John Milton, sci-fi poet: https://www.tor.com/2023/08/30/john-milton-the-space-poet-early-traces-of-science-fiction-in-paradise-lost/
Among other cool trivia in this piece, apparently Milton was the first English writer to use the word "space" to refer to "the area above the earth, between worlds"
Better yet, he used Satan to make the reference
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