Beyond the Pole: A Short Science Fiction Story

HERE is one of the most gripping Stories that it has ever been our good fortune to read. At the same time, it is one of the best science fiction works of the modern school that we have lately seen. It is easily the best science fiction story of this year. The author, in choosing a civilization of lobster-like people, should not be accused of sketching an impossibility. Indeed, it is impossible to say, at this moment, in what form an intelligent reasoning creature might or might not exist. Just because we have never met a reasoning creature different from a human being tells nothing, and we certainly should not be so arrogant as to think that intelligence, as we know it, combined with reasoning, exists solely in the human type. So far we have not been able to penetrate the secrets of ant life, or of the bee life, despite our so-called "intelligence, " so we should not judge too harshly what is and what is not possible, when it comes to reasoning intelligence. In nature we know that everything is repeated—not only once, but thousands of times. Why should reasoning intelligence be represented only in one species? At any rate, we know that somehow you will feel that "Beyond the Pole" is a real story, where real facts are given to you for what they are worth. It is an engrossing story that cannot fail to grip you from start to finish. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of this timeless story.