The Man in the Moone is perhaps the oldest work of science fiction in the English language, and tells of a man's visit to the lunar surface where he discovers a Utopian paradise. Other early science fiction tales in this collection include: -- The Dream of Scipio by Cicero -- True History by Lucian of Samosata -- Icaro-Menippus by Lucian of Samosata -- Urashima Taro -- The Ebony Horse -- The City of Brass -- The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter