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The quote says Mary Shelley is seen as an early creator of science fiction, and the speaker strongly agrees. It also suggests that later science fiction became dominated by men. The remark is both a compliment to Shelley and a criticism of the genre’s gender imbalance.
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Originally said in English.
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