mirrors
the black mirror and other stories an anthology of science fiction from germany & austria
this entertaining anthology delivers great reading and an overview of german language science fiction including works by the german father of science fiction kurd lasswitz the austrian writer ludwig hevesi author of jules verne in hell the fantasist paul scheerbart a scurrilous idiosyncratic writer who was an outsider in both literature and science fiction popular writers otto willi gail and hans dominik as well as the contemporary luminaries of the genre wolfgang jeschke herbert w. franke andreas eschbach and carl amery . the introduction by the editor gives a succinct history of german language science fiction including its representation in hugo gernsbacks popular magazines . with select bibliographies of german language science fiction and writings on german science fiction this book will be appreciated by scholars and general readers alike .