Original sentence: Although normally associated with the gothic horror genre, the novel introduces science fiction themes such as the use of technology for achievements beyond the scope of science at the time, and the alien as antagonist, furnishing a view of the human condition from an outside perspective.Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville's Le Dernier Homme (1805) (The Last Man)
Edited sentence: Although normally labelled gothic horror, this categorization is an historical fossil, simply because the term "science fiction" didn't exist for over a century after it was published.However, while set in the future, when there are political changes, in centuries technology has not advanced an iota, making it soft science fiction at best.Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville's Le Dernier Homme (1805) (The Last Man) is often included, but the prescence of Satan marks this as fantasy.The novel introduces science fiction themes such as the use of technology for achievements beyond the scope of science at the time, and the alien as antagonist, furnishing a view of the human condition from an outside perspective