Gazing at the Moon
Lucian of Samosata
Collected here are six tales that span nearly two thousand years, from a Roman citizen writing a satire of the ‘historical’ literature of his time in 182 AD to Edgar Allan Poe exploring the idea of a scientific ascent to the moon in 1835. Humanity changed vastly across that time, and yet the moon never lost its allure, its promise of mystery and magic. By the late nineteenth century, it was clear that the moon’s surface was barren, and a wave of moon-based stories inaugurated the expansion into space of fiction.
Before we breached the atmosphere and sent men to our planet’s satellite, humanity spent countless millennia gazing up at the moon and wondering what might be there, telling stories by firelight of the mystery and magic of our constant and changing night-time companion.
Duration - 16h 45m.
Author - Lucian of Samosata.
Narrator - Charles Featherstone.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
Collected here are six tales that span nearly two thousand years, from a Roman citizen writing a satire of the ‘historical’ literature of his time in 182 AD to Edgar Allan Poe exploring the idea of a scientific ascent to the moon in 1835. Humanity changed vastly across that time, and yet the moon never lost its allure, its promise of mystery and magic. By the late nineteenth century, it was clear that the moon’s surface was barren, and a wave of moon-based stories inaugurated the expansion into space of fiction. Before we breached the atmosphere and sent men to our planet’s satellite, humanity spent countless millennia gazing up at the moon and wondering what might be there, telling stories by firelight of the mystery and magic of our constant and changing night-time companion. Duration - 16h 45m. Author - Lucian of Samosata. Narrator - Charles Featherstone. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:22
02 gazing at the moon a hymn to the moon introduction
Duration:00:08:34
03 gazing at the moon a true story opening
Duration:00:00:12
04 gazing at the moon a true story pt1
Duration:00:24:24
05 gazing at the moon a true story pt2
Duration:00:29:21
06 gazing at the moon a true story the second book pt1
Duration:00:16:43
07 gazing at the moon a true story the second book pt2
Duration:00:15:42
08 gazing at the moon a true story the second book pt3
Duration:00:21:48
09 gazing at the moon a true story closing
Duration:00:00:21
10 gazing at the moon the bamboo cutter opening
Duration:00:00:14
11 gazing at the moon the bamboo cutter pt1
Duration:00:20:23
12 gazing at the moon the bamboo cutter pt2
Duration:00:16:03
13 gazing at the moon the bamboo cutter closing
Duration:00:00:25
14 gazing at the moon the man in the moone opening
Duration:00:00:12
15 gazing at the moon the man in the moone pt1
Duration:00:15:40
16 gazing at the moon the man in the moone pt2
Duration:00:20:24
17 gazing at the moon the man in the moone pt3
Duration:00:17:47
18 gazing at the moon the man in the moone pt4
Duration:00:21:41
19 gazing at the moon the man in the moone pt5
Duration:00:15:04
20 gazing at the moon the man in the moone closing
Duration:00:00:20
21 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground opening
Duration:00:00:12
22 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground apologetic preface
Duration:00:06:47
23 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter i the author's descent to the abyss
Duration:00:10:03
24 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter ii the author's arrival at the planet nazar
Duration:00:12:52
25 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter iii description of the town keba
Duration:00:06:06
26 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter iv the royal court of potu
Duration:00:05:46
27 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter v the kingdom of potu and its inhabitants
Duration:00:04:05
28 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter vi the religion of the potuans
Duration:00:03:15
29 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter vii the potuan constitution
Duration:00:05:49
30 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter viii the academies of potu
Duration:00:05:56
31 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter ix the journey around the planet nazar
Duration:00:44:50
32 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter x the voyage to the firmament
Duration:00:29:07
33 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter xi the voyage to the land of wonders
Duration:00:22:02
34 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter xii the author's arrival in quama
Duration:00:10:38
35 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter xiii the beginning of the fifth monarchy
Duration:00:36:44
36 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter xiv the author becomes a monarch under the ground
Duration:00:06:18
37 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter xv a sudden change in the fortunes of the author
Duration:00:11:58
38 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground chapter xvi the author's return to his father land,and the end of the fifth monarchy
Duration:00:09:07
39 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground the supplement of abelin
Duration:00:01:32
40 gazing at the moon niels klim's journey under the ground closing
Duration:00:00:22
41 gazing at the moon the unparalleled adventure of one hans pfaall opening
Duration:00:00:14
42 gazing at the moon the unparalleled adventure of one hans pfaall pt1
Duration:00:25:03
43 gazing at the moon the unparalleled adventure of one hans pfaall pt2
Duration:00:25:13
44 gazing at the moon the unparalleled adventure of one hans pfaall pt3
Duration:00:29:21
45 gazing at the moon the unparalleled adventure of one hans pfaall pt4
Duration:00:37:15
46 gazing at the moon the unparalleled adventure of one hans pfaall pt5
Duration:00:19:06
47 gazing at the moon the unparalleled adventure of one hans pfaall closing
Duration:00:00:23
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:38