British science fiction
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| *In the late 19th century, the term "[[scientific romance]]" was used in Britain to describe much of this fiction. This produced additional offshoots, such as the 1884 novella ''[[Flatland]]: A Romance of Many Dimensions'' by [[Edwin Abbott Abbott]]. | *In the late 19th century, the term "[[scientific romance]]" was used in Britain to describe much of this fiction. This produced additional offshoots, such as the 1884 novella ''[[Flatland]]: A Romance of Many Dimensions'' by [[Edwin Abbott Abbott]]. | ||
| *[[New Wave science fiction]] began in [[1964]], when Michael Moorcock took over as editor for the [[British science fiction]] magazine ''[[New Worlds]]'' | *[[New Wave science fiction]] began in [[1964]], when Michael Moorcock took over as editor for the [[British science fiction]] magazine ''[[New Worlds]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Alan Moore]] | ||
| ===Film and televsion=== | ===Film and televsion=== | ||
| *''[[Things to Come]]'' | *''[[Things to Come]]'' | ||
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History
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Literature
- Margaret Cavendish's 1666 novel, The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
- The Discovery of a World in the Moone (1668) by Bishop Wilkins
- Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726) was one of the first true science fantasy works
- Brian Aldiss has argued that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) was the first work of science fiction.
- H. G. Wells created a body of work that became popular across broad cross-sections of society. Wells' The War of the Worlds (1898) describes an invasion of late Victorian England by Martians using tripod fighting machines equipped with advanced weaponry. It is a seminal depiction of an alien invasion of Earth.
- In the late 19th century, the term "scientific romance" was used in Britain to describe much of this fiction. This produced additional offshoots, such as the 1884 novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott.
- New Wave science fiction began in 1964, when Michael Moorcock took over as editor for the British science fiction magazine New Worlds
- Alan Moore
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Film and televsion
- Things to Come
- British television science fiction
- Inseminoid
- Quatermass and the Pit (film)
- Doctor Who
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See also
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