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When Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818 (aged 19), neither Jules Verne, nor Welles were born yet (Allan Poe was 9). A teenage girl wrote what is still considered today the 1st science fiction novel. This article continues the long tradition of erasing her. Article by New York Times Books: With Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback, H.G. Wells invented the genre of science fiction.

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When Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818 (aged 19), neither Jules Verne, nor Welles were born yet (Allan Poe was 9). A teenage girl wrote what is still considered today the 1st science fiction novel. This article continues the long tradition of erasing her. Article by New York Times Books: With Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback, H.G. Wells invented the genre of science fiction.
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Nick East (Indie Writer) (nickeast@geekdom.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 03:04:54 JST Nick East (Indie Writer)

I didn't realise this was a thing, do people really think Mary Shelly wasn't the first SciFi author? 🤔
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