Tim Fitzpatrick's Reviews > The Skylark of Space

I read the eBook of this one, and it was from the original publication version, but the paper edition from the library was a later revision published in 1958. I discovered this when my daughter had tried the Audible version and found it was different than the eBook she had downloaded, so I went looking around. The general story was the same, as far as I can tell, but some of the details were changed - on the very first page, where the 1928 had a "colored laboratory helper" who says "Doctah" the revision changes it to just a "laboratory helper" using the proper "Doctor." In the original he only uses only the power of his mind to figure out what happened with the tray, but the revision has him testing things out.

Anyway, back to the book. I rather enjoyed it. Was it dated? Sure. Was much of the science laughable? Again, sure. Was the treatment of women problematic? Absolutely. But like so much fiction, if one makes allowances for the time in which it was written, and not judge by current standards and knowledge, a story like this you can just take as it comes, and it provides a pretty good ride.