ASIN: B0086N8OBA
Publisher: Firestone Books
Pages: 27
The Ebony Horse was written by an unknown author, possibly of Persian origin circa 900AD, and the tale makes up part of Arabian Nights. The ebony horse of the title is a flying machine, upon which Prince Kamar, the story’s hero, has a series of adventures.Rather than simply imbuing the horse with magic, the author used futuristic technology. In this novel story there are mechanisms within the horse, dials to control its flight and it partially inflates before taking off. The ebony horse could be seen not just as a flying machine but also as a very early portrayal of a robot.Many people could be forgiven for thinking that concepts such as voyages into space, time travel, robots and extraterrestrials started in the nineteenth century with the works of Jules Verne, HG Wells and other science fiction pioneers. In truth, however, these ideas have far earlier origins, dating back a thousand ...
