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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Mwahaha  Jellyfish protagonist for the win! |
Time by Stephen Baxter features the squid Sheena 5 are one of the main characters.
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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, and I have my HG Wells and Jules Verne books to back me up on this  |
Most stores (at least those selling to the UK) seem to categorise Jules Verne under Adventure or general fiction rather than science fiction.
Although I'm somewhat dubious whether the original novels are particularly steampunk, even if later adaptations have been. I've recently read 20,000 leagues under the sea and the Nautilus is very much described in the same way as a hybrid car - clean, efficient, the electricially-powered future.
And even if they are, science changes and science fiction has to change with it. What was reasonable scientific speculation a hundred years ago is fantasy today so just because an old novel was science fiction it doesn't mean a newer one on the same subject will be as well.