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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yes, it's interesting to look at their dates of birth:
Verne: 1828
Rider Haggard: 1856
Conan Doyle: 1859
Wells: 1866
Burroughs: 1875
E E 'Doc' Smith: 1890
Heinlein: 1907
Clarke: 1917
Asimov: 1920
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Don't forget Jonathan Swift and Mary Wollstonecraft when talking pre-20th pioneers. Even Cyrano had a role. Their science is dated but at the time...
And yes, From the Earth to the Moon is hard SF. You won't find many to argue otherwise. We can build the thing now. I doubt anybody would be crazy enough to ride it but its descendant, Orion, still has proponents.
