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Title: Somnium, seu opus posthumum de astronomia lunari

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Title: Somnium, seu opus posthumum de astronomia lunari Title Record # 2106706
Author: Johannes Kepler
Date: 1634-00-00
Type: CHAPBOOK
Language: Latin
Note: Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov have referred to this book as the first work of science fiction. It consists of a short narrative and then footnotes which are about four times as long.
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1634 Somnium, seu Opus posthumum de astronomia lunari [as by Joh. Keppleri]
1969 Somnium
Year Language Title
1965The title page presents this as a non-fiction work by John Lear which happens to include the story. Translated by Patricia Frueh Kirkwood
English Kepler's Dream [as by Joannis Kepleri]
1967Translated by Edward Rosen
English Kepler's Somnium: The Dream, or Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Somnium, seu opus posthumum de astronomia lunari 2012-05-00 Johannes Kepler Hachette 978-2-01-262567-9
€13.10?€: Euro
189
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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