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We have all heard of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, but which other writers were out there in the Science Fiction field before the so-called Golden Age began in 1938?

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1		The Hampdenshire Wonder by J.D. Beresford 3.43 avg rating — 232 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots by Karel Čapek 3.84 avg rating — 18,834 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3.56 avg rating — 896 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Wild Harbour by Ian MacPherson 3.39 avg rating — 267 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3.81 avg rating — 61,726 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		The Man Who Awoke by Laurence Manning 3.97 avg rating — 232 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		The Gods of Mars (Barsoom #2) by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3.89 avg rating — 20,900 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Hartmann, The Anarchist: Or The Doom Of The Great City (1893) by E. Douglas Fawcett 2.87 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3) by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3.87 avg rating — 15,961 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		The Tachypomp and Other Stories by Edward Page Mitchell 3.58 avg rating — 38 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Barsoom, #4) by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3.77 avg rating — 10,172 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish 2.94 avg rating — 2,169 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		The Chessmen of Mars (Barsoom, #5) by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3.83 avg rating — 8,311 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660 by Hugo Gernsback 2.87 avg rating — 346 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		The Master Mind of Mars (Barsoom #6) by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3.85 avg rating — 5,273 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		A Fighting Man of Mars (Barsoom, #7) by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3.86 avg rating — 4,193 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

16 books · 3 voters · list created March 22nd, 2014 by Child of the Monolith (votes) .

Tags: early-sf, forgotten-sf, golden-age-science-fiction, golden-age-sf, pre-golden-age-sf, science-fiction

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