The Diamond Lens and Other Strange Tales
, by O'BRIEN FITZ-JAMESNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781592249152 | 1592249159
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/30/2002
Fitz-James O'Brien lived only 33 years -- from 1828 till 1862 -- but in his brief life he left a mark that endures today. O'Brien endures because he was a remarkable writer. Remarkable indeed! He had a way of blending of hard fact with almost-fanciful fantasy, juxtaposing technology and mysticism, creating convincing and "scientific" settings that play against the otherworldly romance. For all the weird fancifulness -- these days O'Brien is read mostly as a successor to Poe -- his work has qualities we now associate with science fiction: O'Brien clearly researched the field of microscopy before he wrote _The Diamond Lens_; it reads in places like hard SF.