Alice’s Legacy
Why is it that Lewis Carroll’s Alice is still as popular today as when she first appeared in printed form in 1865? Is it only thanks to her continual reinvention and the reinterpretation of others? Or is there more to it than that?
Despite being 150 years old, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is like any dream we have all had at one stage or another. That essential human experience hasn’t changed, even if the means by which we share it has. Alice, like so many classics of literature, is essentially timeless.
If you have never read Carroll’s original text, or haven’t revisited it in a while, it is worth doing so. The book was responsible for establishing a host of genre tropes and its ending is one of the most poetic pieces of prose you will ever read. And thus its legacy will be secured for another generation.
Jonathan Green
London, October 2015
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About the Author
Jonathan Green is a writer of speculative fiction, with more than sixty books to his name. Well known for his contributions to the Fighting Fantasy range of adventure gamebooks, he has also written fiction for such diverse properties as Doctor Who, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, Sonic the Hedgehog, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Moshi Monsters, LEGO and Judge Dredd.
He is the creator of the Pax Britannia series for Abaddon Books and has written eight novels set within this steampunk universe, featuring the debonair dandy adventurer Ulysses Quicksilver. He is also the author of an increasing number of non-fiction titles, including the award-winning YOU ARE THE HERO – A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks.
He has recently taken to editing and compiling short story anthologies. Two of these, the critically-acclaimed GAME OVER and SHARKPUNK, are also published by Snowbooks.
To find out more about his current projects visit www.JonathanGreenAuthor.com and follow him on Twitter @jonathangreen.
Also Available from
Jonathan Green and Snowbooks
You Are the Hero
9781909679382
Game Over
9781909679573
Christmas Explained
9781909679375
Sharkpunk
9781909679962
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