Publisher's Synopsis
A Voyage to Arcturus is a novel by the Scottish writer David Lindsay. It combines fantasy, philosophy, and science fiction in an exploration of the nature of good and evil and their relationship with existence. It has been described by the critic and philosopher Colin Wilson as the 'greatest novel of the twentieth century' and was a central influence on C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy.On a march evening, at eight o'clock, Backhouse, the medium-a fast-rising star in thepsychic world-was ushered into the study at Prolands, the Hampstead residence ofMontague Faull. The room was illuminated only by the light of a blazing fire. The host, eying him with indolent curiosity, got up, and the usual conventional greetings wereexchanged. Having indicated an easy chair before the fire to his guest, the SouthAmerican merchant sank back again into his own. The electric light was switched on
