07 Sep 2019, 12:03 pm
billowing wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
Have heard sumpin about that too. Folks trying to find an entrance to another world via the arctic or Antarctic.
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries produced some whacky books. Something was in the air back then. Some books (like the Lord of the Rings, by Tolkien) were presented as fiction. Some, like "Atlantis and the Antedulivian World" by Ignatious Donnelly in the 1890's, were fantasy presented as nonfiction.
The later book tries to prove that there were ancient civilizations on now sunken continents in both the Atlantic and in the Pacific. Empires with radio and diribles flying around in 100 thousand BC. As fantastic as "the Third Age of the Middle Earth", but with less of a plot.
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries produced some whacky books. Something was in the air back then. Some books (like the Lord of the Rings, by Tolkien) were presented as fiction. Some, like "Atlantis and the Antedulivian World" by Ignatious Donnelly in the 1890's, were fantasy presented as nonfiction.
The later book tries to prove that there were ancient civilizations on now sunken continents in both the Atlantic and in the Pacific. Empires with radio and diribles flying around in 100 thousand BC. As fantastic as "the Third Age of the Middle Earth", but with less of a plot.
yeah, i find that a lot of great fantasy and science fiction were written around that time. in fact my absolute favorite sci fi book, the Island of Dr Moreau by H. G. Wells was written in 1896! something was in the air
There was an interest in Pagan European mythology then. The Operas of Wagner, and the Lord of the Rings (decades later) were both inspired by that. The obsession with ancestrial mythology was part of the wave of nationalism sweeping Europe then. Nazism was essentially a pathological version of German nationalism. Wagner was a favorite of Hitler, but one shouldn't hold that against Wagner.
The Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 1700s. So by the late 1800's change was being experienced AS CHANGE. So technological sci fi became a thing as well. Like Jules Verne.
09 Sep 2019, 3:15 am
naturalplastic wrote:
billowing wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
Have heard sumpin about that too. Folks trying to find an entrance to another world via the arctic or Antarctic.
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries produced some whacky books. Something was in the air back then. Some books (like the Lord of the Rings, by Tolkien) were presented as fiction. Some, like "Atlantis and the Antedulivian World" by Ignatious Donnelly in the 1890's, were fantasy presented as nonfiction.
The later book tries to prove that there were ancient civilizations on now sunken continents in both the Atlantic and in the Pacific. Empires with radio and diribles flying around in 100 thousand BC. As fantastic as "the Third Age of the Middle Earth", but with less of a plot.
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries produced some whacky books. Something was in the air back then. Some books (like the Lord of the Rings, by Tolkien) were presented as fiction. Some, like "Atlantis and the Antedulivian World" by Ignatious Donnelly in the 1890's, were fantasy presented as nonfiction.
The later book tries to prove that there were ancient civilizations on now sunken continents in both the Atlantic and in the Pacific. Empires with radio and diribles flying around in 100 thousand BC. As fantastic as "the Third Age of the Middle Earth", but with less of a plot.
yeah, i find that a lot of great fantasy and science fiction were written around that time. in fact my absolute favorite sci fi book, the Island of Dr Moreau by H. G. Wells was written in 1896! something was in the air
There was an interest in Pagan European mythology then. The Operas of Wagner, and the Lord of the Rings (decades later) were both inspired by that. The obsession with ancestrial mythology was part of the wave of nationalism sweeping Europe then. Nazism was essentially a pathological version of German nationalism. Wagner was a favorite of Hitler, but one shouldn't hold that against Wagner.
The Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 1700s. So by the late 1800's change was being experienced AS CHANGE. So technological sci fi became a thing as well. Like Jules Verne.
i find this time period fascinating, where did you learn about this? i'd love to read about how the industrial revolution affected people and societies, and movements such as the völkisch ones.
