The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
The Jacket (The Star Rover)
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Rover Release date is 1998-01-01
David Price David Price
"The Jacket (The Star-Rover)" by Jack London is a novel published in 1915. The story follows Darrell Standing, a university professor imprisoned at San Quentin, who endures torture through a compression device called "the jacket." To survive, he enters trance states where he walks among the stars and experiences vivid past lives across different ages and cultures. London based the novel on interviews with a former convict who actually endured this torture device. The work blends science fiction with mysticism and reincarnation themes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Psychological fiction Prisoners -- Fiction Reincarnation -- Fiction Paranormal fiction California State Prison at San Quentin -- Fiction Death row inmates -- Fiction San Quentin (Calif.) -- Fiction Astral projection -- Fiction