A Voyage to Arcturus Penology & punishment The accompanying short essays share

The accompanying short essays share often-hidden elements from birds' lives

She wanted to know why shells could be found in rocks so far away from the sea

Is the wounded soldier who stumbles along the secret caves below her home truly the missing Duke of Claverton

' Mums Grapevine

A Voyage to Arcturus Penology & punishment The accompanying short essays shareA classic of intergalactic, metaphysical science fiction and one of Philip Pullman's favourite books After journeying across the stars, a man from Earth finds himself lost among the scarlet deserts, black cliffs and semi sentient oceans of Tormance, a world lit by the star Arcturus. Pulled northward by the sound of drums, and undergoing strange physical transformations, the Earthman's adventures with the planet's inhabitants begin to shine with arcane