There were also the depths of the oceans, the centre of the Earth, darkest Africa and the upper atmosphere. In a Conan Doyle story, an aviator finds himself flying above one of the deadly denizens of the upper atmosphere...
Retro-sf restored the habitable Venus and Mars:
The Sky People by SM Stirling;
In The Courts Of The Crimson Kings by SM Stirling;
Old Mars, Eds., George RR Martin & Gardner Dozois -
- so maybe it can go back further to the unexplored Earth? Needless to say, our main man, Poul Anderson, would have revelled in such an environment.
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Kaor, Paul!
I've read Jonathan Swif's GULLIVER'S TRAVELS with great pleasure. I find Swifts Island of the Horses a more satisfactory satire than the Planet of the Apes. Because Swift was so fierce and unrelenting in his criticizing of the follies, vices, crimes, of mankind.
I have read some of the classic stories involving the depths of the oceans, exploring deep into the Earth, and lost civilizations in Africa. Such as Verne's 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH; and H. Rider Haggard's tales set in Africa, such as KING SOLOMON'S MINES, SHE, NADA THE LILY, etc.; and Kipling's as "As Easy As ABC."
And I loved Stirling's two "retro-SF" books. We cam still have SF set on Venus or Mars, both terraformed or not.
Sean
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