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Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
The first prominent work in sci-fi -
H.G Wells aand Jules Verne
Jules Verne pioneered the adventure-driven romantic sci-fi opera. Meanwhile H.G Wells' novels took a more moralising tone -
Science Fiction goes more mainstream
Authors are paid by the word -
WWII
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Golden age of sci-fi
Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, George Orwell -
New generation of authors
Philip K. Dick, Ursula k. Le Guin, Frank Herbert -
Evolution of tech
This forged new ideas in Sci-Fi and new authors like Orson Scott Card, Micheal Crichton and Octavia E. Butler. Women get more mainstream attention.