like Earth. At night on Privolva all of the water is pumped to Subvolva to submerge the land so only a small portion of land remains above the waves. The Subvolvans are protected from the Sun by almost constant cloud cover and rain. In popular culture Fresh Aire V by Mannheim Steamroller is a concept album based on the work, and Kim Stanley Robinson's novel Galileo's Dream draws direct inspiration from it. In Past Continuous, a novel by the Israeli author Yaakov Shabtai, one of the characters (Goldman) translates Somnium into Hebrew. Sylvia Brownrigg's novel (2012) and its same-titled cinematic adaptation Kepler's Dream (2016) are based on it. Dutch multi-instrumentalist Jacco Gardner released a 2018 album, Somnium, as a nod to the novel. Editions References External links Christianson, Gale E., Kepler's Somnium: Science Fiction and the Renaissance Scientist The Somnium Project: Latin original, English translation, and blog 1608 novels 1634 novels History of astronomy 1630s science fiction novels German science fiction novels Works by Johannes Kepler 17th-century Latin books Novels set in Iceland Novels set on the Moon Novels about dreams Novels published posthumously Witchcraft in written fiction