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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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When were the first links between Cain and vampirism made in literature?
TL;DR: I could not find the explicit declaration that Cain was a vampire prior to the release of a series of RPG books in 1991. The RPG is called Vampire: The Masquerade [note: when I first wrote thi …
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What is the earliest example of an explicit subtractive retcon in speculative fiction litera...
I once asked What is Dr. Strange's source of income? and got a very curious answer.
In Strange Tales #147, Strange is in need of money and tells his servant Wong to do what RPG players do when they fi …
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What was the first story to be set in the future?
I would propose Memoirs of the 20th Century as the earliest future fiction work among modern publications. It is the earliest one listed in Wikipedia for "futures" now past, and also by Randall Munroe …
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What is the earliest science fictional or fantastical example of a woman being sterilised to...
Interview with the Vampire is a book from 1976. It starts a series called The Vampire Chronicles, in which "vampirization" causes all of a person's bodily processes to cease:
Upon their transformatio …
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First science fiction story featuring super-intelligent character?
I'm tempted to include Jules Verne's stories here.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was first published in 1870. It is rather steampunk , which I consider a subgenre of sci-fi - though I believe the terms …
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What is the origin of the "being immortal sucks" trope?
Hercules, a.k.a. Heracles, hit his master Chiron the centaur with a poisoned arrow as friendly fire during a battle. Chiron was immortal in the sense that he would never age and would live forever, an …
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Earliest story with mind-transfer to a biological body custom-made to replace a worn-out/dyi...
In H.P. Lovecraft's The Whisperer in Darkness, from 1931, a character has his mind transferred to a small cylinder, seemingly as a punishment. Granted, this is kinda the opposite of:
when the old …
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What is the earliest example of Superman-style flight?
Ghosts.
Throughout history, ghosts have commonly been portrayed as levitators. Sometimes they are even portrayed without feet.
This is so timeless that I cannot give you an exact date on when it sta …
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Are there any invented tonal languages in sci-fi and fantasy?
Not sure how this might fit the bill.
In the Elder Scrolls series of games, dragons have a language of their own, Dovahzul. This language is special because the tonality in its usage does not change …
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What is the earliest example of a "Blighted Land" created by human or semi-human activity?
The story of the sleeping beauty may come from as early as 1528, according to Wikipedia. In at least one variation, the whole kingdom where the princess lived was put to sleep for a whole century or m …
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