Chrononauts

The Imaginary Traveller | Chrononauts Episode 1


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Containing extensive Discussions of the Imaginary Traveller, the  Literary Trope which Some consider antecedent to the Genre of Science  Fiction (while Others Still, however, do not altogether), with the  Beginning commencing forth from Their first known Appearance in the  Greek Tongue, the Progression of Their Voyage to the Middle Era,  continuing with Their Explorations during the Reformed and Enlightened  Times, and concluding with a Preview of the next Episode.

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Opening Theme, Antiquity and Lucian's "A True Story" (150) (0:00)

The Middle ages: Dante's "Divine Comedy" (1308-20) and "Arabian Nights" (800-1300) (23:13)

Johannes Kepler's "Somnium" (1608) (32:44)

Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis" (1628) (42:19)

Francis Godwin's "The Man in the Moone" (1638) (49:41)

Cyrano de Bergerac's "Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon" (1657) and "The States and Empires of the Sun" (1662) (56:23)

Voltaire's "Micromegas" (1752), outro and preview for next episode (1:11:08)



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