
Wells, Jules Verne, and Robert Louis Stevenson the space to experiment with new, scientific concepts and configure brilliant stories around them. Although this book predominantly tackles themes of companionship, humanity, nature, and love, the novel also propelled topics like scientific experimentation and body disfiguration into the literary mainstream.ĭuring the 19th century, science fiction really took off, allowing canonical authors such as H.G.

Although there is much speculation about when and where the genre originated, most critics consider Mary Shelley’s famous 1818 novel, Frankensteinas the first influential sci-fi novel. Science fiction is one of the most popular and well-recognized literary genres of all time.
