Long before 1961, when Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shephard became the first humans to journey beyond Earth's atmosphere, writers envisioned spaceflight and life on other planets. These authors, all born before 1900, took their readers to the moon ... beyond ... and into our future.

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Faddey Bulgarin (1789-1859)

Faddey Venediktovich Bulgarin, son of a noble Polish family, was born near Minsk, Belarus on 5 Jul 1789. He died near Derpt (now Tartu) on 13 Sep 1859. His father, one of Kosciuszko's associates, was exiled to Siberia for having assassinated a Russian general.

 Some of Bulgarin's stories were science fiction: "Probable Tall-Tales" is a far future story about the 29th century; "Improbable Tall-Tales" is a fantastic voyage into hollow Earth; "Mitrofanushka's Adventures in the Moon" is a satire.
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