Strange Lands Short Stories - Thrilling Tales

Packed with strange and distant places, from underground cities, undiscovered islands, ancient lands, hidden continents, civilisations on the moon and Mars, this new book brings together the tales of Washington Irving, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, with Homer, Samuel Butler and a generation of modern writers for a thrilling read of speculative fiction.

About the author

Linda Dryden is Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh Napier University. She is Director of the Centre for Literature and Writing (CLAW), and the Head of Research in the School of Arts and Creative Industries. She has written three monographs: Joseph Conrad and the Imperial Romance (1999), The Modern Gothic and Literary Doubles: Stevenson, Wilde and Wells (2003), and Joseph Conrad and H.G. Wells: The Fin de Siècle Literary Scene (2015).

Summary

Packed with strange and distant places, from underground cities, undiscovered islands, ancient lands, hidden continents, civilisations on the moon and Mars, this new book brings together the tales of Washington Irving, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, with Homer, Samuel Butler and a generation of modern writers for a thrilling read of speculative fiction.

Product details

• Assisted by: Linda Dryden (Foreword), Dryden Linda (Foreword)
• Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781839642371
• ISBN: 978-1-83964-237-1
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: Gothic Fantasy
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), Mind, Body, Spirit, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Gothic & Fantasy