the Worlds. It is about Martians invading Earth. Some other well-known authors during the 19th and 20th centuries were Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jules Verne. In 1818, Mary Shelley decided to take a big step in the development of science fiction by publishing a book called Frankenstein. It is about a scientist who tries to create a human being by using electricity, but he ends up creating a monster. Another well-known science fiction writer is Edgar Allan Poe. He published a story called The Balloon Hoax in 1844. An additional example of a science fiction writer is Jules Verne. One of Jules Verne’s influences was Edgar Allan Poe. Jules Verne’s first novel was called Paris in the Twentieth Century, which was written in 1863 and published
