History of Science Fiction

By anonymous123456
  • 900

    1001 Arabian Nights

    The Thousand and One Nights, also called The Arabian Nights, Arabic Alf laylah wa laylah, collection of largely Middle Eastern and Indian stories of uncertain date and authorship. Its tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sindbad the Sailor have almost become part of Western folklore, though these were added to the collection only in the 18th century in European adaptations.
  • 1300

    Urashima Tarō

    Urashima Tarō is the protagonist of a Japanese fairy tale (otogi banashi), who in a typical modern version is a fisherman rewarded for rescuing a turtle, and carried on its back to the Dragon Palace (Ryūgū-jō) beneath the sea. There he is entertained by the princess Otohime as a reward.

  • H.G Wells & Jules Verne

    Jules Verne pioneered the adventure-driven romantic sci-fi opera. His most famous works are dashing adventures that send us beyond the reach of the known world before actual science had yet to catch up. Meanwhile H.G Wells novels are over here talking taking a much more moralising tone. In 'The Time machine humankind has developed into either childlike naive beings or complete monsters, and eventually, Earth ends up as a dried out season less husk

  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

  • Magazines & Novels

    In the mid 1920s pulp magazines and novel are in vogue and its where science fiction goes mainstream. It is here where authors are paid for quantity over quality. Science fictions is now grouped with low art text like comic books and serialised romances.

  • "The Golden age of Science Fiction"

    The promient aurtohors of this time era are, Robert Heinlein, author of "Star ship Troppers" and "Stranger in Strange Land". Another author is Ray Bradbury, author of "Fahrenheit 451" and the "Martian Chronicles". Isaac Asimov who focuses on artificial intelligence, and George Orwell and his 1984 novel which focuses on the future.