A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder (Dodo Press) (Paperback)

from JRuel

I read this and "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" by E.A. Poe, in the same year, and I confuse them in my mind; both involve sea travelers who reach a new and mysterious world. But where Poe's is a classical suspense/thriller/horror tale, "A Strange Manuscript" is more a social st...

from calexis

This is a novel I had to read this year for my Canadian Literature course. I seem to be very different from my classmates though. I find the reading utterly boring and weird, whereas they apparently all loved it. And when I enjoy a reading, they seem to dislike it. I'm thinking the problem lies i...

from starbox

A group of wealthy Victorian gentlemen, out sailing recreationally, find the eponymous strange manuscript and read it in instalments. This is the narrative of one Adam More, cast ashore near the south Pole and chancing upon a strange subterranean world, where the inhabitants yearn for all we deem...

from Cecrow

A man lost at sea get caught up in a mysterious Antarctic current and discovers a lost, isolated civilization previously unknown. On the surface it appears remarkably friendly and welcoming, but soon he discovers its darker side. It is somewhat a Canadian analogue for Jules Verne and H.G. Wells a...

from JRuel

I read this and "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" by E.A. Poe, in the same year, and I confuse them in my mind; both involve sea travelers who reach a new and mysterious world. But where Poe's is a classical suspense/thriller/horror tale, "A Strange Manuscript" is more a social st...