A review by paraguaytea
The Chemical Wedding by Christian Rosencreutz: A Romance in Eight Days by Johann Valentin Andreae in a New Version by John Crowley

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

Any version of the mysterious 1616 original is worth reading, but John Crowley keeps the action particularly fast and exciting in this version of the book he describes as 'science fiction'. The illustrations also add enormously to this edition, as does the introduction and the footnotes.