![]() Two English translations were published in the US, Lear/Kirkwood in 1965 and Rosen in 1967, are still under copyright and won't be in the public domain for many years.Įxtracts from the best-known Rosen translation and Lear translation, both first published in the 1960s, can be found on Google Books. ![]() In Germany, interest in Kepler revived in the 19th Century when his collected works were edited by Fristch. In England, where Kepler's reputation was eclipsed by Newton, the Somnium was almost ignored, or read only in Latin. The Latin text is in now in the public domain but there is no public domain English text, because the English translations are still under copyright. Johannes Kepler wrote the Somnium in Latin between the 1590s and the 1630s. ![]() At this time there is no public domain English text of Kepler's Somnium, the first science fiction story. ![]()
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