Julius von Voss (24 August 1768,

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– 1 November 1832

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) was a German author.

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His rapidity of literary production was almost without a parallel. His best story is ''The Schildbürger'' (The Fooltownite: 1823). He wrote a great many

comedies Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term origin ...

, farces, and satirical

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. In ''The Strahlau Haul of Fish'' (1822, a popular piece with songs, in the Berlin

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) he gives the first example of the Berlinese farce. ''Ini. Ein Roman aus dem ein und zwanzigsten Jahrhundert'' (Ini. A novel from the 21st century, 1810) is regarded as the first German science fiction novel.

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* ''Geschichte eines bei Jena gefangnen preussischen Offiziers'' (1807) * ''Ini. Ein Roman aus dem ein und zwanzigsten Jahrhundert'' (1810), Reprint with commentary by Ulrich Blode: Oberhaid: Utopica, 2008, * ''Das Grab der Mutter in Palermo'', novel (1818) * ''Die Damenhüte im Theater'' (1820) * ''Der Stralower Fischzug'', play (1821) * ''Die sechzehn Ahnen des Grafen von Luftheim'', family chronicle (1821) * ''Spanien's Jungfrauen-Tribut an die Mauren'', novel (1830)

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* German science fiction literature {{DEFAULTSORT:Voss, Julius von 1768 births 1832 deaths People from Brandenburg an der Havel People from the Margraviate of Brandenburg German male writers Voss family

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