The complex, hallucinatory nature of the book has made it notoriously difficult to adapt.
A low-budget, 71-minute independent film was directed by William J. Holloway in 1970 as a student project at Antioch College. It is known for its experimental style and is available on IMDb and DVD .
Cartoonist Jim Woodring created an illuminated edition featuring his surreal artwork to match Lindsay's prose, available through Beehive Books .
Each region Maskull visits on Tormance represents a different philosophical system or state of mind.
The BBC produced a radio dramatization in 1956, and there have been various musical tributes, including a 2001 jazz concept album by Ron Thomas. A VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS - Beehive Books