#TrueHistory | Reviews of True History in Fiction Books| Hashreview

#TrueHistory

True Stories or True Fictions (, Alēthē diēgēmata; ) is a parody of travel tales, by the Greek-speaking Assyrian author Lucian of Samosata, the earliest known fiction about travelling to outer space, alien life-forms and interplanetary warfare. Read More..

Ratings

Likes

Reviews

HASH INFO

Review# tag	TrueHistory
Review# tag
Hash title	True History
Hash title
Description	True Stories or True Fictions (, Alēthē diēgēmata; ) is a parody of travel tales, by the Greek-speaking Assyrian author Lucian of Samosata, the earliest known fiction about travelling to outer space, alien life-forms and interplanetary warfare. Written in the 2nd century, the novel has been referred to as "the first known text that could be called science fiction".Swanson, Roy Arthur: Georgiadou, Aristoula & Larmour, David H.J in their introduction:Gunn, James E. denotes True History as "Proto-Science Fiction", p.249 The work was intended by Lucian as a satire against contemporary and ancient sources, which quote fantastic and mythical events as truth.Lucian's True Stories eludes a clear-cut literary classification. Its multilayered character has given rise to interpretations as diverse as science fiction, fantasy, satire or parody, depending on how much importance scholars attach to Lucian's explicit intention of telling a story of falsehoods.
Description	True Stories or True Fictions (, Alēthē diēgēmata; ) is a parody of travel tales, by the Greek-speaking Assyrian author Lucian of Samosata, the earliest known fiction about travelling to outer space, alien life-forms and interplanetary warfare. Written in the 2nd century, the novel has been referred to as "the first known text that could be called science fiction".Swanson, Roy Arthur: Georgiadou, Aristoula & Larmour, David H.J in their introduction:Gunn, James E. denotes True History as "Proto-Science Fiction", p.249 The work was intended by Lucian as a satire against contemporary and ancient sources, which quote fantastic and mythical events as truth.Lucian's True Stories eludes a clear-cut literary classification. Its multilayered character has given rise to interpretations as diverse as science fiction, fantasy, satire or parody, depending on how much importance scholars attach to Lucian's explicit intention of telling a story of falsehoods.

Created By

Admin

DETAILS

Name	True History
Name
Authors	Lucian of Samosata
Authors
Translator
Translator
Genre	Satire , Science fiction
Genre
Series
Series
Number in series
Number in series
Language	Greek
Language
Country	Syria, Roman Empire
Country

PUBLISH

Story timeline
Story timeline
Pages
Pages
Media_type
Media_type
Isbn
Isbn
Oclc
Oclc
Publisher
Publisher

RELEASE

Pub_date
Pub_date
Release_date
Release_date

Writing

Story

Style of narration

Language & literature

Castings & characters

Overall rating

MORE INFO

Ratings

No ratings yet.

Feature Ratings

No Feature ratings yet.

Popularity

Reaches

No data available now.

Ranks

This #hashtag is not ranked yet.