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The 19th century saw a major acceleration of these trends and features, most clearly seen in the groundbreaking publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in 1818. The short novel features the archetypal "mad scientist" experimenting with advanced technology.[40] In his book Billion Year Spree, Brian Aldiss claims Frankenstein represents "the first seminal work to which the label Science Fiction can be logically attached".
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