Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927)
Autor(a) de The Crystal Man: Landmark Science Fiction
About the Author
Image credit: Edward Page Mitchell, filtered in a painterly style from a book portrait
Obras por Edward Page Mitchell
Omul de cristal 2 exemplares
Memoirs of an editor 2 exemplares
El hombre de cristal 2 exemplares
The Tachypomp The Soul Spectroscope 2 exemplares
The Facts In The Ratcliff Case 1 exemplar
The Crystal Man [short story] 1 exemplar
The Senator's Dghter 1 exemplar
The Ablest Man In The World 1 exemplar
The Tachypomp and Other Stories 1 exemplar
Collected stories 1 exemplar
El reloj que retrocedía 1 exemplar
The Man Without A Body 1 exemplar
The Legendary Ship 1 exemplar
Tales of Science 1 exemplar
Tales of Fantasy 1 exemplar
Tales of Terror 1 exemplar
The Balloon Tree 1 exemplar
The Shadow On The Fancher Twins 1 exemplar
The Flying Weathercock 1 exemplar
The Story Of The Deluge 1 exemplar
The Terrible Voyage Of The Toad 1 exemplar
The Professor's Experiment 1 exemplar
The Inside Of The Earth 1 exemplar
An Uncommon Sort Of Spectre 1 exemplar
The Cave Of The Splurgles 1 exemplar
The Devil's Funeral 1 exemplar
The Wonderful Corot 1 exemplar
The Pain Epicures 1 exemplar
The Last Cruise Of The Judas Iscariot 1 exemplar
A Day Among The Liars 1 exemplar
Our War With Onaco 1 exemplar
The Devilish Rat 1 exemplar
Exchanging Their Souls 1 exemplar
Old Squids And Little Speller 1 exemplar
An Extraordinary Wedding 1 exemplar
Back Fro That Bourne 1 exemplar
The Case Of The Dow Twins 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century (1981) — Contribuidor — 136 exemplares
Frankenstein Dreams: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Science Fiction (The Connoisseur's Collections) (2017) — Contribuidor — 61 exemplares
Beyond Time: Classic Tales of Time Unwound (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2019) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Scientific Romance: An International Anthology of Pioneering Science Fiction (2016) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
Flora Curiosa: Cryptobotany, Mysterious Fungi, Sentient Trees, and Deadly Plants in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Representative American Short Stories — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
About Time: The Forerunners of Time Travel and Temporal Anomalies in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Mitchell, Edward Page
- Data de nascimento
- 1852-03-24
- Data de falecimento
- 1927-01-22
- Localização do túmulo
- Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Bath, Maine, USA
- Local de falecimento
- New London, Connecticut, USA
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
Tar River, North Carolina, USA - Ocupações
- journalist
editor
short story writer - Relações
- Mitchell, Burroughs (son)
Membros
Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 46
- Also by
- 22
- Membros
- 93
- Popularidade
- #200,859
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 6
- ISBN
- 9
- Línguas
- 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.… (mais)