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Age of Enlightenment
In the 1700s, a philosophical movement that elevated reason and empirical observation as the nexus for human knowledge. -
Industrial Revolution
A period of innovation that brought many watershed technological changes to the world, like steam engines. -
Publication of "Frankenstein"
Science fiction's first prominent work, Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, "Frankenstein". -
HG Wells and Jules Werne
By the the mid to late 1800s, we see the emergence of two science fiction's seminal authors, HG Wells who takes on stories based on morality and Jules Verne who pioneered the adventure-driven romantic sci-fi opera. -
Pulp Magazines and Novels
By the mid 1920s, pulp magazines and novels are the current style and authors are paid by the word and rewarded for quantity over quality. -
Golden Age of Science Fiction
Coinciding with the events of WWII, science fiction entered its golden age when prominent authors, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Issac Asimov and George Orwell. -
Philip K Dick, Ursula K LeGuin and Frank Herbert
Philip K Dick popularised the sub genre cyberpunk, Ursula K LeGuin pens one of the first mainstream sci-fi books to explore a genderless society and Frank Herbert gaves us "Dune" and memes. -
Orson Scott Card
The rise of personal computers, video games and the very beginning of the internet inspires Orson Scott Card to write the "Ender's Game" series predicting how the internet would shape the discourse and the gamification of war. -
Michael Crichton
A commercial sci-fi writer reads and warns of the dangers of irresponsible science. -
Afrofuturism and Diversity of Authors
Octavia E. Butler. seminal to the afrofuturism sub genre and people of color get more mainstream attention.