The Wonder

J. D. Beresford (1873-1947), a noted British writer of speculative fiction, wrote such novels as ""What Dreams May Come . . .,"""The Riddle of the Tower," and "Goslings." Jack L. Chalker is the author of the classic novels "Midnight at the Well of Souls" and "Web of the Chozen" and the popular Rings of the Master and Dancing Gods series.

" ... well worth reading; this is a nice edition ... like the other Bison Books reprints this is recommended to all those who are interested in the roots of sf."--interzone, february 2000"Odd that the book which prefaced modern science fiction and fantasy was published a year before the Titanic sank, and odder yet that a Nebraska publisher should refloat the tale of England cricketer Ginger Stott's aberrant son. The yanks must be as much at sea with the legspin as we are with the baseball, but the reason why this classic has resurfaced is clear from the first page ... Good stuff; enough to raise goose-pimples."--Time Out, 8 March 2000 "There is an admirable Edwardian solidity to Bereford's classic of "speculative fiction" that carries a good yarn, sometimes woodenly written, along... Long unavailable, The Wonder is a minor work, but an enjoyable, old-fashioned discovery nonetheless."--The Guardian, 1 July 2000