German writer, critic, and theorist Paul Scheerbart (18631915) died nearly a century ago, but his influence is still being felt today. Considered by some a mad eccentric and by others a visionary political thinker in his own time, he is now experiencing a revival thanks to a new generation of scholars who are rightfully situating him in the modernist pantheon.
"Glass Love Perpetual Motion "is the first collection of Scheerbart s multifarious writings to be published in English. In addition to a selection of his fantastical short stories, it includes the influential architectural...