Dave Vicks
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I know the SF Author Brian Aldiss does. I wonder if Shelley read Voltaire's
SF story Micromegas?
SF story Micromegas?
Absolutely No. It is Gothic Horror.
Galvanism
I doubt this debate could get as heated as the one I witnessed about whether Shelley intended the creature to be created from stitching together corpse parts or grown from scratch!
It's clearly SF as we see it now. However it was written before there was anything else that could be said to be SF, so yes, a bit rough around the edges and it takes its influences from other things around it. As the first attempts usually are when there isn't a genre to measure up against.
Anyone saying otherwise doesn't understand what SF is.
"I am by birth a Genevese; and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics; and my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation."It's perhaps the earliest form of biopunk sf.