First Men in the Moon
Of all my Christmas gifted books, as I predicted, I started with HG Wells's First Men in the Moon. I'm only seven chapters into it, but enjoying both the experience of reading hard copy, and Wells's style.
The science is ludicrous, of course. Anti-gravity metal. The moon descriptions, seen from nearly fifty years after we landed there fer realz, are hilariously wrong.
But the writing is a pleasure. The language is richer than modern usage. The pace is unrushed, as if the author assumed that reading was the point, not rushing to the conclusion. Takes his time in descriptions of a house exploding violently, or the amusing depiction of the space travelers and their unsecured gear banging about inside a lurching sphere.
Been a while since I've visited an old book, can you tell?
==
Might'z well plug, again, Invulnerable, my weird little mixed-media SF'ish tale of an odd young man with a peculiar gift. Free on the web, and worth it. Table of contents linked in the nic. Comments link on contents page. Annnnd.. PayPal donation buttons on every page theoretically work.