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<\/a>Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay<\/p><\/div>\n
Maskull, a man from Earth, awakens alone in a desert on the planet Tormance, seared by the suns of the binary star Arcturus, and embarks on an extraordinary pilgrimage with an extraordinary revelation at the end.<\/p>\n
Having sold only 596 copies of its initial print run of 1430, Lyndsay\u2019s masterpiece has since found a place as a classic of speculative fiction, earning itself a place in Harold Bloom\u2019s the Western Canon, and earning words of praise by masters from J.R.R. Tolkien to Philip Pullman.<\/p>\n
Even though he is very far from the type of hero one can relate to, I often find myself thinking about Maskull (and Lyndsay\u2019s wildly imaginative world) when I really should be working.<\/p>\n
And if that is not a sign of a good book, I don\u2019t know what is.<\/p>\n
Iraklis Pantopoulos, Library Annexe Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n Find A Voyage to Arcturus on the University of Edinburgh online catalogue <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n When picking a favourite Scottish character from literature, I am drawn to my two favourite Scottish authors, Muriel Spark and Iain Banks, but I find myself struggling to choose a best character. The lure of the enigmatic Long John Silver is also hard to resist \u2013 a character so well drawn, he has become the template for all pirates since.<\/p>\n The Invisibles Vol. 1<\/p><\/div>\n However, I am going to collectively go for Grant Morrison\u2019s The Invisibles, a weird and mysterious bunch, mainly because this is the book that introduced me to his work (and is the only DC comic that is ever likely to feature Greenock as a location).<\/p>\n Read about The Invisibles at Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n Morrison\u2019s work on Batman has been exceptional, but somehow Batman doesn\u2019t feel very Scottish\u2026 apart from in Batman: Scottish Connection<\/a>, as drawn by Glaswegian Frank Quietly.<\/p>\n (It\u2019s terrible).<\/p>\n Find Grant Morrison’s Arkham Asylum on the University of Edinburgh online catalogue <\/a><\/p>\n Why not vote for your favourite at the Book Week Scotland <\/a>website?<\/p>\n Carl Jones, Library Annexe Supervisor<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As part of Book Week Scotland, the Scottish Book Trust are holding a vote to discover the most loved characters in Scottish fiction. Here, the Library Annexe staff put forward their own favourites. \u2014 One of the interests that the … Continue reading ![\"The](\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2014\/11\/ce01-200x300.jpg\")
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