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Originally Posted by dyna mo
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"the first
seminal work to which the label Science Fiction can be logically attached".
He means its the first
great sci-fi work, not the very first book.
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Originally Posted by dyna mo
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that's just an opinion though, a book about going to the moon surely must be sci-fi? one called Somnium written in 1608 does that, Isaac Asimov considers it the first sci-fi book. Or how about the ancient stories of the Ramayana written in the 4 century BC which is often used by ancient astronaut theorists as proof of alien visits. that's just two examples
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Originally Posted by dyna mo
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"a novel that many now accept as the progenitor of
modern science fiction"