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Originally Posted by rogueteens
"the first seminal work to which the label Science Fiction can be logically attached".
He means its the first great sci-fi work, not the very first book.
that's just an opinion though, a book about going to the moon surely must be sci-fi? one called Somnium written in 1608 does that, Isaac Asimov considers it the first sci-fi book. Or how about the ancient stories of the Ramayana written in the 4 century BC which is often used by ancient astronaut theorists as proof of alien visits. that's just two examples
"a novel that many now accept as the progenitor of modern science fiction"
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I hear ya, it's all opinion. I'm certainly not claiming to be an expert, nevertheless, my comment was true- I was watching a documentary and in it was made the assertion that Mary Shelley is the mother of Science Fiction. I can see how that makes sense.