reading list
The best early science fiction
The books that invented the future — Wells, Verne, Shelley and the pulp pioneers, every one free to read. 48 books, each readable in full on Folio — a few finishable pages a day.
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells · 1895
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells · 1898
The Invisible Man
H. G. Wells · 1897
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. Wells · 1896
The First Men in the Moon
H. G. Wells · 1901
The Sleeper Awakes
Folio
The Sleeper Awakes
H. G. Wells · 1899
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
Folio
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
H. G. Wells · 1904
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley · 1818
The Last Man
Folio
The Last Man
Mary Shelley · 1826
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Folio
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Edwin A. Abbott · 1884
A Princess of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1912
The Gods of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1913
The Warlord of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1914
At the Earth's Core
Folio
At the Earth's Core
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1914
Herland
Folio
Herland
Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1915
Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887
Folio
Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887
Edward Bellamy · 1888
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
Karel Čapek · 1920
A Modern Utopia
Folio
A Modern Utopia
H. G. Wells · 1905
Edison's Conquest of Mars
Folio
Edison's Conquest of Mars
Garrett P. Serviss · 1898
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1920
The Chessmen of Mars
Folio
The Chessmen of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1922
Pellucidar
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1915
The Land That Time Forgot
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1918
The Moon Maid
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1926
Darkness and Dawn
Folio
Darkness and Dawn
George Allan England · 1914
In the Days of the Comet
H. G. Wells · 1906
The World Set Free
H. G. Wells · 1914
Tales of Space and Time
Folio
Tales of Space and Time
H. G. Wells · 1899
From the Earth to the Moon
Jules Verne · 1865
Robur the Conqueror
Folio
Robur the Conqueror
Jules Verne · 1886
The War in the Air
H. G. Wells · 1908
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
Folio
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
H. G. Wells · 1911
Off on a Comet
Folio
Off on a Comet
Jules Verne · 1877
The Master Mind of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1928
The People That Time Forgot
Folio
The People That Time Forgot
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1918
Out of Time's Abyss
Folio
Out of Time's Abyss
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1918
Pirates of Venus
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1934
Lost on Venus
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1935
A Fighting Man of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1931
Tanar of Pellucidar
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1929
The Lost Continent
Folio
The Lost Continent
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1916
The Second Deluge
Folio
The Second Deluge
Garrett P. Serviss · 1912
A Columbus of Space
Folio
A Columbus of Space
Garrett P. Serviss · 1911
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
Folio
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
H. G. Wells · 1895
The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories
Folio
The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories
H. G. Wells · 1911
Twelve Stories and a Dream
Folio
Twelve Stories and a Dream
H. G. Wells · 1903
The Wonderful Visit
Folio
The Wonderful Visit
H. G. Wells · 1895
The Sea Lady
Folio
The Sea Lady
H. G. Wells · 1902