George Eliot is best known for Middlemarch, but she also wrote an early work of science fiction

George Eliot saw literature as uniquely capable of extending our sympathies, but her work engaged deeply with scientific ...
Greek Reporter

First Science Fiction Novel of Man on the Moon was in Greek 2,000 Years Ago

The first science fiction novel about man on the Moon was written in Greek by a writer named Lucian of Samosata 2,000 years ago ...
Inverse

How The Most Influential Animator You Never Heard Of Sparked The Golden Age of Sci-Fi

Fascination with science-fiction worlds is baked deeply into the origins of film history. Beginning with Georges Méliès’ groundbreaking wizardry in 1902’s A Trip to the Moon, the genre’s possibilities ...
Moviefone

Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age - Season 1 (2025)

This episode explores early science-fiction writers, including Mary Shelley (Frankenstein), Jules Verne (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) and HG Wells (Things to Come and The Time Machine). Plus, the ...