The Helios Biblios Hour : Living The SCI-FI Life with special guest YO JEFF

Science fiction, abbreviation SF or sci-fi, a form of fiction that deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals. The term science fiction was popularized, if not invented, in the 1920s by one of the genre's principal advocates, the American publisher Hugo Gernsback August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967) was a Luxembourgish–American inventor.There are a number of ancient or early modern texts including a great many epics and poems that contain fantastical or "science-fictional" elements, yet were written before the emergence of science fiction as a distinct genre.Ancient India poetry such as the Hindu epic RAMAYANA (5th to 4th century BC) includes Vimana flying machines able to travel into space or under water, and destroy entire cities using advanced weapons. In the first book of the Rigveda, collection of Sanskrit hymns (1700–1100 BC), there is a description of "mechanical birds" that are seen "jumping into space speedily with a craft using fire and water.(Arabian Nights, 8th-10th century CE) also feature science fiction elements. One example is "The Adventures of Bulukiya.Lucian of Samosata's True History reads like a doomed acid trip. His narrator sets out on a naval voyage from the Pillars of Hercules, which flank the Strait of Gibraltar.Sun over the colonization of the Morning Star, Venus.