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Word: moonmen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...True History, written in the 2nd century A.D., a Syrian named Lucian told how a ship and its crew were caught in a whirlwind while sailing beyond the Pillars of Hercules and were lofted all the way to the moon. There the sailors witnessed a war between moonmen and invaders from the sun. It was all so alluring that, in a second book, another Lucian character went there on purpose: he simply donned wings and flew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poised for the Leap | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

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