The Evolution of Science Fiction discussion

Nominations for the April 2022 read are for books published prior to 1920.

SF novels or short story collection/anthologies that have not previously been read by the group are eligible. Please check the bookshelf & the nomination rules for further clarification before nominating a book.

Previously nominated books are on this bookshelf. More qualifying authors & books can be found here. Also, both Wells & Verne are eligible for nominations. It's been more than 5 years since we read the first of their books.

Please add your nominated book title as a clickable link directly to the goodreads' book page, with author and year, so it looks like this:
Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky
2015
(If you can't create book links, please include the URL to the book.)

Tell us why you chose the book that you're nominating. Remember that books require seconding now. Each member is allowed to make one nomination & second one other book other than their own.

We'll close this nomination thread on the 15th of February, in order to have plenty of time for poll(s) and then for acquisitions of the winner(s).

Nominated


Nominated & seconded
The Lunar Trilogy by Jerzy Żuławski, nom by Oleksandr, 2d by Ed
The Heads of Cerberus by Francis Stevens, nom by Ed, 2d by Alan
Gulliver of Mars by Edwin Lester Arnold, nom by mod Jim, 2d by Leo

I nominate The Lunar Trilogy by Polish author Jerzy Żuławski, originally written between 1901 and 1911 and English translation published in 2020

I second the Lunar Trilogy

I nominate the1919 book The Heads of Cerberus by Francis Stevens (a.k.a. Gertrude Barrows Bennett )

It was written 100 years ago, but takes place 100 years in our future. I already own a copy.

I'll nominate Gulliver of Mars by Edwin Lester Arnold.

From the Librivox description:
This escapist novel first published in 1905 as Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation follows the exploits of American Navy
Lieutenant Gulliver Jones, a bold, if slightly hapless, hero who is magically transported to Mars; where he almost outwits his enemies, almost gets the girl, and almost saves the day.

Somewhat of a literary and chronological bridge between H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jones' adventures provide an evocative mix of satire and sword-and-planet adventure.
https://librivox.org/gulliver-of-mars...

It's also available on Gutenberg.org in multiple ebook formats:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/604

Only 3 nominations with only one of them seconded & we're supposed to close this for new nominations tomorrow to put up the poll. Please chime in!

Ed wrote: "I nominate the1919 book The Heads of Cerberus by Francis Stevens (a.k.a. Gertrude Barrows Bennett ).."

I will second this. I already have a copy in my TBR pile

second Gulliver of Mars

The poll is up until 6 March for our April, Proto SF book of the month. You can find it here:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

The Heads of Cerberus by Francis Stevens won the poll. I've started a topic for it, but it will be locked until 1Apr2022.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...