page_title: Timeline of science fiction
section_title: 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of science fiction / 19th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Alien tripod illustration by Alvim Corréa, from the 1906 French edition of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds".
context_page_description: This is a timeline of science fiction as a literary tradition. While the date of the start of science fiction is debated, this list includes a range of Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance-era precursors and proto-science fiction as well, as long as these examples include typical science fiction themes and topoi such as
  travel to outer space and encounter with alien life-forms.
caption: An alien invasion as featured in H. G. Wells' 1897 novel The War of the Worlds.
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