Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927)
Auteur de The Crystal Man: Landmark Science Fiction
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Edward Page Mitchell, filtered in a painterly style from a book portrait
Œuvres de Edward Page Mitchell
Memoirs of an Editor-Fifty years of American Journalism 6 exemplaires
Omul de cristal 2 exemplaires
Memoirs of an editor 2 exemplaires
El hombre de cristal 2 exemplaires
The Tachypomp The Soul Spectroscope 2 exemplaires
The Facts In The Ratcliff Case 1 exemplaire
The Crystal Man [short story] 1 exemplaire
The Senator's Dghter 1 exemplaire
The Ablest Man In The World 1 exemplaire
The Tachypomp and Other Stories 1 exemplaire
Collected stories 1 exemplaire
El reloj que retrocedía 1 exemplaire
The Man Without A Body 1 exemplaire
The Legendary Ship 1 exemplaire
Tales of Science 1 exemplaire
Tales of Fantasy 1 exemplaire
Tales of Terror 1 exemplaire
The Balloon Tree 1 exemplaire
The Shadow On The Fancher Twins 1 exemplaire
The Flying Weathercock 1 exemplaire
The Story Of The Deluge 1 exemplaire
The Terrible Voyage Of The Toad 1 exemplaire
The Professor's Experiment 1 exemplaire
The Inside Of The Earth 1 exemplaire
An Uncommon Sort Of Spectre 1 exemplaire
The Cave Of The Splurgles 1 exemplaire
The Devil's Funeral 1 exemplaire
The Wonderful Corot 1 exemplaire
The Pain Epicures 1 exemplaire
The Last Cruise Of The Judas Iscariot 1 exemplaire
A Day Among The Liars 1 exemplaire
Our War With Onaco 1 exemplaire
The Devilish Rat 1 exemplaire
Exchanging Their Souls 1 exemplaire
Old Squids And Little Speller 1 exemplaire
An Extraordinary Wedding 1 exemplaire
Back Fro That Bourne 1 exemplaire
The Case Of The Dow Twins 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century (1981) — Contributeur — 136 exemplaires
Frankenstein Dreams: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Science Fiction (The Connoisseur's Collections) (2017) — Contributeur — 61 exemplaires
Beyond Time: Classic Tales of Time Unwound (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2019) — Contributeur — 29 exemplaires
Scientific Romance: An International Anthology of Pioneering Science Fiction (2016) — Contributeur — 16 exemplaires
Flora Curiosa: Cryptobotany, Mysterious Fungi, Sentient Trees, and Deadly Plants in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Representative American Short Stories — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
About Time: The Forerunners of Time Travel and Temporal Anomalies in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Mitchell, Edward Page
- Date de naissance
- 1852-03-24
- Date de décès
- 1927-01-22
- Lieu de sépulture
- Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Bath, Maine, USA
- Lieu du décès
- New London, Connecticut, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
Tar River, North Carolina, USA - Professions
- journalist
editor
short story writer - Relations
- Mitchell, Burroughs (son)
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 46
- Aussi par
- 22
- Membres
- 92
- Popularité
- #202,476
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 9
- Langues
- 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.… (plus d'informations)