Lesabéndio : an asteroid novel / Paul Scheerbart ; translated by Christina Svendsen.

Main entry:

Scheerbart, Paul, 1863-1915.

Title & Author:

Lesabéndio : an asteroid novel / Paul Scheerbart ; translated by Christina Svendsen.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Wakefield Press, [2012]

Description:

xv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 226).
Translator's introduction -- Lesabendio : an asteroid novel -- Salamanders and supernovas : Alfred Kubin's drawings for the first edition of lesabendio: an asteroid novel -- Illustration credits.
English translation of: Lesabéndio : ein asteroïden-Roman.

Summary:

"First published in German in 1913 and widely considered to be Paul Scheerbart's masterpiece, Lesabendio is an intergalactic utopian novel that describes life on the planetoid Pallas, where rubbery suction-footed life forms with telescopic eyes smoke bubble-weed in mushroom meadows under violet skies and green stars. Amid the conveyor-belt highways and lighthouses weaving together the mountains and valleys, a visionary named Lesabéndio hatches a plan to build a 44-mile-high tower and employ architecture to connect the two halves of their double star."--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9780984115594 (softcover)
0984115595 (softcover)

Subject:

Life on other planets Fiction.
Science fiction, German 20th century.
Vie extraterrestre Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Science fiction, German
Life on other planets
Outer space Fiction.
Espace extra-atmosphérique Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Outer space
(lcsh)Life on other planets--Fiction.
(lcsh)Outer space--Fiction.
(gsafd)Utopian fiction.
(lcsh)Science fiction, German.
(gsafd)Science fiction.

Form/genre:

Science fiction, German.
Novels.
Science fiction.
Fiction.
Science Fiction
Utopian fiction.

Added entries:

Svendsen, Christina, translator, writer of introduction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 283438
Call No.: BIB 221636
Status: Available

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