![]() ![]() ![]() At this time, the conflict in Europe between the official teaching of the Catholic Church and the Copernican Revolution were raging. It probably was written in the two decades preceding 1609 but this is not certain. While it was dated 1609, it was never published before Kepler's death in 1630. The form of the tale may confuse modern readers. Certainly it was Kepler and not any mythical Durocotus who was Tycho's disciple. It is told in the voices of a dreamer (certainly Kepler himself) and a young man called Durocotus who is a thinly veiled Kepler. It is a odd mixture of state of the art (circa 1609) mathematics and astronomy, picaresque adventure, and lays claim to being the very first science fiction story - beating Jules Verne by more than two centuries. What follows is one of the most extraordinary fantasies I have ever encountered. Somnium - A Dream by Johannes Kepler Forward ![]()
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