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For questions about the history of the genre: the origin and evolution of ideas in speculative fiction. Example topics include the first work of speculative fiction with a particular property, or the origin of a term or trope.

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What is the earliest work considered to be Science Fiction?

Modern Europe had early contributors, but SciFi is much older probably dating as far back as the 5th century BCE It is certainly hard to decide which is the first SciFi work, since the very concept o …
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Was the treaded submarine from *Le Manitoba ne répond plus* fictional in Hergés' time?

Submarine vehicles rolling on threads at the bottom of the ocean have been a recurrent theme in several major countries in the 20th century, with many projects and prototypes. Only a german armed tank …
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