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This is a subject of much debate as what we tend to call science fiction was in existence long before there a classification for the genre. The first piece of literature ever written, The Epic of Gilgamesh (4500 bc), in parts can be considered Science Fiction. The bronze age legends of Daedelus can be considered gadgetry science fiction. Lucian of Samosata c. A.D. 125 - after A.D. 180 has been named as the father of science fiction.

Galileo Gaile

Cyrano Bergerac

Daniel Defoe

Nathanial Hawthorne

have all been credited with writing what can be termed science fiction.

Mary Shelly has been voted as the first science fiction author for her novels Frankenstein and The Last Man.

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