The black mirror and other stories
Subtitle: an anthology of science fiction from Germany and Austria
By: translated by Mike Mitchell ; edited and with an introduction and notes by Franz Rottensteiner.
Contributors: Mitchell, Michael, 1941-; Rottensteiner, Franz.
Series: Early classics of science fiction
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Middletown, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780819568304; 9780819568311
Subjects: German literature -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
Work titles: Short stories. English Selections.
Description: Handsomely equipped with a comprehensive introductory historical essay, editor's notes and selected bibliography, this distinguished anthology is a model of genre research. These previously untranslated stories, published from 1871 onward, offer reading virtually unknown to most American (and many German) readers. Some authors combine scientific and philosophical issues, like Kurd Lasswitz in his witty tale "To the Absolute Zero of Existence: A Story from 2371," while others, as in Erik Simon's 1983 title story, pose psychological puzzles involving alien phenomena. Though the earlier stories in particular demand painstaking reading, all of them repay it with rewarding insights into German and Austrian culture and the many possible uses and misuses of science.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.