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Urashima Taro and Other Fantastic Stories
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ISBN10: 1909608017
ISBN13: 9781909608016
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 19 2013
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781909608016
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 19 2013
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
Urashima Taro is perhaps the earliest time travel tale ever written. This story dating from the eighth century, tells of a fisherman who ventures on a trip beneath the sea to the palace of the Dragon God. He stays for just three days, but when he returns to his homeland he finds himself transported three hundred years into the future... Other early science fiction tales in this collection include: -- The Dream of Scipio by Cicero -- True History by Lucian of Samosata -- The Ebony Horse -- The City of Brass -- The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter -- Icaro-Menippus by Lucian of Samosata -- Micromegas by Voltaire.
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