Mille e una luna

Overview:

  • Title: Mille e una luna
  • Author: Paola Francioli, Lia Volpatti
  • Year: 1979
  • Publisher: Mondadori
  • Price: Lit 2,500
  • Pages: 336
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: L'uomo che vendette la Luna
  • Notes:
    "Mille e una luna" is an original Italian anthology. Contains, each story preceded by a short introduction presented as a count-down from the date of the story to the launch of Apollo 11:
    Ἰκαρομένιππος ἢ Ὑπερνέφελος translated by Luigi Settembrini as "Icaromenippo"
    Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα translated by Luigi Settembrini as "Una storia vera"
    • "Orlando Furioso. Canto XXXIV" is an original Italian poem
    Somnium translated by Sandra Lombardi Crescenzi as "Il sogno"
    L'Autre monde ou les États et Empires de la Lune translated by Enrico Galluppi as "L'altro mondo"
    • "Il barone di Münchausen" translated by Ervino Pocar (excerpt)
    The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall translated by Elio Vittorini as "L'incomparabile avventura di un certo Hans Pfaal"
    The Man Who Sold the Moon translated by Paola Francioli and Lia Volpatti as "L'uomo che vendette la Luna"
    Requiem translated by Paola Francioli and Lia Volpatti as "Requiem"
    The Light translated by Roberta Rambelli as "Quella luce"
    First Man translated by Roberta Rambelli as "Primo sulla Luna"
    The Starting Line translated by Valentino De Carlo and Maria Zavattoni as "Linea di partenza"
    Presents also the numeration Oscar Fantascienza #7
    Data from http://www.fantascienza.com; catalog number and second numbering from http://www.catalogovegetti.com