Deadly Plants in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Representative American Short Stories — Collaboratore — 5 copie
About Time: The Forerunners of Time Travel and Temporal Anomalies in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Mitchell, Edward Page
- Data di nascita
- 1852-03-24
- Data di morte
- 1927-01-22
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Bath, Maine, USA
- Luogo di morte
- New London, Connecticut, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
Tar River, North Carolina, USA - Attività lavorative
- journalist
editor
short story writer - Relazioni
- Mitchell, Burroughs (son)
Utenti
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 46
- Opere correlate
- 22
- Utenti
- 92
- Popolarità
- #202,476
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 6
- ISBN
- 9
- Lingue
- 3
The Crystal Man is only notable (aside from its potential historical significance) because its single twist, most of these tales have only a single twist near the end mind you, is just weird depending on the lone female character dumping the invisible man because he’s a freak thus prompting his suicide. The Balloon Tree is just weird, a group of men track through the jungle in the hopes of discovering a semi-mythical tree and one becomes lost only to lose consciousness and wake up back at the beach with his comrades who had given up the search and hope. Together they see the balloon tree floating away off in the distance.
The Facts in the Ratcliffe Case involves some lady with a poisonous or drugging gaze but the real centerpiece here is a scene in an 1880’s medical theater involving an old woman’s calcified knee, utterly gross but definitely worth the read. I truly wish all of these stories had a scene like that; they would have been much improved. An Uncommon Sort of Spectre is definitely interesting and deals with a strange conversation about the logistics of ghosts from the future. The Case of the Dow Twins was readable, it was okay overall and involves a mysterious spiritual/mental link between a good and evil twin type thing. An Extraordinary Wedding was definitely interesting with its single twist at the very end and made for a fun a little capper to this odd story involving spirit mediums and an art exhibit.
What I really did not like about this book was the tedious introductory essay. The Biographical Perspective by Sam Moskowitz was 63 pages long and really did not have much to do with Edward Page Mitchell until the last dozen pages only mentioning him briefly at the beginning and about halfway through. It was very uninteresting throwing out names and dates rapid-fire style especially near the beginning. To be honest, you can skip it unless you really, really have to know some basic details about Edward Page Mitchell and the place his work occupies in the bigger picture of early American science fiction according to Moskowitz.
I would not really recommend this book but for maybe experiencing the roots of science fiction and weird tales. However, The Facts in the Ratcliffe Case should be read just to experience that medical theater scene which is more akin to a straight gothic horror tale. Was it worth reading in the first place? I think so. It definitely felt different from most things I’ve read but that could be due to the stories’ origin as 100-year old newspaper filler.… (altro)