Biology is science. Medical science is science. The lack of robots and computers does not disqualify it as sci-fi.
It’s a piece of speculative fiction asking “what if these medical advances (plus a few new fictional breakthroughs by a genius) led to the creation of a new life?” That’s science fiction.
I’m not sure I’d count Frankenstein, tbh. I think it’s more horror than sci-fi.
The addition of electricity is the only reason anyone calls it scifi
I doubt it, but ok
Biology is science. Medical science is science. The lack of robots and computers does not disqualify it as sci-fi.
It’s a piece of speculative fiction asking “what if these medical advances (plus a few new fictional breakthroughs by a genius) led to the creation of a new life?” That’s science fiction.