Science fiction on stamps
Science fiction is a popular genre of books, television series, and feature films. For many people, it is also a fun subject to build a thematic stamp collection with. Over time, many beautiful stamps with this theme have been issued.
A characteristic of a classic science fiction story is the presence of new inventions that did not yet exist at the time of writing.
Frankenstein
The story Frankenstein by philosopher and writer Mary Shelley, which was published in 1818, is considered by many to be the first science fiction story.
Jules Verne
The French science fiction writer Jules Verne is perhaps the most famous writer of science fiction stories. He published 54 books, the majority of which can be classified as science fiction. These stories dealt with subjects such as rockets, tanks, and aircraft carriers.
HGWells
The British writer H.G. Wells, known for War of the Worlds and Time Machine, among others, wrote a vast number of science fiction novels. Forty years after its publication, the story War of the Worlds became a huge success once again with its adaptation into a radio play by Orson Welles. The radio play was broadcast as a Halloween special on October 30, 1938. Many listeners had missed the intro to the play and thought that a real Martian invasion had begun.
Sci-Fi television series
In the 1950s and 1960s, science fiction was rediscovered in the form of comic books and series broadcast on television.Dr..Who
Dr. Who is a science fiction series from Great Britain that has been widely imitated. The first episode was broadcast in 1963 and the series is still running.
Star Trek
This series was first broadcast in 1966 and depicted a utopian vision of the future in which a United Earth has solved most modern global problems: pollution, hunger, poverty, and interhuman conflicts are largely a thing of the past. Creator Gene Roddenberry was the first person to be scattered in space during a space burial in 1992.
Thunderbirds
This marionette puppet series was created by Gerry Anderson. The first episode dates from 1964.
Films
The French film stop-motion film “A Trip to the Moon” The film from 1902 is considered the first science fiction film. This was a silent film, made by Georges Méliès. Until the end of the 50s, science fiction films were seen as a genre consisting primarily of low-budget B-movies.2001: A Space Odyssey
This film from 1968, made by Stanley Kubrick in collaboration with Arthur C. Clarke, ensured that the film genre matured.
Star Wars
This science fiction film series, created by George Lucas, is, unlike 2001, a true spectacle. Immediately after its premiere in 1977, the film was a huge worldwide success.
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