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not so famous
No article would be complete without mentioning [[Isaac Asimov]], [[Robert Heinlein]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]], etc. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 11:18, 2 December 2008 (EST)
No article would be complete without mentioning [[Isaac Asimov]], [[Robert Heinlein]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]], etc. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 11:18, 2 December 2008 (EST)
==Early examples==
Cut from history section:
:...examples of science fiction writing are found in the 17th century with writers such as Kepler<ref>http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kepler.html</ref>, John Wilkins<ref>http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/wilkins/wilkins.html</ref>, Athanasius Kircher<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/319046/Athanasius-Kircher</ref>, Cyrano de Bergerac<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/148648/Savinien-Cyrano-de-Bergerac</ref>, and Bishop Francis Godwin<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/236952/Francis-Godwin</ref>, with their works dealing with a protagonist traveling to the moon and exploring that area, and each work containing and based on speculations of the development of [[science]] and [[technology]] going on what was known about those subjects in the authors' days. However, it is the 16th century that what is indisputably a work of science fiction in the modern sense can be found. The work is Sir Thomas More's ''"Utopia"''<ref>http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/tmore.htm</ref>, first published in 1551, and is a work that even today is referenced in science fiction writings.
Your assertion is too broad. Please explain for the reader, who is likely to be unfamiliar with these authors, what their stories were about. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 12:41, 2 December 2008 (EST)