page_title: Timeline of science fiction
section_title: 2nd century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of science fiction / 2nd century
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration by William Strang from the 1894 edition of Lucian's True History; colossal lunar spiders spin a web in the air between the Moon and the Morning Star.
context_page_description: This is a timeline of science fiction as a literary tradition. While the date of the start of science fiction is debated, this list includes a range of Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance-era precursors and proto-science fiction as well, as long as these examples include typical science fiction themes and topoi such as
  travel to outer space and encounter with alien life-forms.
caption: A battle scene from A True Story.
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