This blog is named for an early sci-fi novel by under-appreciated Canadian author James De Mille, "A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder" (1888).The book was unfortunately published after De Mille's death and following the release of H. Rider Haggard's "She" and "King Solomon's Mines." Critics thought De Mille's novel was derivative of those works, but in fact it was written before both of them. It tells the story of a British sailor who finds a "lost world" and "lost civilization" in Antarctica.De Mille's novel symbolizes for me the importance of imagination in our lives. This blog will celebrate imagination and the quest for new knowledge. I welcome comments and posts of any kind that contribute to this end.