Somnium, or The Dream

Published: Feb. 25, 2019, noon

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Let\'s drift off to Somnium, or The Dream, written in 1608 by Johannes Kepler. Considered the great-granddaddy of all science fiction, it\'s every bit as riveting as you think a story by a famed astronomer-mathematician would be. Science fiction has come a long, long way.

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Music: "Dream Loop" (DL Music) is licensed under CC

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