Review: Slightly Confusing ToC, but Well Executed Content Formatting
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2014
I have already quite a collection of "paid" Public Domain books, the sheer amount of shelf space that the advent of comfortable eReaders have saved is worth the cost.  My collection of bundled works are from the 19th century with a smattering of early 20th century authors (gotta have the Lovecraft! ), so when asked to review THE FATHER'S OF SCIENCE FICTION with a complementary MOBI file, I jumped at the chance.● Linked ToC.  Actually, the table of contents is a tad messy with separately linked headers and sub headers like:Chapter IX1.2....I doubt having a linked "2" will be particularly illuminating to the position' s content.  Of course this stems largely from the stylistic chapter numeration widely used by authors of the time, yet adding the first portion of the following sentence may have helped elucidate.  Nevertheless, personally speaking, I very rarely use a ToC in any ePub as I generally read in sequential order, even my vast Dicken's, Twain, Irving, and Trollope collections,  so the ToC clarity is personally negligible.● Pertinent Content.  The collection compiler has selected well.  I have previously read only a few of the included works, and I was only vaguely aware that Doyle had such marvelous works beyond the ubiquitous Sherlock.  I really can't comment on the Verne translation's exactitude, yet comparing previous copies of 20,000 LEAGUES, this copy is as readable as any other popular edition.● General Formatting.  This the bane of most bundled Public Dome works.  Seriously.  Weird font changes, sudden hanging indents, bizzare pagination, all manner of slipshod ePub transitional errors abound throughout this market (even my Dicken's collection, the most complete I could find, has intermittent issues with abrupt spacing justification changes).However, FATHERS OF SCIENCE FICTION is cleanly done, and to me, that alone is worth the price of admission.