The Master of Light (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781935558194)

Often hailed as the best French science fiction writer of the early 20th century, Maurice Renard coined the term "Scientific Marvel Fiction" to pen a series of gripping, ground-breaking stories that owe as much to Edgar Allan Poe as they do to H.-G. Wells. Until now, Renard was best known to the English-speaking public for his thrice-filmed thriller, The Hands of Orlac. The Master of Light (1933), anticipating Bob Shaw's slow glass, is a murder mystery solved thanks to luminite, a glass-like substance which slows down light as it passes through, and through which one can actually witness the past. It is the fifth of a series of five volumes, translated and annotated by Brian Stableford, devoted to presenting the classic works of this pioneering giant of French science fiction.

Author: Maurice Renard
ISBN-10: 1935558196
ISBN-13: 9781935558194
Publisher: Hollywood Comics
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2010
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.67d