Reading early Ernst Jünger is useful only as an aid to understanding the later works, through the organic evolution of his ideas. But even this is not strictly necessary – works like Eumeswil or Glass Bees or Heliopolis can be understood, if the reader is at their level, without ever reading Der Arbeiter, Storms of Steel etc. In fact, since each of us has only limited time, I would recommend the later works as priorities, and only when the reader has excess time or a great interest in the author, to read the early works.

Simon Friedrich

A search of the Salt Lake City library catalog reveals three Junger books: “Aladdin’s Problem”, “A Dangerous Encounter”, and “The Glass Bees”. The last sounds very interesting. Any recommendations out of those three?