How it all began Science fiction or sci fi stories appeared in the 19th century with the development of science and technology.0:06
One of the fathers of sci fi literature was Jules Verne.0:17
A French writer at the beginning of his career, Jules Verne wrote stories in newspaper articles and was not very successful.0:21
He became famous when in 1863 he started a series of stories about imaginary journeys into the unknown.0:30
Verne's journeys took his readers to the North Pole, under the sea, to the center of the Earth and other worlds.0:39
In his book from the Earth to the Moon, Jules Verne describes a trip around the moon.0:47
His characters only look at the moon, but don't walk on it.0:53
Another science fiction writer, Herbert George Wells, an Englishman, actually put his characters on the moon in his book the First Men in the Moon.0:57
Wells began his career as a teacher, then wrote for a newspaper and finally became a popular writer.1:06
Herbert Wells did not only entertain the reader with his stories, he also asked important questions about people's lives in the future.1:13
Wells was the first author to write about machines of war, a kind of atom bomb, and many other things that later in the 20th century became very real.1:22
He first wrote that the Earth could be visited by life forms which might be violent and cruel to people.1:32
Wells most famous book is probably the Invisible Man, Griffin.1:39
The main character does a scientific experiment because because he wants power.1:44
As a result, he loses his body and contact with other people.1:49
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