Jam Advent Calendar Day 25 Cherry jam with Voltaire's Micromegas, a contender for first SF
December 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Jam Advent Calendar Day 25 Cherry jam with Voltaire's Micromegas, a contender for first SF
"Our voyager was familiar with the laws of gravity. He utilized them so well that, with the help of a ray of sunlight or some comet, he jumped from globe to globe like a bird vaulting from branch to branch, [and] spanned the Milky Way."
- Voltaire, "Micromegas"
#BookWormSat
- Voltaire, "Micromegas"
#BookWormSat
June 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Our voyager was familiar with the laws of gravity. He utilized them so well that, with the help of a ray of sunlight or some comet, he jumped from globe to globe like a bird vaulting from branch to branch, [and] spanned the Milky Way."
- Voltaire, "Micromegas"
#BookWormSat
- Voltaire, "Micromegas"
#BookWormSat
Micromégas (1752), an early/proto #sciencefiction short story by Enlightenment thinker Voltaire (born #onthisday 1694), centres around a visit to Earth from a 37km tall alien who hails from a planet circling the star Sirius. Read it here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/m...
August 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Micromégas (1752), an early/proto #sciencefiction short story by Enlightenment thinker Voltaire (born #onthisday 1694), centres around a visit to Earth from a 37km tall alien who hails from a planet circling the star Sirius. Read it here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/m...
Micromégas (1752), an early/proto #sciencefiction short story by Enlightenment thinker Voltaire (born #onthisday 1694), centres around a visit to Earth from a 37km tall alien who hails from a planet circling the star Sirius. Read it here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/m...
August 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Micromégas (1752), an early/proto #sciencefiction short story by Enlightenment thinker Voltaire (born #onthisday 1694), centres around a visit to Earth from a 37km tall alien who hails from a planet circling the star Sirius. Read it here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/m...
"On a planet revolving around the star Sirius, there lived a young man [120,000 feet tall and] of great intelligence, whose acquaintance I had the honor of making during his recent visit to our little anthill. He was called Micromegas."
- Voltaire, "Micromegas"
#BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly
- Voltaire, "Micromegas"
#BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly
June 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"On a planet revolving around the star Sirius, there lived a young man [120,000 feet tall and] of great intelligence, whose acquaintance I had the honor of making during his recent visit to our little anthill. He was called Micromegas."
- Voltaire, "Micromegas"
#BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly
- Voltaire, "Micromegas"
#BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly
not sure if I ever gave this book a proper post on here! Last year I got to illustrate an abridged collection of sci fi classics for Big Picture Press.
It was extremely fun and fulfilling to illustrate something cover-to-cover like this (and a great illustration bootcamp)
It was extremely fun and fulfilling to illustrate something cover-to-cover like this (and a great illustration bootcamp)
July 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
not sure if I ever gave this book a proper post on here! Last year I got to illustrate an abridged collection of sci fi classics for Big Picture Press.
It was extremely fun and fulfilling to illustrate something cover-to-cover like this (and a great illustration bootcamp)
It was extremely fun and fulfilling to illustrate something cover-to-cover like this (and a great illustration bootcamp)
Micromegas - Voltaire
October 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Micromegas - Voltaire
Is this what Micromégas is about?
Raffle winner for serophous.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Is this what Micromégas is about?
Si mes souvenirs de Micromégas sont bons, ils te regardent baiser.
July 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Si mes souvenirs de Micromégas sont bons, ils te regardent baiser.
Gas Electron Multipliers and Micromegas Detectors are pretty cool!
High energy particles ionize gas molecules and emit electrons, which are amplified by one or more high voltage grids. Put a photocathode on top so to detect photons, similar to a photomultiplier tube.
High energy particles ionize gas molecules and emit electrons, which are amplified by one or more high voltage grids. Put a photocathode on top so to detect photons, similar to a photomultiplier tube.
December 22, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Gas Electron Multipliers and Micromegas Detectors are pretty cool!
High energy particles ionize gas molecules and emit electrons, which are amplified by one or more high voltage grids. Put a photocathode on top so to detect photons, similar to a photomultiplier tube.
High energy particles ionize gas molecules and emit electrons, which are amplified by one or more high voltage grids. Put a photocathode on top so to detect photons, similar to a photomultiplier tube.
Traducción al asturianu del “Cándidu” de Voltaire, llibru que (xunto con “Micromegas” y “Zadig”) tantes veces relleí en castellán cuando yo yera mozu. Esta traducción al asturianu paga muncho la pena: indispensable. Edita Trabe, coleición Calume, traducción de J. M. Concheso.
November 21, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Traducción al asturianu del “Cándidu” de Voltaire, llibru que (xunto con “Micromegas” y “Zadig”) tantes veces relleí en castellán cuando yo yera mozu. Esta traducción al asturianu paga muncho la pena: indispensable. Edita Trabe, coleición Calume, traducción de J. M. Concheso.
I have seen people reference Voltaire's "Micromégas" and Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" as "the first science fiction novel".
But Margaret Cavendish preceded them both by most of a century.
But Margaret Cavendish preceded them both by most of a century.
September 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I have seen people reference Voltaire's "Micromégas" and Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" as "the first science fiction novel".
But Margaret Cavendish preceded them both by most of a century.
But Margaret Cavendish preceded them both by most of a century.
¿What type of reader are you?
Last book read: Apology
Current read: Septology
Last book added to the wishlist: Micromegas
Next read: The just city
Quote this post and add your titles
¡Let's fill BlueSky with books!
