The Best Tales of Hoffmann (Paperback)

from praymont

Some of Hoffmann's tales from the early 1800's anticipate more recent fiction involving automata. E.g., in The Sandman, a character falls in love with Olimpia, whom he then discovers to be a robot. Once Olimpia is exposed, Dr. Spalanzani, one of her designers, has to flee to "escape a criminal ch...

from Neutiquam_Erro

Hoffman is an undiscovered genius - mad perhaps - but definitely a genius. Of course, he was quite well known in the Nineteenth Century, garnering a well-deserved reputation as a writer of bizarre, macabre, gothic tales full of the unexpected and unexplainable. Originally written in German, these...

from Neutiquam_Erro

Hoffman is an undiscovered genius - mad perhaps - but definitely a genius. Of course, he was quite well known in the Nineteenth Century, garnering a well-deserved reputation as a writer of bizarre, macabre, gothic tales full of the unexpected and unexplainable. Originally written in German, these...