Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon

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Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon

Cyrano uses bottles of dew to float upwards. Illustration from the second volume of an edition of Cyrano de Bergerac's complete works printed in Amsterdam in 1708
Author	Cyrano de Bergerac
Original title	L'Autre monde ou les états et empires de la Lune
Language	French
Genre	science fiction
Published	1657 (1657)
Publication place	France
Followed by	The States and Empires of the Sun

The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon (French: L’Autre monde ou les états et empires de la Lune) was the first of three satirical novels written by Cyrano de Bergerac. It was published posthumously in 1657 and, along with its companion work The States and Empires of the Sun, is considered one of the earliest published science fiction stories.^{[citation needed]} Arthur C. Clarke credited the book with the first description of rocket-powered spaceflight, and with the invention of the ramjet.^[1]