Pygmalion's Spectacles - Couverture souple

Weinbaum, Stanley G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1444458469 ISBN 13 : 9781444458466

Editeur : ValdeBooks, 2025

Synopsis

When Professor Albert Ludwig unveils his latest invention—an astonishing pair of spectacles that can transport the wearer into a fully immersive, lifelike world—young Dan Burman cannot resist trying them. What begins as a simple demonstration becomes a journey beyond imagination, as Dan finds himself inside a vivid alternate reality where he can see, hear, touch, and even love. There he meets the enchanting Mlle. Germaine, a woman too real to be illusion—and too perfect to exist. But when the line between invention and reality begins to blur, Dan must face the haunting question: is love born of imagination any less real than love in flesh and blood? Stanley G. Weinbaum’s "Pygmalion’s Spectacles" is a visionary story that anticipated virtual reality decades before its time. Blending romance, philosophy, and science fiction, it explores humanity’s eternal yearning to transcend the limits of perception. A tale as prescient as it is poetic, this short masterpiece invites readers to question what it means to truly see—and to truly live.

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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: ValdeBooks
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1444458469
• ISBN 13: 9781444458466
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 24
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