[Ads-l] Has the Earliest Modern Usage of the Term "Science Fiction" Gotten Any Attention from Science Fiction Historians?

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not a book of "science fiction," but a book of science *and* fiction.

JL

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 11:12 AM <dave at wilton.net> wrote:

> The genre predates the term.
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> There are various claims to the "first" science fiction novel. Notable
> among them are:
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> Margaret Cavendish's 1666 "The Blazing World"
> Mary Shelley's 1818 "Frankenstein"
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> Cavendish's work might not be considered a novel, but it's clearly within
> the realm of what we know call "science fiction."
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> Does that make Etidorhpa nominally the first science fiction novel? I read
> that in high school around 1980.
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