>Titled The Celestial World Discover’d, the book details views on the existence of aliens. The first edition was published in 1698 and was written by Christiaan Huygens, who shares his deep fascination with the potential existence of extraterrestrial beings.
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.He questioned why God would have created other planets ‘just to be looked upon from Earth’ and concluded they must serve a purpose. Within the chapters, the author looks to describe what intelligent alien life on other planets might look like, especially on Jupiter and Saturn.
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>The author wrote his book in English and Latin, and an English version as been was found at [Fosseway Garden Centre](https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/places-gloucestershire-escaped-pandemic-property-6894557) in Moreton-in-Marsh. It is illustrated with five folding plates and was printed for Timothy Childe at the White Hart at the west end of St Paul’s Churchyard, in London.
Nice to have some old fashioned proper news now and again and it being timely with the PM planning upstage the Queen during the Jubilee to annonce he be dragging us all back to ye olde 17^^th century.
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>One of the earliest and most commonly-cited texts for those looking for early precursors to science fiction is the ancient Mesopotamian [*Epic of Gilgamesh*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh), with the earliest text versions identified as being from about 2000 BCE. American science fiction author Lester del Rey was one such supporter of using Gilgamesh as an origin point, arguing that “science fiction is precisely as old as the first recorded fiction. That is *The Epic of Gilgamesh*.”French science fiction writer Pierre Versins also argued that *Gilgamesh* was the first science fiction work due to its treatment of human reason and the quest for immortality. In addition, *Gilgamesh* features a flood scene that in some ways resembles a work of apocalyptic science fiction. However, the lack of explicit science or technology in the work has led some[who?] to argue that it is better categorized as fantastic literature. …
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>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_fiction
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>Titled The Celestial World Discover’d, the book details views on the existence of aliens. The first edition was published in 1698 and was written by Christiaan Huygens, who shares his deep fascination with the potential existence of extraterrestrial beings.
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.He questioned why God would have created other planets ‘just to be looked upon from Earth’ and concluded they must serve a purpose. Within the chapters, the author looks to describe what intelligent alien life on other planets might look like, especially on Jupiter and Saturn.
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>The author wrote his book in English and Latin, and an English version as been was found at [Fosseway Garden Centre](https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/places-gloucestershire-escaped-pandemic-property-6894557) in Moreton-in-Marsh. It is illustrated with five folding plates and was printed for Timothy Childe at the White Hart at the west end of St Paul’s Churchyard, in London.
Nice to have some old fashioned proper news now and again and it being timely with the PM planning upstage the Queen during the Jubilee to annonce he be dragging us all back to ye olde 17^^th century.
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>One of the earliest and most commonly-cited texts for those looking for early precursors to science fiction is the ancient Mesopotamian [*Epic of Gilgamesh*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh), with the earliest text versions identified as being from about 2000 BCE. American science fiction author Lester del Rey was one such supporter of using Gilgamesh as an origin point, arguing that “science fiction is precisely as old as the first recorded fiction. That is *The Epic of Gilgamesh*.”French science fiction writer Pierre Versins also argued that *Gilgamesh* was the first science fiction work due to its treatment of human reason and the quest for immortality. In addition, *Gilgamesh* features a flood scene that in some ways resembles a work of apocalyptic science fiction. However, the lack of explicit science or technology in the work has led some[who?] to argue that it is better categorized as fantastic literature. …
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>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_fiction
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>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/23/work-from-1616-is-the-first-ever-science-fiction-novel
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>https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/the-science-fiction-that-came-before-science/508067/
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>https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/writing-the-future-a-timeline-of-science-fiction-literature/zjfv6v4