That’s a perspective on Mary Shelley that I hadn’t considered. But she was reasonably well-adjusted and popular. And yes I do consider Frankenstein to be the first English science fiction.
If keeping body parts is a sign of neurodivergence then lots of religious people are neurodivergent.
Having body parts (finger, bones, organs) from holy people or saints as relics is extremely common.
I don’t refer to mary shelly. I do not distinguish her as the “inventor” of science fiction either. Rendering strange ideas in terms of esoteric disciplines for the metaphorical augmentation or whatever is as old as humanity.
That’s a perspective on Mary Shelley that I hadn’t considered. But she was reasonably well-adjusted and popular. And yes I do consider Frankenstein to be the first English science fiction.
Bruh…
She kept her dead husbands heart and would carry it around with her
Reasonably well-adjusted not perfectly well-adjusted.
Reasonable
That’s not neurodivergent that’s just goth bro.
Victorian goth no less.
Weird but also romantic. At least it was her deceased husband’s heart, and not her living husband’s?
If keeping body parts is a sign of neurodivergence then lots of religious people are neurodivergent. Having body parts (finger, bones, organs) from holy people or saints as relics is extremely common.
I don’t refer to mary shelly. I do not distinguish her as the “inventor” of science fiction either. Rendering strange ideas in terms of esoteric disciplines for the metaphorical augmentation or whatever is as old as humanity.
Okay. So what’s the first work of science fiction to you?
It’s something I haven’t delved into enough to arrive at a definitive conclusion, actually. The subject delivers little thrill for me.
Then I suggest you accept the common interpretation that “Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus”, is at least the first modern work of sci-fi.
I can tell this means a lot to you. I prefer science fiction tho.
Fair enough as a term, but it was one of my minors in college. Authors use both.
In what way does taste determine the genre of a work of fiction?