What's the /his/tory of the science fiction genre?

bampin for OP, im interested too. When did the 'fantasy story' but 'set in the future' make it's first appearance? Was it in a novel? Earlier than than the novel even?

>>2263775
ask /lit/

>>2264390
Probably didn't start with H.G. but he probably popularized it.

>>2263775
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_History

>>2263775
Probably "Frankenstein".

Aren't there spaceships in the Upanishads?

>>2263775
Frankenstein is considered one of the first sci fi novels

>>2263775
I would say that Jules Verne was the first

Kepler and Kant both had writings on life on other planets

>>2266323
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_History
Very interesting article. Lucian seems pretty awesome.

Basically Plato,like many other things,the story is Atlantis of course.

>>2266323
>In sum, typical science fiction themes and topoi appearing in True Stories are:

travel to outer space
encounter with alien life-forms, including the experience of a first encounter event
interplanetary warfare and imperialism
colonization of planets
artificial atmosphere
liquid air
reflecting telescope
motif of giganticism
creatures as products of human technology (robot theme)
worlds working by a set of alternate 'physical' laws
explicit desire of the protagonist for exploration and adventure

Well that about settles it for me. That's pretty damn early to be writing about that sort of stuff.

>>2266314

Jules Verne started it all, H G Wells piggybacked off of his success.

Verne was incredibly popular and successful for his time.

>>2266323
>There they find themselves embroiled in a full-scale war between the king of the Moon and the king of the Sun over colonisation of the Morning Star, involving armies including such exotica as stalk-and-mushroom men, acorn-dogs ("dog-faced men fighting on winged acorns"), and cloud-centaurs.

This guy was 100% a psychonaut