S1E1:Mary Shelley to Isaac Asimov
Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age
3 Apr 2025TV-14
The early classics of science fiction, including Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and work by More, Swift, Wells and Huxley, established the blueprint for the genre. Though these works incorporated wildly imaginative flights of fancy, they contained a healthy dose of reality and were influenced by the events of the day. Soon the threat of global catastrophe shaped these stories.
