Trips to the moon in classical antiquity British exhibit finds sci fi in unexpected places
Trips to the moon in classical antiquity British exhibit finds sci fi in unexpected places Washington Post Entertainment: Trips to the moon in classical antiquity? British exhibit finds sci-fi in unexpected places ( Sang Tan / Associated Press ) - British Library in London: The exhibition explores science fiction through literature, film, illustration and sound and display the Library�s earliest science fiction manuscripts to the latest best-selling novels. It�s science fiction, but not as we know it. A genre usually associated with sinister aliens and rampaging robots is getting a makeover at the British Library, which uses 17th-century manuscripts, feminist literature, and even an advertisement for liquid beef to showcase the unexpected ways in which science fiction has influenced our world. Exhibit organizers said Thursday that one of their goals was to show that sci-fi wasn�t just �The War of the Worlds� or �20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.� �It�s much, much wider than that,� said co...