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Period: 150 to
HG Wells and Jules Vern
Jules Vern pioneered the adventure driven romantic sci-fi opera. HG Wells took much more moralising tones. -
H.G Wells The Time Machine
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Frankenstein: The birth of Sci-fi
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Sceince fiction begins to go mainstream
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The golden age
The golden age of Sci-fi coincides with two wars and the cold war. Prominent authors from that time span were Robert Heinen, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and George Orwell
