The Evolution of Science Fiction discussion

What are you reading now that has to do with the Pre 1940 time period?

"The first Ukrainian SF" Сонячна машина / Solar Machine (1928) my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Oleksandr, thanks for this review. Please let us know if it is translated into English.

Thomas wrote: "Oleksandr, thanks for this review. Please let us know if it is translated into English."

I doubt it, it can have a French translation - the author lived in France in the 1930s and was translating his own works, but I doubt that an English one has been ever made.

I’m about halfway through Jirel of Joiry by C.L. Moore, which lost in the poll for next month’s group read. It is a collection of pulp weird adventure stories featuring a vaguely French medieval warrior queen, which appeared in Weird Tales magazine in the 1930s. So far I’d say it’s reasonably well written and has its moments of interest in the magical alternate worlds Jirel sees, but I’m not excited by it.

Thanks for the insight Stephen. I have been curious ever since it was nominated.

Last year I bought a copy of More Voices from the Radium Age and nominated it in the poll for the October 2023 monthly read. It didn’t win the vote. I’ve just read the book and entered a review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A good interesting 4-star book for me.

Stephen wrote: "Last year I bought a copy of More Voices from the Radium Age and nominated it in the poll for the October 2023 monthly read. It didn’t win the vote. I’ve just read the book and ente..."

Sounds interesting. Where did you find it?

Allan wrote: "Stephen wrote: "Last year I bought a copy of More Voices from the Radium Age and nominated it in the poll for the October 2023 monthly read. It didn’t win the vote. I’ve just read t..."

I think I got it new at the local big bricks-and-mortar book store (Indigo.)

I just finished Nordenholt's Million by J. J. Connington. Thanks to Olexandr for recommending it. My review has spoilers, but it is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...