52 episodes already? On this special anniversary episode, we make an attempt to define science fiction, reveal our favorite stories from the past year, and finish up with our favorite discoveries about the science fiction world.
Links:
Wikipedia page on the First World Science Fiction Convention [New York 1939]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_World_Science_Fiction_Convention
The first all science fiction magazine [Amazing Stories, April 1926]:
https://archive.org/details/amazing_stories_april_1926/mode/2up
The first science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon, created by Georges Méliès [1902]:
https://archive.org/details/LeVoyageDansLaLunATripToTheMoonGeorgesMlisReworked19022017/LeVoyageDansLaLuneaTripToTheMoonGeorgesMlisReworked1902-2017Hq.mp4
The first science fiction novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley [1818]:
Volume I:
https://archive.org/details/shelleyfrankenstein01/page/n3/mode/2up
Volume II:
https://archive.org/details/shelleyfrankenstein02/page/n5/mode/2up
Volume III:
https://archive.org/details/shelleyfrankenstein03/page/n5/mode/2up