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Tormantic Gravity from Cognizancer, and a new German translation

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

New from Cognizancer is the 14-track instrumental album Tormantic Gravity, based on A Voyage to Arcturus, and available to hear or buy at Bandcamp. Cognizancer previously released a track on their Stairs of Koth album called “Shaping’s Garden (Matterplay)”.

There also seems to be new German translation of Arcturus available in Kindle, Die Reise zum Arcturus, translated by Paul P. Komoszki, part of the Bibliotheca Umbrarum from publishers Paulini. It's worth looking at the preview for an illustration of Krag strangling the apparition during the séance — not quite the Krag I picture, but at least (unlike some "illustrated" Kindle editions, which I've seen pepper the text with random, unrelated out-of-copyright paintings) it relates to the text! The illustrator does not appear to be credited on on the copyright page, though, making me wonder if it's AI-generated. (Update: according to the copyright page, both the illustration and the translation are generated by AI.)

Eric Wills on David Lindsay and Jakob Bu�hme

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

“Re-imagining Jakob Böhme: David Lindsay’s A Voyage to Arcturus” by Eric Wills has been published in the 2026 edition (volume 9) of the Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy. The journal is online, and Eric’s article can be read/downloaded here.

I Dream With Open Eyes now out in paperback and ebook

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

My biography of David Lindsay, I Dream With Open Eyes: The Life of David Lindsay, Author of A Voyage to Arcturus, is now out in paperback and ebook (Kindle and ePub) as well hardback. See the book's page on this site for more information.

Wheel of Genre podcast on A Voyage to Arcturus

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

As part of its look at Gnostic fiction, the Wheel of Genre podcast takes a deep look (about 2 hours 30 minutes) at A Voyage to Arcturus. Search for Wheel of Genre on a podcasting platform, or watch the discussion via YouTube.

New audiobook of A Voyage to Arcturus

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A new audiobook version of A Voyage to Arcturus came out in August 2025, from classical music label Naxos, produced by Chocolate Fox Audiobooks. The narrator, Matt Addis, is a professional actor and audiobook narrator, who has also narrated audiobooks of The Mabinogion (with authentic-sounding Welsh pronunciation of the names, I was pleased to hear) and Bram Stoker's Lair of the White Worm, among others.

It's unabridged, at 12 hours and 2 minutes in length, but seems to make use of the Gutenberg/Ballantine text from the snippets I've heard at Naxos's site, rather than the original UK text. Purchase links can be found at the Naxos Audiobooks site, and it's available at Audible, Apple Books, and other audiobook sellers.