| Description |
1 online resource (157 pages). |
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Space Travel Before Space Travel anthology |
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Space Travel Before Space Travel anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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| Note |
"Five hundred copies printed." This copy not numbered. |
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Reprinted from "Certaine select dialogues of Lucian together with his True historie, translated from the Greeke into English by Mr. Francis Hickes... Oxford, 1634. |
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"Originally published--with the Greek text--in 1894." |
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Original document: Book. |
| Summary |
Originally written in the second century A.D., this ancient work by the Greek-speaking Syrian author Lucian of Samosata is the earliest known work to depict travels to outer space, encounters with alien life and interplanetary warfare. Though written by Lucian as a satire against his fellow ancient writers—who often mixed fantastic and mythical events with the truth—this work is also considered one of the first true science fiction tales. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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Satire, Greek -- Translations into English.
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Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800.
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| Added Author |
Hickes, Francis, 1566-1631, translator.
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Whibley, Charles, 1859-1930.
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| Added Title |
True history.
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