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"One of the earliest and most commonly-cited texts for those looking for early precursors to science fiction is the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, with the earliest text versions identified as being from about 2000 BCE."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_fiction
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"One of the earliest and most commonly-cited texts for those looking for early precursors to science fiction is the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, with the earliest text versions identified as being from about 2000 BCE."
New York Times Books wrote:
With Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback, H.G. Wells invented the genre of science fiction.
@hehazelhayes added:
just a reminder that #MaryShelley published Frankenstein before Jules Verne or H.G. Wells had even been born