Assertion: science fiction | /r/HasProperty | old
Facets:
value: as civilization
type: OTHER
value: as the first recorded fiction
type: TEMPORAL
value: precisely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: American science fiction author Lester del Rey was one such supporter of using Gilgamesh as an origin point, arguing that "science fiction is precisely as old as the first recorded fiction.
text: Many historians believe that science fiction is as old as civilization itself.