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- Lucian’s “True Story”, also known as a “True History” is considered to be one of the first science fiction stories ever created. It was written by Lucian of Samosata in the second century AD and details a voyage through the known lands to the edges of reason and space.
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A True Story (Ancient Greek: Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα, Alēthē diēgēmata; Latin: Vera Historia or Latin: Verae Historiae), also translated as True History, is a long novella or short novel written in the second century AD by the Syrian author Lucian of Samosata.
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- 2nd century AD
- 1902
- Syria, Roman Empire
Dec 20, 2019 · A True Story is a novel written in the second century AD by Lucian of Samosata, a Greek-speaking author of Assyrian descent. The novel is a satire of outlandish tales which had been reported in ancient sources, particularly those which presented fantastic or mythical events as if they were true.
Widely hailed as the first science fiction story, A True Story, by Lucian of Samosata is a voyage to the edges of the universe and reason. The title is the first clue that this will be a tall tale. As much a predecessor of Douglas Adams as Jules Verne, Lucian's fantasy explores not only outer space (where he brokers war and peace between the ...
Fusillio, M. "The Mirror of the Moon: Lucian’s A True Story - From Satire to Utopia," in Oxford Readings in the Greek Novel, ed. Simon Swain (Oxford: OUP, 1999), 351-81. Georgiadou, Aristoula and David H.J. Larmour. Lucian’s Science Fiction Novel, True Histories: Interpretation and Commentary. Leiden: Brill, 1998.
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May 26, 2020 · A True Story is a novel written in the second century AD by Lucian of Samosata, a Greek-speaking author of Assyrian descent. The novel is a satire of outlandish tales which had been...
A True Story by Lucian of Samosota, tr. A.M. Harmon with parallel Greek and English text at sacred-texts.com.
May 26, 2020 · A True Story (English Edition) Paperback – May 26, 2020. Widely hailed as the first science fiction story, A True Story, by Lucian of Samosata is a voyage to the edges of the universe and reason. The title is the first clue that this will be a tall tale.
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