A Voyage to Arcturus (1920), by Scottish author David Lindsay, is a landmark of philosophical science fiction. The novel opens at a séance in London, where the protagonist Maskull is drawn by the mysterious Krag into a journey to Tormance, a planet orbiting the star Arcturus. As Maskull travels through Tormance's surreal and ever-shifting landscapes, he encounters strange beings embodying rival philosophies and moralities, each testing his understanding of reality. Beneath its imaginative adventure lies a profound spiritual allegory of the cosmic struggle between good and evil, truth and illusion. Initially overlooked, the book deeply influenced later writers, including C. S. Lewis.
