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May 16, 2011 03:46 pm PDT
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British Library: history of science fiction exhibit
On Friday, the British Library opens a new exhibition about the history of science fiction. Titled "Out of this World," the free exhibit runs until September 25. The Guardian has a slideshow of some pieces from the exhibit. Above right, April 1926 cover of Amazing Stories by Frank R. Paul. Above left: Novelas by E Gaspar, 1887 This is the earliest known portrayal of a time machine. Spanish diplomat and playwright Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau suggests that time is related to the atmosphere; his inventor, Sindulfo, creates an electric space-time machine that escapes the Earth's atmosphere and flies against the Earth's rotation "Science fiction: Images from other worlds "" in pictures" (The Guardian) Out of this World: Science Fiction but not as you know it (British Library)...
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