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Romanian science fiction began in the 19th century and gained popularity in Romania during the second half of the 20th century. While a few Romanian science fiction writers were translated into English, none proved popular abroad. ==Early years== The country's earliest science fiction story is Al. N. Dariu's ''Finis Romaniae'' (1873), an alternate history short story which presents the history of Romania after the sudden death of Carol I and a revolution against the new prince, which declares Romania a republic.〔Manolescu, p. 190-191〕 The following story was ''Spiritele anului 3000'', a utopia written two years later, in 1875, by a teenager under the pen name "Demetriu G. Ionnescu", who would later become the statesman Take Ionescu. The short story is set in the year 3000, when the earth is populated by humans of small stature who reach maturity by age 15. Politically, the monarchies have been abolished, with all the states being republics and part of a world confederation. Religion and wars have disappeared and Bucharest, a garden city, is the capital of a Romania within its natural (ethnic) borders, following a ruling from a Supreme Tribunal.〔Manolescu, p. 192〕 In the early 1900s, Victor Anestin was a notable popularizer of science who, apart from writing hundreds of articles and books about science, wrote three science fiction novels: ''În anul 4000 sau O călătorie la Venus'' ("In the year 4000, or A trip to Venus", 1899), ''O tragedie cerească, Poveste astronomică'' ("A Celestial Tragedy, An Astronomical Story", 1914) and ''Puterea ştiinţei, sau Cum a fost omorât Răsboiul European, Poveste fantastică'' ("The Power of Science, or How the European War was Killed, Fantasy Story", 1916). ''A Celestial Tragedy'' had one of the earliest descriptions of the possibility of using atomic power for war purposes, being published in February 1914, the same year as H. G. Wells' ''The World Set Free''.〔Ion Hobana, ("Nuclear War Fiction in Eastern Europe" ), in ''Nuclear Texts and Contexts'', Fall 1989〕 In 1914, Henri Stahl published ''Un român în lună'' ("A Romanian on the Moon"), themed around the possibility of a moon landing.〔Manolescu, p. 231-233〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Romanian science fiction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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