Science Fiction Picks for Week One

"Rocket Summer" is a month long reading event in July where the aim is to read classic science fiction.
There are four weekly themes:
1 SF until 1939
2 SF from 1940 - 1949
3 SF from 1950 - 1959
4 SF from 1960 - 1969
These are my possible picks for the first week of the event...
The event is devised by ‪@michaelk.vaughan8617‬ and co hosted by:
‪@saintdonoghue‬
‪@anotherbibliophilereads‬
‪@ShawnDStandfast‬
‪@LiterateTexan‬
‪@bookssongsandothermagic‬
Books Mentioned:
Thrilling Wonder Stories
Before the Golden Age - Isaac Asimov
Voices of the Radium Age
More Voices from the Radium Age
Planetoid 127 - Edgar Wallace
After Worlds Collide - Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer
The Question Mark - Muriel Jaeger
Wild Harbour - Ian MacPherson
The Hopkins Manuscript - R C Sherriff
The New Adam - Stanley G Weinbaum
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[@DianeSLoftis]

So cool!! 🚀

[@GenreBooks23]

These old books are a joy to read..

[@ShawnDStandfast]

Fab selections Gavin. I can recommend most if not all. A few I haven't read but do love When Worlds Collide. After Worlds is good as well. I can't find my Radium Age volumes nor most of the British Library books. Asimov's Before the Golden Age is a fabulous overview of SF of the period.
I need to continue with my SF Shelf Tour which covers a large part of Rocket Summer.

[@GenreBooks23]

Thanks Shawn, think I’m going to invest in some good coffee in July to get as many read as I can..

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Happy reading everyone. Best wishes.

[@GenreBooks23]

Thanks! July is going to be fun!

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

Great video Gavin. I am hoping to read The Clockwork Man from the Radium Age book series. I love your approach.

[@GenreBooks23]

Thanks again! The Clockwork Man looks like a good one, I’ll be looking forward to your thoughts on it.

[@vilstef6988]

I'd never heard of the radium age label. The radium age volumes sound interesting!
FWIW, The World of the Red Sun was Simak's first published story.

[@GenreBooks23]

Simak had such a long career- it will be interesting to see the beginning.

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

When Worlds Collide didn’t make the cut for my Rocket Summer. It is available on Kindle and so is the sequel. I do want to get to them someday.
Dilating time sounds like a great plan if you can pull it off .😀

[@GenreBooks23]

Kindle might be a good option; the print in my paperback is teeny-tiny. I’ll let you know if the sequel matches the first book..

[@KatJack-vl8xj]

I think I mentioned in an earlier comment that I was drawn to those two radium age books....I'll have to see if I can find them.

[@GenreBooks23]

There’s an intriguing mix - they also do novels, which to be fair, can be picked up from Gutenberg in most cases.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

These are your possibilities for the first week? July is going to have to be three months long, I think. Terrific video, Gavin. Lots of great options.

[@GenreBooks23]

Thanks Pat, that’s why I’m getting the July reading possibilities recorded in June- it will free up a little time :)