Speculative

Trips to the Moon

by Lucian of Samosata

Lucian openly promises ingenious lies, then sends his travellers into a war between the kingdoms of the Sun and Moon. Written in antiquity, it parodies extravagant travel histories so effectively that it became an ancestor of science fiction without intending to found a genre.

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Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 2 hr 25 min

Where to find it

The Selenite Reading Outpost, on the Moon

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #10430. In the public domain in the United States.