Pygmalion's Spectacles - Couverture souple

Weinbaum, Stanley G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1419143522 ISBN 13 : 9781419143526

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2004

Synopsis

Pygmalion's Spectacles is a science fiction short story written by Stanley G. Weinbaum. The story follows a man named Professor Haskel who has invented a pair of virtual reality goggles called Pygmalion's Spectacles. When worn, the goggles transport the user into a fully immersive and realistic world. The user can see, hear, feel, and even smell everything in the virtual world. The story begins with Haskel demonstrating the goggles to a group of friends. One of the friends, a woman named Alice, becomes so engrossed in the virtual world that she refuses to take the goggles off. Haskel and his friends are unable to remove the goggles from Alice's head, and they soon realize that she has been transported into a different dimension. Haskel and his friends then embark on a mission to rescue Alice from the virtual world. They enter the world themselves and encounter a variety of strange creatures and landscapes. They eventually find Alice and bring her back to the real world, but not before experiencing a number of thrilling and dangerous adventures. Pygmalion's Spectacles is a classic science fiction story that explores the possibilities of virtual reality and the dangers of becoming too immersed in a virtual world. It is a thrilling and imaginative tale that has inspired many other works of science fiction and has become a beloved classic in the genre.You drink, ' said the elfin, bearded face, 'to make real a dream. Is it not so? Either to dream that what you seek is yours, or else to dream that what you hate is conquered. You drink to escape reality, and the irony is that even reality is a dream.'This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 - December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction author. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to grea acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months. Weinbaum was born in Louisville, Kentucky and attended school in Milwaukee. He attended the University of Wisconsin, first as a chemical engineering major but later switching to English as his major, but contrary to common belief he did not graduate. On a bet, Weinbaum took an exam for a friend, and was later discovered; he left the university in 1923.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Pygmalion's Spectacles is a science fiction tale by the American writer Stanley G. Weinbaum (1935). The story starts from subjective idealism or immaterialism. The tale tells us about the invention of Professor Albert Ludwig, which allows the user to experiment with the world through glasses; a world with smell, taste and touch. The story does not develop linearly, independent of the viewer, but around it, interactively and represents the first literary record of what is now known as Virtual Reality.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1419143522
• ISBN 13: 9781419143526
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 48
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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