{"product_id":"2940148397755","title":"The Voyage to Arcturus","description":"An interstellar voyage is the framework for a narrative of a journey through fantastic landscapes. The story is set at Tormance, an imaginary planet orbiting Arcturus, consisting of stars Branchspell and Alppain. The lands through which the characters travel represent philosophical systems or states of mind, through which the main character, Maskull, passes on his search for the meaning of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaskull, a man longing for adventures, accepts an invitation from Krag, an acquaintance of his friend Nightspore, to travel to Tormance after a seance. The three set off in a crystal ship from an abandoned observatory in Scotland but Maskull awakens to find himself alone on Tormance. In every land he passes through he usually meets only one or two persons; these meetings often  end in the death of those he meets, either at his own hand or by that of another. The book concludes with a final revelation from Krag to Nightspore about the origin of the Universe. The author turns out to support a variation of the doctrine of the Demiurge, somewhat similar to that propounded by some Gnostics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll of the characters and lands are types used to convey the author's critique of several philosophical systems. On Tormance, most such viewpoints or ways of life are accompanied by corresponding new bodily sense organs or modifications of the same, thus each distinct Weltanschauung landscape has its corresponding sensorium.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Romeo Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072648069360,"sku":"2940148397755","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148397755_p0.jpg?v=1763702557","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148397755","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}