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Love and the Maiden by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (1877)
If these two people don’t get together, I will die.
Romance has always been a part of science fiction and fantasy. Sometimes it’s a love story for the ages. Sometimes it’s the hero and a sexy lamp. I’ll admit that one of my stronger memories of getting into classic SF is developing the ability to spot a possible romance scene within the first three sentences so I could skip the subsequent pages and get on with the story I didn’t care about the lady with no personality who was the hero’s reward for saving the day, and I definitely didn’t see myself in her.