Precursors of Science Fiction

Lucian's True History

Lucian, of Samosata, 120-180; Whibley, Charles, 1859-1930 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898 [Illustrator]; Clark, Joseph Benwell, 1857-1938 [Illustrator]; Strang, William, 1859-1921 [Illustrator]; Hickes, Francis, 1566-1631 [Translator]· 5 chapters· 19,126 words

AFTER THE TEMPEST (Strang) ADORATION (Clark) "A SNARE OF VINTAGE" (Beardsley) SPIDERS OF MIGHTY BIGNESS (Strang) THE BATTLE OF THE TURNIPS (Clark) THE SUPPER OF FISH (Strang) UNDERPROPPING THE WHALE'S CHOPS (Clark) SOCRATES' GARDEN (Clark) THE BANQUET OF BEANS (Strang) THE PIL...

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1. Part 1

AFTER THE TEMPEST (Strang) ADORATION (Clark) "A SNARE OF VINTAGE" (Beardsley) SPIDERS OF MIGHTY BIGNESS (Strang) THE BATTLE OF THE TURNIPS (Clark) THE SUPPER OF FISH (Strang) UN...

2. Part 2

Ctesias, the son of Ctesiochus, the Cnidian, wrote of the region of the Indians and the state of those countries, matters which he neither saw himself, nor ever heard come from...

3. Part 3

When a man is come to his full age he dieth not, but is dissolved like smoke and is turned into air. One kind of food is common to them all, for they kindle a fire and broil fro...

4. Part 4

We therefore pitched long beams of timber upright within his mouth to keep it from shutting, and then made our ship in a readiness, and provided ourselves with store of fresh wa...

5. Part 5

After that day's tarrying, we put to sea, brought onward on our way by the Heroes, where Ulysses closely coming to me that Penelope might not see him, conveyed a letter into my...