Gaston de Pawlowski

Gaston de Pawlowski (Joigny, 14 June 1874 - 2 February 1933, Paris) was a French writer best known for his prophetic 1911 novel of Science Fiction, Voyage au pays de la quatrième dimension (Voyage to the Land of the Fourth Dimension).

Self-portrait
Voyage au pays de la quatrième dimension, 1912.

Voyage au pays de la quatrième dimension

First published in 1911 in the monthly review Comœdia then in 1912, Pawlowski produced a new edition in 1923 in which he discussed the implications of Einsteinian physics upon his work. That edition was published in an English translation by Brian Stableford in 2009.[1]

The illustrations for the book edition of the Voyage were prepared by Léonard Sarluis[2] which Jean Clair thought was the inspiration for Marcel Duchamp's Large Glass.[3]

Selected publications
  • Voyage au pays de la quatrième dimension. Charpentier, Paris, 1912. (Second edition 1923)
  • Journey to the Land of the Fourth Dimension. English translation by Brian M. Stableford. Encino, CA: Black Coat Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-934543-37-5

References
  1. JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION Archived 2014-08-16 at the Wayback Machine Black Coat Press, 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. Léonard SARLUIS. Voyage au pays de la quatrième dimension Livrenblog, 31 August 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. "SARLUIS, Léonard." Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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