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Originally Posted by HarryT
Whatever one's religious beliefs may or may not be, to classify "Origin of Species" as "Science Fiction" is clearly wrong. It's one of the "definitive" scientific theories of the 19th century.
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Certainly true. All fiction is a genre and by definition the author is writing something they know to be not true and for entertainment value. Whether you thing that any theory is right or wrong is certainly not a reason to claim that it was written as fiction.
Dale