Lucian’s Trips to the Moon | The Public Domain Review
Q. Why do we dream about the impossible?
A. Because nothing is impossible.
Q. How do you that “nothing is impossible” is true?
A. We aren’t going into discussion for the sake of discussion territory …
“Including known facts and plausible interpretations of physical phenomena go a long way toward establishing the sort of verisimilitude that gives any fiction its compelling power, but it also forces the reader to recognize that the line between truth and fiction is a blurry one at best.”
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TRANSLATED BY FRANCIS HICKES ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM STRANG
J. B. CLARK AND AUBREY BEARDSLEY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
CHARLES WHIBLEY