- Genre:fiction
- Sub-genre:Science Fiction / General
- Language:English
- Series Title:Students of Madness
- Series Number:1
- Pages:422
- eBook ISBN:9780692829592
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Overview
The University of Corporeal & Ethereal Studies is an interwoven series of eight short stories following students whose science experiments and art projects delve into the supernatural. Some experiments work out well, some do not, but all of them result in the students learning about themselves, life and the dark 'Beyond'. The book combines science fiction, fantasy and horror in a steampunk universe.
Description
At the University of Corporeal & Ethereal Studies meddling with unknown powers can be dangerous work. Courses in arts and sciences experiment with supernatural forces to solve the mysteries of the universe, but when school projects go awry, the students may discover more than they would like to about the madness of the cosmic 'Beyond'.
Eight interwoven stories follow students whose school work, social lives and inner demons crash together, leading to fantastic and horrible experiences, supernatural powers, and a fuller understanding of the dark depths of their world.
Classes include subjects such as time travel, alchemy, oneironautics , psychedelic transformation, rogue automatons, cosmic ghosts, reality-warping crystals, and more.
Inspired by many authors of science fiction, fantasy and horror, including H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Kurt Vonnegut and Isaac Asimov.
