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When entering the realm of science fiction, it can be hard to know where to start. Most used book stores have shelves upon shelves of barely-distinguishable sci-fi paperbacks. To aid in the search for good science fiction, ten of the most popular authors in the genre are introduced, as are their most well known works.

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The best way to start a journey into science fiction literature is by perusing what´s most famous. While the popularity of its authors doesn´t necessary reflect the best a genre has to offer, a famous author´s work can be trusted, above all, to be intellectually and thematically accessible. Once you start reading the famous authors, you´ll most likely find yourself drawn to a sub-niche that closely fits your interests.

Listed below are the ten most widely famous science fiction authors, names that you most likely have heard before, no matter what you´re used to reading. You may not even have realized their work falls into the science fiction category.

Mary Shelley

Born in London, England in 1797 to a pair of well-known and innovative philosophers (sadly, her mother died just after she was born), Shelley entered a world that provided her with a great deal more education than most women received at the time, amply preparing her to write a great masterpiece.

Shelley´s classic novel, "Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus" (later shortened to just "Frankenstein"), was inspired by a nightmare and published anonymously in 1818. Before writing the work, Shelley´s interest was snagged by a scientist´s ability to animate frog legs with electricity. She was led to conceive of a story in which something similar was done to a human, and thus, the first science fiction story was born.

The story discusses the consequences of creating life from matter, the power of loneliness, and clashes between morality and science. Interpretations of the work still vary to this day. Don´t pass this one up as cheesy - it´s the common inaccurate conception of the Frankenstein monster with green with bolts in his neck that´s to blame for assumed tackiness.

Jules Verne

Born in 1828 to a lawyer father, Jules Verne became nothing less than a revolutionary, writing fantastical stories about forms of travel and exploration that were impossible, and to many, inconceivable, at the time. He wrote in French, and took a while to gain popularity in English culture due to poor translations of his books.

Along with being a great storyteller, Verne is credited with impressive predictions. His anticipations of the future included the moon landing, the jukebox, the helicopter, air conditioning, automobiles, and even the Internet!

Verne´s most famous works include ´Journey to the Center of the Earth,´ ´From the Earth to the Moon,´ ´Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,´ and ´Around the World in Eighty Days.´ While all of these titles may sound familiar to you, you may not have known that they make up only a small portion of Verne´s fifty-four-part ´Voyages Extraorinaires´ series.

Edgar Allan Poe

Poe was born in 1809, and is known historically as a morbidly depressed and sickly alcoholic. He married his cousin when she was thirteen. Her early death likely contributed to the dark themes of his work.

Although Poe is best known for Gothic horror stories like ´The Black Cat,´ ´The Masque of the Red Death,´ and ´The Pit and the Pendulum,´ he can be credited with some good science fiction as well. ´The Balloon Hoax´ is a story about the first transatlantic balloon voyage; ´The Power of Words´ is a post-apocalyptic and philosophical exploration of the meaning of happiness; and ´A Descent into the Maelstrom´ is about a sea adventure. Poe also dabbled in the sciences directly: ´Eureka: an Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe´ is a fascinatingly puzzling look at Poe´s direct interpretations of the astronomical knowledge of his time.

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