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The Moon has been a setting in fiction since at least the works of the ancient Greek writers Antonius Diogenes and Lucian of Samosata; the former's Of the Wonderful Things Beyond Thule has been lost and the latter's True History from the second century CE is a satire of fanciful travellers' tales.^[1]^[2] It was not until Johannes Kepler's novel Somnium was posthumously released in 1634 that the subject of travelling to the Moon was given a serious treatment in fiction.^[1]^[2]^[3] Similarly Francis Bacon speculated on flying to the Moon in Sylva sylvarum ("Natural History"), which was build upon by Francis Godwin in his influential Man in the Moone, possibly being the first science-fiction.^[4] Across the centuries that followed, numerous authors penned serious or satirical works depicting voyages to the Moon, including Cyrano de Bergerac's novel Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon which was posthumously released in 1657, Daniel Defoe's 1705 novel The Consolidator, Edgar Allan Poe's 1835 short story "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall", Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon, and H. G. Wells' 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon.^[1]^[5] The first science fiction film, Georges Méliès' Le voyage dans la lune from 1902, depicts a lunar voyage.^[2]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Stableford, Brian M. (2006). "Moon, The". Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 310–313. ISBN 978-0-415-97460-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c Altner, Patricia (2005). Westfahl, Gary (ed.). The Moon. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 535–537. ISBN 978-0-313-32952-4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ Westfahl, Gary (2021-07-19). "The Moon". Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. pp. 456–458. ISBN 978-1-4408-6617-3.
^ Martin, Catherine Gimelli (2016). "Sailing to the Moon: Francis Bacon, Francis Godwin and the First Science Fiction". Literature in the Age of Celestial Discovery. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 109–132. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-56803-8_6.
^ ^a ^b Clute, John; Langford, David; Sleight, Graham (eds.). "Moon". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 2021-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:1-1] Stableford, Brian M. (2006). "Moon, The". Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 310–313. ISBN 978-0-415-97460-8.

[:3-2] Altner, Patricia (2005). Westfahl, Gary (ed.). The Moon. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 535–537. ISBN 978-0-313-32952-4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[:2-3] Westfahl, Gary (2021-07-19). "The Moon". Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. pp. 456–458. ISBN 978-1-4408-6617-3.

[Martin_2016_pp._109–132-4] Martin, Catherine Gimelli (2016). "Sailing to the Moon: Francis Bacon, Francis Godwin and the First Science Fiction". Literature in the Age of Celestial Discovery. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 109–132. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-56803-8_6.

