| "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" | |
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| Short story by Edgar Allan Poe | |
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 Text available at Wikisource | |
| Original title | Hans Phaall -- A Tale |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction, hoax |
| Publication | |
| Publisher | Southern Literary Messenger |
| Media type | Print (periodical) |
| Publication date | June 1835 |
"The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" (1835) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in the June 1835 issue of the monthly magazine Southern Literary Messenger as "Hans Phaall -- A Tale", intended by Poe to be a hoax.[1]
The story is regarded as one of the early examples of the modern science fiction genre.[2][3][4] The story traces the journey of a voyage to the moon.
Poe planned to continue the hoax in further installments, but was pre-empted by the Great Moon Hoax which started in the August 25, 1835 issue of the New York Sun daily newspaper. Poe later wrote that the satirical tone of the story made it easy for readers to see through the supposed hoax.
- ^ Ketterer, David. “Poe's Usage of the Hoax and the Unity of ‘Hans Phaall.’” Criticism, vol. 13, no. 4, 1971, pp. 377–385. Accessed 29 Nov. 2020.
- ^ Shenoy, Gautham. "Edgar Allan Poe – The father of science fiction? Factor Daily. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
- ^ "Edgar Allan Poe Pioneers Science Fiction." National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
- ^ Olney, Clarke. “Edgar Allan Poe—Science-Fiction Pioneer.” The Georgia Review, vol. 12, no. 4, 1958, pp. 416–421. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41395580. Accessed 30 Nov. 2020.