1870:
Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
The Sea” described subterranean worlds and travels.
1895:
H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine” introduced the
concept of time travel in science fiction.
1921:
Yevgeny Zamyatin’s “We” conceptualised
‘inhuman’ aspect of a controlled futuristic world.
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1926: Hugo Gernsback’s pulp magazine introduced the phrase
“science fiction”!
1932:
Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” brought in
frightening visions of a dystopian world, genetic engineering and
mood controlling drugs.
1949: George Orwell’s “1984” described a futuristic society
where every individual is completely under the control of a “big
brother” government
1950:
Isaac Asimov’s “I, Robot” depicted societies where
humans and robots coexist under 3 laws that came to be called
Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics.
1951: John Wyndham’s “The Day Of The Triffids” set in a
post-apocalyptic world plagued with blindness and the rise of an
aggressive species of plant as a consequence.
1962:
J.G. Ballard’s “The Drowned World” ushered in the
‘new wave’ of science fiction focusing on ecological catastrophes
in apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic worlds.
1968:
Philip K. Dicks’s “Do Androids Dream Of Electric
Sheep?” depicting the coexistence of humans and androids. This
was also the year of the release of the movie - Arthur C. Clarke’s
“2001: A Space Odyssey”
1969: Ursula K. Le Guin’s“The Left Hand Of Darkness” was
a breakthrough for female writers in the genre and was
groundbreaking in its examination of postulations about gender.