The title of the work in the comment would have been useful. If it has been translated to english, it would likely be on Project Gutenberg.
Mark Twain also wrote some ‘Science Fiction’ ‘The Mysterious Stranger’ comes to mind.
Never mind my last post. I’m grumpy as I haven’t finished my coffee yet.
Here’s PG’s link to books they have by Lucian https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1997
Link to Lucian’s “True History”
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45858
Trips to the Moon by Samosata Lucian
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10430
If you go to the author link above, they have volumes 1-4 of his works.
The title of the work in the comment would have been useful.
[snip] Lucian of Samosata's "A True History" [/snip], right in the title of the topic. It's also called "A True History".
A True History is a novel written in the second century AD by Lucian of Samosata, a Greek-speaking author of Assyrian descent.