Still Waters Posted May 25, 2016 #1 Share Posted May 25, 2016 A 400-year-old story about a man who journeys to a mysterious royal wedding is “the first science fiction novel”, long predating Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and other, later writers considered pioneers, according to the award-winning writer John Crowley. In his opinion, the genre starts with Johann Valentin Andreae’s 1616 work The Chemical Wedding, a new version of which he is publishing in November. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/23/work-from-1616-is-the-first-ever-science-fiction-novel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted May 25, 2016 #2 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Strange, I always thought it was Thomas Moore's "Utopia" (1516) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harte Posted May 25, 2016 #3 Share Posted May 25, 2016 29 minutes ago, questionmark said: Strange, I always thought it was Thomas Moore's "Utopia" (1516) I'm sayin' the Mahabharata. Harte 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted May 26, 2016 #4 Share Posted May 26, 2016 "True Stories," by Lucian of Samosata (AD 125-180) has historically been cited as the first science fiction work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_History 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalmoxis Posted June 10, 2016 #5 Share Posted June 10, 2016 (edited) "The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz" I am interested in reading this. I know that there is a rock and roll album that the singer of Iron Maiden recorded called "The Chemical Wedding". Probably not a coincidence. I will put this one on my "books to purchase" list. Here's a link to one for sale: https://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Christian-Rosenkreutz-Hermetic-Sourceworks/dp/0933999356/184-5189708-2721514?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 Edited June 10, 2016 by Zalmoxis spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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