Timeline of science fiction
This is a timeline of science fiction as a literary tradition.
16th century
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17th century
New Atlantis |
Title page of the 1628 edition of Bacon's New Atlantis |
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Francis Bacon |
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| Country |
United Kingdom |
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Utopian novel |
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H3Ewald |
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Publication date |
1624/1626 |
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| Pages |
46 pp |
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Kircher's magnetic clock.
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| 1780 |
- The Passage from the North to the South Pole is published anonymously in France.[4]
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19th century
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| 1859 |
- Hermann Lang publishes The Air Battle: a Vision of the Future.[9]
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1900s
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1910s
Ralph 124C 41+ |
Serialized in Modern Electrics |
| Author |
Hugo Gernsback |
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| Country |
United States |
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| Language |
English |
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| Genre |
Science fiction novel |
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Publication date |
1911 |
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| Media type |
Print (hardback & paperback) |
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none |
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- ENIAC, the world's first electronic computer, is built.[23]
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- The Festival of Britain exhibition celebrates innovative British architecture, scientific discoveries, technology, and industrial design.[24]
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- Terra, a new series of science fiction publications, is launched in Germany.[25]
- Galaxis is founded in Germany.[25]
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- Telstar broadcasts the first live transatlantic pictures.[27]
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See also
References
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