H. G. Wells regarding Jules Verne
(from preface of Seven Famous Novels)
" In 'The First Men in the Moon' I tried an improvement on Jules Verne's shot, in order to look at mankind from a distance and burlesque the effects of specialisation. Verne never landed on the moon because he never knew of radio and of the possibility of sending back a message. So it was his shot that came back. But equipped with radio, which had just come out then, I was able to land and even see something ... "
