Strange as it might seem Science Fiction came first.
SF has been around ever since ever since literature began, in fact the earliest piece of literature (The Epic of Gilgamesh) can be argued to have elements of SF/Fantasy to it. The genre was definitely well establish by the early bronze age as evidence by the legends of Daedelus. One of the earliest writers of SF has been identified as Lucian of Samosata c. AD 125 - after AD 180.
Science was not invented until the time of FrancisBacon (22 January 1561 - 9 April 1626)
communication satellites.
"Frankestein" is a Science Fiction novel,or gothic science fiction.
Some would say that science fiction excludes fantasy but Arthur C. Clarke said, "Any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Science fiction authors have mixed science fiction with all other forms of literature. There are science fiction lyrics to songs, science fiction poetry, science fiction mixed with humor, science fiction mixed with westerns, science fiction mixed with romance.
Yes it is Science Fiction
Science Fiction! From the movie District 9.
Science. You have to have the basic concept before people can begin writing fiction about it.
Some people consider Jules Verne the father of science fiction and Mary Shelley the mother of science fiction. Some even say that Gilgamesh was the first science fiction book.
communication satellites.
Hugo Gernsback is called the father of science fiction because he founded the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, in 1926.
Science Fiction is a fiction based on science.
The action science fiction movie came out in 1997.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind came out in 1977.
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"Frankestein" is a Science Fiction novel,or gothic science fiction.
Some would say that science fiction excludes fantasy but Arthur C. Clarke said, "Any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Science fiction authors have mixed science fiction with all other forms of literature. There are science fiction lyrics to songs, science fiction poetry, science fiction mixed with humor, science fiction mixed with westerns, science fiction mixed with romance.
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.