There’s been some oil spilt on the road and at the two roundabouts on Wiltshire Lane, just thought to tell people, in case people wonder why they lose control of their cars for a second.
Like life aboard a spaceship, maybe similar to some parts of children of time for example.
Just curious is all.
I see it come up a bit at the moment maybe by what I read and look up, but I don’t think Frankenstein can really be called the first Sci Fi, when I read it when I was younger and I have always thought of it as Gothic Fiction.
Also there are many works from before this.
A) Epic of Gilgamesh - more of a fantasy not really sci fi, but as of currently still the first story.
B) famous poems from BCE era India. I can’t think of their names or how they are spelt, but there a few that talk of advanced machinery, time travel, time dilation, etc.
C) A True History by Lucian is considered satirical and hyperbolic by some and on the other hand some believe it to be the first sci fi.
More as well can One Thousand and One Nights,
Theologus Autodidactus, Roman de Troie, Utopia, New Atlantis and many more.
With all of these books and stories I find it hard to believe that Frankenstein is truly the first sci fi. But that’s why I am here to ask. I do know of Billion and Trillion Year Spree, and that some may quote that someone in the past said that “Frankenstein can be the only logical Science fiction novel as it used current understanding to push the boundary of what might be possible.” I think that quote is wrong but I think it conveys what I hope the real quote does.
But I think I’ll leave it to everyone as truthfully I have seen both sides that agree and disagree of the matter, but I just thought I should post something here to see what everyone thinks.
Also I’m putting this up as I saw some meme talking about that Mary Shelly invented science fiction, which I don’t agree with, but I wish to leave it there to be discussed.
EDIT: Another story that could be considered a first might be Somnium (The Dream) by Johannes Kepler 1634. The is the story that both Isaac Asimov and the astronomer Carl Sagan believe to be the first sci fi.