#letsbooksky
Last book read: Apology
Current read: Septology
Last book added to the wishlist: Micromegas
Next read: The just city
Quote this post and add your titles
¡Let's fill BlueSky with books!
#letsbooksky
November 26, 2024 at 7:57 PM
¿What type of reader are you?
Last book read: Apology
Current read: Septology
Last book added to the wishlist: Micromegas
Next read: The just city
Quote this post and add your titles
¡Let's fill BlueSky with books!
#letsbooksky
Last book read: Apology
Current read: Septology
Last book added to the wishlist: Micromegas
Next read: The just city
Quote this post and add your titles
¡Let's fill BlueSky with books!
#letsbooksky
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20
The Portable Voltaire
1971 edition featuring: Candide, Zadig, Micromegas, letters, essays, and selections from other works.
💙📚 #booksky #bookchallenge
9/20
The Portable Voltaire
1971 edition featuring: Candide, Zadig, Micromegas, letters, essays, and selections from other works.
💙📚 #booksky #bookchallenge
November 24, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20
The Portable Voltaire
1971 edition featuring: Candide, Zadig, Micromegas, letters, essays, and selections from other works.
💙📚 #booksky #bookchallenge
9/20
The Portable Voltaire
1971 edition featuring: Candide, Zadig, Micromegas, letters, essays, and selections from other works.
💙📚 #booksky #bookchallenge
Coloured pen and glued paper on translated extract from Voltaire's Micromégas. By Eva, aged 4.
Would definitely cut the mustard in some art exhibitions. Title suggestions sought.
Would definitely cut the mustard in some art exhibitions. Title suggestions sought.
October 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Coloured pen and glued paper on translated extract from Voltaire's Micromégas. By Eva, aged 4.
Would definitely cut the mustard in some art exhibitions. Title suggestions sought.
Would definitely cut the mustard in some art exhibitions. Title suggestions sought.
Is life for you a pain in the Ox?
Have You Tamed Your Ox Lately?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0088ED5AW
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Micromégas Returns: Reality Siriusly Reconsidered
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
Have You Tamed Your Ox Lately?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0088ED5AW
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Micromégas Returns: Reality Siriusly Reconsidered
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
October 3, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Is life for you a pain in the Ox?
Have You Tamed Your Ox Lately?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0088ED5AW
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Micromégas Returns: Reality Siriusly Reconsidered
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
Have You Tamed Your Ox Lately?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0088ED5AW
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Micromégas Returns: Reality Siriusly Reconsidered
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
What's so Sirius about Micromégas returning?
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
October 3, 2026 at 4:33 AM
What's so Sirius about Micromégas returning?
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
Is life for you a pain in the Ox?
Have You Tamed Your Ox Lately?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0088ED5AW
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Micromégas Returns: Reality Siriusly Reconsidered
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
Have You Tamed Your Ox Lately?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0088ED5AW
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Micromégas Returns: Reality Siriusly Reconsidered
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
October 2, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Is life for you a pain in the Ox?
Have You Tamed Your Ox Lately?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0088ED5AW
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Micromégas Returns: Reality Siriusly Reconsidered
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
Have You Tamed Your Ox Lately?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0088ED5AW
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Micromégas Returns: Reality Siriusly Reconsidered
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
What's so Sirius about Micromégas returning?
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
October 2, 2026 at 4:13 AM
What's so Sirius about Micromégas returning?
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
What's so Sirius about Micromégas returning?
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
October 2, 2026 at 4:13 AM
What's so Sirius about Micromégas returning?
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
Source: Project Gutenberg
The Project Gutenberg E-text of Micromegas, by Voltaire
www.gutenberg.org
July 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Source: Project Gutenberg
What's so Sirius about Micromégas returning?
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
October 1, 2026 at 3:40 AM
What's so Sirius about Micromégas returning?
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
Consciousness reconsidered:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008CI7OG0
From the #Cheeky #Bastard!
Specialist Dilbert at the Pearly Gates: A Robot's Near Death Experience
www.amazon.com/dp/B0093A0TAE
Micromegas de Voltaire, Kepler tbem escreveu no século 17 a estória de um grupo de pessoas que vai a lua. Tem até quem fale em Luciano de Samosata... mas talvez ae seja forçar ..
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Micromegas de Voltaire, Kepler tbem escreveu no século 17 a estória de um grupo de pessoas que vai a lua. Tem até quem fale em Luciano de Samosata... mas talvez ae seja forçar ..
Depuis que j’ai lu Micromegas, au lycée, je m’amuse à regarder autour de moi comme si je venais d’un autre monde et que je m’efforçais de comprendre celui-ci. Et voilà que sur un parking, je découvre ces trois personnages.
http://jcmarguerite.com/2026/10/notre-lascaux/
http://jcmarguerite.com/2026/10/notre-lascaux/
Notre Lascaux
Depuis que j’ai lu Micromegas, au lycée, je m’amuse à regarder autour de moi comme si je venais d’un autre monde et que je m’efforçais de comprendre
jcmarguerite.com
October 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Depuis que j’ai lu Micromegas, au lycée, je m’amuse à regarder autour de moi comme si je venais d’un autre monde et que je m’efforçais de comprendre celui-ci. Et voilà que sur un parking, je découvre ces trois personnages.
http://jcmarguerite.com/2026/10/notre-lascaux/
http://jcmarguerite.com/2026/10/notre-lascaux/