Talk:Scientific romance

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[edit] Scientific romance

Just another name for science fiction and would do better at that page, IMO. The name is hardly ever used now. Mandel 16:00, Jun 8, 2004 (UTC)

  • Merge and redirect. Rhymeless 19:18, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. I believe the term science fiction or possibly scientifiction wasn't coined until the thirties or thereabouts at the time when the great SF pulp were launched. That leaves quite a long period of time before that when people were writing the stuff and had to call it something else. That includes Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle (Professor Challenger, etc.), a good dozen stories by Jack London, and many others. It's true that the name is hardly ever used now, but the page says it's archaic, and it seems to me that it would be a fine jumping-off place for an article on SF pre-Gernsback and pre-Campbell. Dpbsmith 19:20, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)
    • Wouldn't it be strange if, when reading on science fiction, one has to jump over to scientific romance for the pre-30s history? Why not just make a note of this name and usage in the sci-fi article? Is there a distinction between the two? Mandel 23:38, Jun 8, 2004 (UTC)
  • Wouldn't redirect be better than deletion? DJ Clayworth 19:37, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect unless seriously expanded. -- Cyrius|✎ 22:04, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep where it is. There is plenty of time for this to expand. Rossami
  • Merge and redirect. SWAdair | Talk 03:40, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. There's a wealth of detail to cover. Rossumcapek 21:21, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
  • It's actually a sub-genre of science fiction, I've just been studying this at uni. Still used with reference to Wells etc - intend to expand. Princessblade01 14:34, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
  • I agree, this is a sub-genre of science fiction, and so it should be kept.CClio333 17:11, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Started with Verne?

Scientific romance is generally held to have started with Jules Verne's novel Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Who says this? I don't know of anyone earlier but I'd prefer a stronger assertion than "generally held". --Rory ☺ 14:20, Jun 16, 2004 (UTC)