Dye_Harder t1_j2c8uxt wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:19 AM

Reply to comment by Priest_Dildos in TIL the first story to include space travel, aliens, and interplanetary warfare ("A True Story") was written in Ancient Greek in the second century AD, and was written as a satire of outlandish ancient stories. by foodtower

if its satire of ancient sci-fi stories then they did not invent sci-fi

temporarysecretary17 t1_j2d5zw7 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:45 AM

Satire of ancient travelogues. They would claim they went to real places and tell their true stories but just make shit up. This satirizes it by making up the most insane shit possiblle.