Thread: 20 things you (probably) didn't know about Science Fiction
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Old 02-08-2008, 08:19 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by carandol View Post
And also, how can it be science fiction before the existence of science?
That would depend on how you define science, and why you think it didn't exist until after the 1200s.

I was quoting Larry Niven. He said that The Inferno was the first SF in that it was based in the most up to date understanding of the world at that time.
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