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A lost second volume of the early science fiction novella called The Great Romance has been discovered in New Zealand, and it reveals early thoughts of crazy alien sex, plus airlocks, space shuttles and space suits. All this, long before we had even devised a scientific way to the moon besides jumping really, really high. But what's really important about this novel is it's the first serious narrative where humans leave Earth to colonize other planets, instead of getting attacked War of The Worlds-style. More plot details after the jump. More »
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