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Central European University Press
The House of a Thousand Floors is one of the earliest science-fiction novels in European literature, published first in 1929. Besides being a pioneer in its genre, the book is highly regarded for its general merits as psychological literature. The novel tells the story of a dream in fever of a soldier wounded in World War I. He finds himself in the stairway of a gigantic (and kafkaesque)... Read more
Translator’s Note, The House of a Thousand Floors, Afterword.
Biography
Jan Weiss (1892–1972) was one of the founders of Czech science fiction.