[:0-5] Clute, John; Langford, David; Sleight, Graham (eds.). "Moon". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 2021-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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-The [[Moon]] has been a [[Setting (narrative)|setting]] in fiction since at least the works of the [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] writers [[Antonius Diogenes]] and [[Lucian of Samosata]]; the former's ''Of the Wonderful Things Beyond Thule'' [[Lost literary work|has been lost]] and the latter's ''[[True History]]'' from the second century CE is a [[satire]] of fanciful travellers' tales.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Stableford|first=Brian M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uefwmdROKTAC&pg=PA310|title=Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia|date=2006|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-97460-8|pages=310–313|language=en|chapter=Moon, The|author-link=Brian Stableford}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Altner|first=Patricia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JXnz9x9sO4C&pg=PA535|title=The Moon|date=2005|work=[[The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders]]|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-32952-4|editor-last=Westfahl|editor-first=Gary|editor-link=Gary Westfahl|pages=535–537|language=en}}</ref> It was not until [[Johannes Kepler]]'s novel ''[[Somnium (novel)|Somnium]]'' was posthumously released in 1634 that the subject of travelling to the Moon was given a serious treatment in fiction.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Westfahl|first=Gary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p5U2EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA456|title=Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]|date=2021-07-19|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-4408-6617-3|pages=456–458|language=en|chapter=The Moon|author-link=Gary Westfahl}}</ref> Across the centuries that followed, numerous authors penned serious or satirical works depicting voyages to the Moon, including [[Cyrano de Bergerac]]'s novel ''[[Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon]]'' which was posthumously released in 1657, [[Daniel Defoe]]'s 1705 novel ''[[The Consolidator]]'', [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s 1835 short story "[[The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall]]", [[Jules Verne]]'s 1865 novel ''[[From the Earth to the Moon]]'', and [[H. G. Wells]]' 1901 novel ''[[The First Men in the Moon]]''.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|editor-last=Clute|editor-first=John|editor-link=John Clute|editor2-last=Langford|editor2-first=David|editor2-link=David Langford|editor3-last=Sleight|editor3-first=Graham|editor3-link=Graham Sleight|title=Moon|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/moon|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-28|website=[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]}}</ref> The first [[science fiction film]], [[Georges Méliès]]' ''[[Le voyage dans la lune]]'' from 1902, depicts a lunar voyage.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" />
+The [[Moon]] has been a [[Setting (narrative)|setting]] in fiction since at least the works of the [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] writers [[Antonius Diogenes]] and [[Lucian of Samosata]]; the former's ''Of the Wonderful Things Beyond Thule'' [[Lost literary work|has been lost]] and the latter's ''[[True History]]'' from the second century CE is a [[satire]] of fanciful travellers' tales.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Stableford|first=Brian M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uefwmdROKTAC&pg=PA310|title=Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia|date=2006|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-97460-8|pages=310–313|language=en|chapter=Moon, The|author-link=Brian Stableford}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Altner|first=Patricia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JXnz9x9sO4C&pg=PA535|title=The Moon|date=2005|work=[[The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders]]|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-32952-4|editor-last=Westfahl|editor-first=Gary|editor-link=Gary Westfahl|pages=535–537|language=en}}</ref> It was not until [[Johannes Kepler]]'s novel ''[[Somnium (novel)|Somnium]]'' was posthumously released in 1634 that the subject of travelling to the Moon was given a serious treatment in fiction.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Westfahl|first=Gary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p5U2EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA456|title=Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]|date=2021-07-19|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-4408-6617-3|pages=456–458|language=en|chapter=The Moon|author-link=Gary Westfahl}}</ref> Similarly [[Francis Bacon]] speculated on flying to the Moon in ''Sylva sylvarum'' ("Natural History"), which was build upon by [[Francis Godwin]] in his influential ''[[Man in the Moone]]'', possibly being the first science-fiction.<ref name="Martin 2016 pp. 109–132">{{cite book | last=Martin | first=Catherine Gimelli | title=Literature in the Age of Celestial Discovery | chapter=Sailing to the Moon: Francis Bacon, Francis Godwin and the First Science Fiction | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US | publication-place=New York | year=2016 | doi=10.1007/978-1-137-56803-8_6 | pages=109–132}}</ref> Across the centuries that followed, numerous authors penned serious or satirical works depicting voyages to the Moon, including [[Cyrano de Bergerac]]'s novel ''[[Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon]]'' which was posthumously released in 1657, [[Daniel Defoe]]'s 1705 novel ''[[The Consolidator]]'', [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s 1835 short story "[[The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall]]", [[Jules Verne]]'s 1865 novel ''[[From the Earth to the Moon]]'', and [[H. G. Wells]]' 1901 novel ''[[The First Men in the Moon]]''.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|editor-last=Clute|editor-first=John|editor-link=John Clute|editor2-last=Langford|editor2-first=David|editor2-link=David Langford|editor3-last=Sleight|editor3-first=Graham|editor3-link=Graham Sleight|title=Moon|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/moon|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-28|website=[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]}}</ref> The first [[science fiction film]], [[Georges Méliès]]' ''[[Le voyage dans la lune]]'' from 1902, depicts a lunar voyage.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" />
 ==See also==

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Outline
Physical properties	Internal structure Topography Atmosphere Gravity field Hill sphere Magnetic field Sodium tail Moonlight Earthshine
Orbit	Lunar distance Orbital elements Distance Perigee and apogee Libration Nodes Nodal period Precession Syzygy New moon Full moon Eclipses Lunar eclipse Total penumbral lunar eclipse Tetrad Solar eclipse Solar eclipses on the Moon Eclipse cycle Supermoon Tide Tidal force Tidal locking Tidal acceleration Tidal range Lunar station
Surface and features	Selenography Terminator Limb Hemispheres Near side Far side Poles North pole South pole Face Maria List Mountains Peak of eternal light Valleys Volcanic features Domes Calderas Lava tubes Craters List Ray systems Permanently shadowed craters South Pole–Aitken basin Soil swirls Rilles Wrinkle ridges Rocks Lunar basalt 70017 Changesite-(Y) Water Space weathering Micrometeorite Sputtering Quakes Transient lunar phenomenon Selenographic coordinate system
Science	Observation Libration Lunar theory Origin Giant-impact hypothesis Theia Lunar magma ocean Geology Timescale Late Heavy Bombardment Lunar meteorites KREEP Volcanism Experiments Lunar laser ranging ALSEP Lunar sample displays Apollo 11 Apollo 17 Lunar seismology
Exploration	Missions Apollo program Explorers Probes Landing Colonization Moonbase Tourism Lunar resources
Time-telling and navigation	Lunar calendar Lunisolar calendar Month Lunar month Nodal period Fortnight Sennight Lunar station Lunar distance
Phases and names	New Full Names Crescent Super and micro Blood Blue Black Dark Wet Tetrad
Daily phenomena	Moonrise Meridian passage Moonset
Related	Lunar deities Lunar effect Earth phase Moon illusion Pareidolia Man in the Moon Moon rabbit Craters named after people Artificial objects on the Moon Memorials on the Moon Moon in science fiction list Apollo era futuristic exploration Hollow Moon Moon landing conspiracy theories Moon Treaty "Moon is made of green cheese" Natural satellite Double planet Lilith (hypothetical second moon) Splitting of the Moon
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