A Voyage to Arcturus is a 1920 philosophical science fiction novel by Scottish writer David Lindsay, widely considered a cult masterpiece of the 20th century. It follows a man named Maskull who travels from a séance in London to Tormance, an imaginary planet orbiting the star Arcturus. Core Themes & Narrative
Philosopher Colin Wilson famously described it as the "greatest novel of the twentieth century". Multimedia Adaptations A Voyage to Arcturus
The complex, hallucinatory nature of the book has made it notoriously difficult to adapt. A Voyage to Arcturus is a 1920 philosophical