Trips to the Moon
The earliest known fiction about travelling to outer space, alien life-forms and interplanetary warfare. Written in the 2nd century, the novel has been referred to as "the first known text that could be called science fiction". The work was intended by Lucian as a satire against contemporary and ancient sources, which quote fantastic and mythical events as truth.
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Trips to the Moon
The earliest known fiction about travelling to outer space, alien life-forms and interplanetary warfare. Written in the 2nd century, the novel has been referred to as "the first known text that could be called science fiction". The work was intended by Lucian as a satire against contemporary and ancient sources, which quote fantastic and mythical events as truth.
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Trips to the Moon

Trips to the Moon

by Lucian
Trips to the Moon

Trips to the Moon

by Lucian

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Overview

The earliest known fiction about travelling to outer space, alien life-forms and interplanetary warfare. Written in the 2nd century, the novel has been referred to as "the first known text that could be called science fiction". The work was intended by Lucian as a satire against contemporary and ancient sources, which quote fantastic and mythical events as truth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781538004050
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 10/24/2016
Pages: 82
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Lucian of Samosata was a rhetorician and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature.
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