Celebrated today for his groundbreaking romantic poetry and acclaimed intellect, in 1812 Percy Shelley was seen as a dangerous radical by the establishment. Expelled from Oxford for his atheism he ...

Mary Shelley, often overlooked in sci-fi history, was the first-ever science fiction writer. Inspired by cutting-edge debates ...

Was there a real Dr. Frankenstein? Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus is considered by many to be the first science fiction novel. It was written in 1816 and 1817, during a time ...