• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      It’s been a long journey since:

      If we count Frankenstein as scifi…

      Then stuff centuries earlier also count as scifi, and she’s out of the discussion again.

      But I’m glad you understand now.

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        22 hours ago

        Like, I think your conception of science fiction is very specific, and that’s fine. I’m guessing you really love sci-fi and feel strongly about it, and you think this shit is just weird af. The general consensus is that Frankenstein is the first novel to really be considered science fiction and not, say, proto sci-fi, and there are plenty of reasons why people think that which you can read about if you care to. I personally feel like Frankenstein is science fiction because it explicitly uses a contemporary understanding of science and the modern scientific method to tell a story about something that had previously been entirely supernatural—the creation of new life. You have your reasons for disagreeing with that. I don’t know what those are, but you’ve got them and clearly feel pretty strongly about them.

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        23 hours ago

        Seems like you got pissy.

        I used Shelly dude to the prominence of her being called “the first sci-fi author” as an example as to why it wasn’t created by poor meth heads.

        YOU took issue with that.

        What are you trying to prove?

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          23 hours ago

          What are you trying to prove?

          What I just quoted and you just agreed with…

          If we count Frankenstein as scifi…

          Then stuff centuries earlier also count as scifi, and she’s out of the discussion again.

          I’m not sure why you’re upset with me, now that we’re on the same page…

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            23 hours ago

            We’re not. And my point has always been your initial comment in this thread is false at best.