THE TACHYPOMP
(2019)
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Author's Republic, 2019
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (46 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781982755409 MWT12390498, 1982755407 12390498
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Lauren Adel
A young mathematician wants to marry the lovely Abscissa Surd, but her father says he must first prove himself worthy. Professor Surd will only allow the protagonist to marry his daughter if he can either accomplish perpetual motion or faster-than-light travel. "The Tachypomp" is a short story for the mathematically-minded. Though first published anonymously in 1874, science-fiction scholar Sam Moskowitz rediscovered and republished it-along with Mitchell's other forgotten work-in 1973, thus restoring him to his rightful place in contemporary sci-fi discourse
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