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"Does it open a new horizon for my thinking? Does it lead me to think new kinds of thoughts, that I would not otherwise perhaps have thought at all? These qualities are what [make] science fiction ...unique."
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![]() This is a very early, probably the first, reference to the idea that the shock and pressure of launching a person into space will require careful placement.
Compare to water springs from From the Earth to the Moon (1867), by Jules Verne and the shock-absorbing seats from Evans of the Earth-Guard (1930) by Edmond Hamilton. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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