Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon

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The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon (French: L'Autre monde ou les états et empires de la Lune) was the first of three satirical novels written by Cyrano de Bergerac. It was published posthumously in 1657 and, along with its companion work The States and Empires of the Sun, is considered one of the earliest published science fiction stories. Arthur C. Clarke credited the book with the first description of rocket-powered spaceflight, and with the invention of the ramjet. In the novel, a character also named Cyrano is determined to reach the Earth's Moon and to see its civilization. His first attempt at spaceflight is a failure, as he merely flies from Paris to New France. In conversation with a local governor, Cyrano explains his belief that the Sun will eventually run out of fuel, and that its death will also destroy the planets of the Solar System. His second attempt at flight results in a crashlanding, but local soldiers improve his flying machine and consequently Cyrano reaches the Moon on his third attempt. He meets a local civilization whose naming conventions are based on musical notes. Cyrano soon meets the ghost of the philosopher Socrates and the previous space traveler Domingo Gonsales (a character from the older novel The Man in the Moone). In a philosophical dialogue, the two space travelers establish that God does not exist and that the concept of a God is useless to humans, that immortality can never be achieved by humans, and that human souls do not exist.

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Livro

Lançamento

1 de janeiro de 1657

Gêneros

science fiction

Criado por

Cyrano de Bergerac

Países

France