LINDSAY, David

LINDSAY, David
(1876-1945)
   UK writer remembered today almost entirely for his first novel, A VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS (1920), in which he rather high-handedly makes use of a range of sf and fantasy devices to transport a man to the planet Tormance, where he is destined to undergo a series of baroque adventures.In fact the journey to this planet is a mystical inner passage into a state where ethical precepts, and all the other slings and arrows to which the protagonist's soul is vulnerable, are embodied in the extraordinary Tormance lifeforms. The metaphysic thus unfolded is of a compellingornateness, and may - it has been suggested - have inspired C.S. LEWIS's Cosmic Trilogy. The Haunted Woman (1922) is a more conventional FANTASY inwhich a similarly allegorical reading of the Ocean of Story is constantly underlined. The Adventures of M. de Mailly (1926; vt A Blade for Sale 1927 US) is a historical novel, while Sphinx (1923), Devil's Tor (1932) and TheViolet Apple \& The Witch (coll 1975 US) are all fantasies. The Violet Apple (1978) contains only the first tale.
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   About the author: The Strange Genius of David Lindsay (anth 1970) by J.B. Pick, E.H. VISIAK and Colin WILSON; David Lindsay (1982 chap) by Gary K. WOLFE.

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