The circus of dr. lao ebook

Written in the s, this wicked funny novel is a fast and enjoyable romp. Dazzling and macabre, literary and philosophical, The Circus of Dr. Lao has been acclaimed as a masterpiece of speculative fiction and influenced such writers as Ray Bradbury. Charles G. Finney was a newspaperman and writer based in Arizona. Paperback — Illustrated, June 1, by Charles G.

See all formats and editions. Check nearby libraries WorldCat. Buy this book Better World Books When you buy books using these links the Internet Archive may earn a small commission. Share this book Facebook. September 27, History. An edition of The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories. Written in English — pages. Subjects Fantasy fiction.

Lao: and other improbable stories , Bantam Books. Libraries near you: WorldCat. Table of Contents The circus of Dr. The wish, by R.

Older you will become but not wiser. Stiffer but not more dignified. Childless you are, and childless you shall remain. Of that suppleness you once commanded in your youth, of that strange simplicity which once attracted a few men to you, neither endures, nor shall you recapture any of them anymore. People will talk to you and visit with you out of sentiment or pity, not because you have anything to offer them.

Have you ever seen an old cornstalk turning brown, dying, but refusing to fall over, upon which stray birds alight now and then, hardly remarking what it is they perch on?

That is you. I cannot fathom your place in life's economy. A living thing should either create or destroy according to its capacity and caprice, but you, you do neither.

You only live on dreaming of the nice things you would like to have happen to you but which never happen; and you wonder vaguely why the young lives about you which you occasionally chide for a fancied impropriety never listen to you and seem to flee at your approach.

When you die you will be buried and forgotten and that is all. The novel opens a way for fantasy literature to establish itself in a Modernist landscape by foregrounding the marvelous and extraordinary knowledge that lies just outside the realm of human experience. Finney presents Dr.