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Did you know? Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein" (1818) at the age of 18 — as part of a ghost story contest during a holiday in Switzerland with Lord Byron and her husband Percy Shelley. The story — a scientist who creates life and cannot control it — is often called the first science fiction novel.

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Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein" (1818) at the age of 18 — as part of a ghost story contest during a holiday in Switzerland with Lord Byron and her husband Percy Shelley. The story — a scientist who creates life and cannot control it — is often called the first science fiction novel.

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