Title: Somnium, sive Astronomia Lunaris

Title: Somnium, sive Astronomia Lunaris Title Record # 2391142
Author: Johannes Kepler
Date: 1634-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: Latin

Synopsis: Wikipedia: An Icelandic voyager is transported to the Moon by aërial demons; an occasion for Kepler to offer some of his astronomical theories in the guise of fiction.

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Year	Title
1634	Somnium, sive Astronomia Lunaris [as by Joannis Keppleri]
1969^ⓘThis short story and Kepler's notes on it, in an edition edited by Ch. Frisch in 1870, can be read at Google Books.	Somnium

Year	Language	Title
1965^ⓘTranslated by Patricia Frueh Kirkwood	English	The Dream: A Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy
1966^ⓘAdapted from "Somnium".	English	The Moon-Voyage
1967^ⓘTranslated by Edward Rosen	English	Dream or Lunar Astronomy
1977^ⓘTranslated by Edward Rosen	English	Somnium, or Lunar Astronomy
1979^ⓘTranslated by Lombardi Crescenzi	Italian	Il sogno [as by Giovanni Keplero]
1988^ⓘTranslated by Sandra Lombardi Crescenzi	Italian	da: Il Sogno ovvero l'astronomia lunare [as by Giovanni Keplero]
1990^ⓘTranslated by Kurt Jaritz and Ludwig Günther.	German	Der Traum vom Mond

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Somnium, seu Opus posthumum de astronomia lunari	1634-00-00	Joh. Keppleri				[4]+ 184	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap
Kepler's Dream	1965-00-00	Joannis Kepleri	University of California Press		$5.00^?$: US dollar	182	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap
Science Fiction Through the Ages 1	1966-00-00	ed. I. O. Evans	Panther	2152	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	156	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.	anth
Kepler's Somnium: The Dream, or Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy	1967-00-00	Johannes Kepler	University of Wisconsin Press			xxii+ 255	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap
Somnium	1969-00-00	Johannes Kepler	Zeller		DM 40.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	182	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap
From Gilgamesh to Wells	1977-09-00	ed. James Gunn	Mentor / New American Library	0-451-61578-6 / ME1578	$2.25^?$: US dollar	404	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.	anth
Mille e una luna	1979-07-06	ed. Paola Francioli, Lia Volpatti	Mondadori (Oscar #1000)	16973-0	Lit 2,500^?Lit: Italian lira	336	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.	anth	Graziella Sarno
Le vie della fantascienza	1988-12-21	ed. James Gunn	Mondadori (Oscar #2079)	88-04-31566-0	Lit 10,000^?Lit: Italian lira	578	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.	anth	Karel Thole
Von Gilgamesch bis Hawthorne	1990-08-00	ed. James Gunn	Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #90)	3-453-04264-6	DM 12.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	382	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.	anth	Jan Heinecke
From Gilgamesh to Wells	2002-11-21	ed. James Gunn	Scarecrow Press	0-8108-4414-1	$29.95^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 349	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
From Gilgamesh to Wells	2002-11-21	ed. James Gunn	Scarecrow Press		$21.50^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
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.	chap
From Gilgamesh to Wells	date unknown	ed. James Gunn	Mentor	0-451-61578-6	$2.25^?$: US dollar	404	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.	anth
From Gilgamesh to Wells	date unknown	ed. James Gunn	Scarecrow Press	978-0-8108-4414-8		xviii+ 349	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth

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Review [English] by Judith Merril (1966) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1966
Review [English] by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years
Review [English] by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years
Review [English] by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years

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