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Scotland as Science Fiction

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Scotland as Science Fiction, edited by Caroline McCracken-Flesher, contains two essays which look at David Lindsay's fiction in the context of fantastic Scottish literature. J Derrick McClure's "The Other Otherworld: Didactic Fantasy from MacDonald and Lindsay to J Leslie Mitchell" looks at how "a keenly-honed intellectual approach to philosophical questions, an indulgence in lively and sometimes fantastic flights of imagination, and a strongly-emphasised and often uncompromisingly stern moral outlook" combines "with notable frequency in Scottish Literature". Ian Duncan, meanwhile, writes about "Allegory and Cruelty: Gray's Lanark and Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus". You can get a preview of the book via Google books, or order from the publishers, Rowman & Littlefield.

New Voyage to Arcturus translation, in Catalan

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Catalan Book Week sees the publication of a new translation of A Voyage to Arcturus, in Catalan. Titled Viatge a Arcturus, the translation is by David Armengou and published by Doble Sol. Doble Sol's website even has a page with a nice "double star" animation & music.

Lindsay on Literary Map of the UK

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

David Lindsay's name finds a place on this literary map of the United Kingdom by Geoff Sawers, alongside 180 other British writers. The map can be bought from The Literary Gift Company. (via John Coulthart's Feuilleton.)

Voyage to Arcturus track by Tarwater

Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

As part of Record Store Day 2012, German duo Tarwater released a limited edition (500 copies) 12-inch which includes a track called Voyage to Arcturus. A clip of the track can be heard here. Tarwater have three tracks on the record (Hush and Tanning are the other two), while fellow German band Kreidler have two (Team, Big Eden). Thanks to Paul Annis for the info.

Douglas A. Anderson on the other David Lindsay

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

In his Lesser-Known Writers blog, Douglas A. Anderson (who has made many valuable contributions to David Lindsay scholarship, including the publication of Lindsay's "Christmas Play", and the Tartarus Press edition of The Haunted Woman), writes about the other David Lindsay, a writer later known as David T. Lindsay, who produced 18 novels between 1936 and 1940. Apparently, at one point, there was some confusion about whether David T. Lindsay was the same man as the author of A Voyage to Arcturus. Anderson unravels this scholarly knot and looks at some of David T.'s novels with SF/fantasy themes in this blog entry.