Le Micromégas is a 1752 novella by the French philosopher and satirist Voltaire.[1] Along with his story "Plato's Dream", it is an early example in the literary genre of science fiction that draws upon the author's reading of Lucian's Icaromenippus, or the Sky Man, and has its place in the development of the history of literature. Some uncertainty surrounds the first publication of Micromégas, with possible editions dating to 1751 or as early as 1739 but with the widely accepted publication being in 1752.[2]
