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'The first ever science fiction novel'


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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

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Strange, I always thought it was Thomas Moore's "Utopia" (1516)

 

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29 minutes ago, questionmark said:

Strange, I always thought it was Thomas Moore's "Utopia" (1516)

 

I'm sayin' the Mahabharata.

 

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"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

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