Sci-Fi Origins

Early shapes of science fiction you can read legally.

Three public-domain starting points: creation myth, invasion narrative, and gothic horror that fed later genre storytelling.

Books in this list

Science Fiction

Mary Shelley

"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley is often called a founding work of science fiction. Read…

Science Fiction

H. G. Wells

An early invasion narrative that shaped later science fiction. Pair it with modern SF to…

Fiction & Classics

Bram Stoker

Epistolary vampire fiction that defined a genre. Read the public-domain English text…