Did you know G.W.F. Hegel’s great-great-great-grandson is a pioneer of the cyberpunk literary movement? If you’d like to read Rudy Rucker’s entire Ware Tetralogy, he’s got a full downloadable version here:
http://www.rudyrucker.com/wares/rucker_ware_tetralogy_cc2010.pdf
![Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton - FULL TEXT
From Rebel Satori Press: First published in 1845, Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s Zanoni is a classic Gothic occult novel. Set in 1789 during the French Revolution, the book follows the story of an immortal Rosicrucian brother whose origins trace back to ancient Chaldea. To gain immortality, Zanoni becomes an adept and forswears human love and passions. Centuries later, the immortal chooses, against the advice of his own master, falls in love with a mortal, Viola. Enter Glyndon who, himself, is torn between his own love for Viola and his desire to progress spirituality with Zanoni as his teacher.
In Zanoni, Bulwer-Lytton penetrates deep into the mysterious heart of 19th century Rosicrucianism. He exposes its secrets as he explores the path of occult aspiration through Glyndon and the title character. Zanoni is an influential work that had a lasting impact on later 19th and 20th century occult fiction. The work introduces the enigmatic Guardian of the Threshold that would later play a part in the works of Rudolf Steiner and others.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–1873), was an English politician, poet, playwright, and prolific novelist. His other novels include the subterranean adventure VRIL, also available from Rebel Satori Press Bulwer-Lytton is credited with the famous opening line “It was a dark and stormy night”.
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Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton - FULL TEXT
From Rebel Satori Press: First published in 1845, Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s Zanoni is a classic Gothic occult novel. Set in 1789 during the French Revolution, the book follows the story of an immortal Rosicrucian brother whose origins trace back to ancient Chaldea. To gain immortality, Zanoni becomes an adept and forswears human love and passions. Centuries later, the immortal chooses, against the advice of his own master, falls in love with a mortal, Viola. Enter Glyndon who, himself, is torn between his own love for Viola and his desire to progress spirituality with Zanoni as his teacher.
In Zanoni, Bulwer-Lytton penetrates deep into the mysterious heart of 19th century Rosicrucianism. He exposes its secrets as he explores the path of occult aspiration through Glyndon and the title character. Zanoni is an influential work that had a lasting impact on later 19th and 20th century occult fiction. The work introduces the enigmatic Guardian of the Threshold that would later play a part in the works of Rudolf Steiner and others.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–1873), was an English politician, poet, playwright, and prolific novelist. His other novels include the subterranean adventure VRIL, also available from Rebel Satori Press Bulwer-Lytton is credited with the famous opening line “It was a dark and stormy night”.
[image via fantasticfiction.co.uk]
Tom Swift and his Wireless Message
by Victor Appleton. Published 1911.
Wikipedia Plot Summary: Tom Swift & friends decide to trial an experimental airship near the New Jersey coast, and are unexpectedly swept out to sea by hurricanewinds. Unable to steer or navigate without tearing the airship apart, the hapless crew must simply let the storm take them wherever it will. Unfortunately, the storm proves too much for the craft and Tom makes a crash landing on the uninhabited and crumbling Earthquake Island.
Gulliver’s Travels : Fleischer Studios
This film, released in 1939, was the second American animated feature ever to be produced (released two years after Snow White and the Seven Dwarves).
Click HERE for the full text of the novel by Jonathan Swift.
Joseph Conrad’s Sci-Fi book, The Inheritors (1901)
“it concerns a scheme by a group of people from ‘the Fourth Dimension’ to wipe away the current order on earth and set up their own morally dubious hegemony.” - from today’s GUARDIAN.CO.UK
FULL TEXT (Good luck finding a non-digital copy of this baby…)
Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold : Carl Barks (1942)
This is the first ‘Duck’ comic by Uncle Scrooge creator, and legendary comic book artist, Carl Barks.
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
People who work for Disney generally do so in relative anonymity; the stories only carry Walt Disney’s name and (sometimes) a short identification number. Prior to 1960, the creator of these stories remained a mystery to his readers. However, many readers recognized Barks’ work and drawing style, and began to call him the Good Duck Artist, a label which stuck even after his true identity was discovered by John and Bill Spicer in 1959. After Barks received a 1960 visit from Bill and John Spicer and Ron Leonard, he was no longer anonymous, as his name soon became known to his readers.
Barks’ stories (whether humorous adventures or domestic comedies) often exhibited a wry, dark irony born of hard experience. The 10 pagers showcased Donald as everyman, struggling against the cruel bumps and bruises of everyday life with the nephews often acting as a Greek chorus commenting on the unfolding disasters Donald wrought upon himself. Yet while seemingly defeatist in tone, the humanity of the characters shines through in their persistence despite the obstacles. These stories found popularity not only among young children but adults as well. Despite the fact that Barks had done little traveling his adventure stories often had the duck clan globe trotting to the most remote or spectacular of places. This allowed Barks to indulge his penchant for elaborate backgrounds that hinted at his thwarted ambitions of doing realistic stories in the vein of Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant.
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber (1939) : Full Text](http://heyoscarwilde.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/zeck_mitty.jpg)
[Sketches of Walter Mitty via heyoscarwilde.com]
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber (1939) : Full Text
