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Page-turner and pathos aren't words I usually combine in one sentence (or see in others'). But they both apply—deeply—to this novel, a far-future "Canterbury Tales." For a complete narrative it requires the terrific sequel, "The Fall of Hyperion," but as a work of art, horrific and humane, it stands on its own.
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
Impossible accounts of saintly miracles, witch hunts, and demon-possession are "medieval," right? Wrong—or not quite. The fever pitch of these phenomena struck in early modernity—precisely when Newton and Descartes were alive and kicking—and not merely among the illiterate unwashed but among the most learned elites of the age.
Eire, an award-winning historian, takes the reader on a fascinating expedition through the most famous (and infamous) levitators and bilocators of that era and the voluminous documentary witnesses to their feats. At the end he brings the pile-driver. In the 16th and 17th centuries, "everybody knew" that levitation was real. How did it come to be that in the 20th and 21st centuries "everybody knows" it ISN'T real independent of data one way or the other?
An award-winning historian's examination of impossible events at the dawn of modernity and of their enduring significance
"Historically rich and superbly written."-David J. Davis, Wall Street Journal
Accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena abounded in the early modern era-tales of levitation, bilocation, and witchcraft-even as skepticism, atheism, and empirical science were starting to supplant religious belief in the paranormal. In this book, Carlos M. N. Eire explores how a culture increasingly devoted to scientific thinking grappled with events deemed impossible by its leading intellectuals.
Eire observes how levitating saints and flying witches were as essential a component of early modern life…
