Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation

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Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation

Cover of first edition
Author	Edwin Lester Arnold
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy novel, Science fiction novel
Publisher	S.C. Brown, Langham & Co.
Publication date	1905
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	301

Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation is a novel by English writer Edwin Lester Arnold, combining elements of both fantasy and science fiction, first published in 1905. Its lukewarm reception led Arnold to stop writing fiction. It has since become his best-known work, and is considered important in the development of 20th century science fiction in that it is a precursor and likely inspiration to Edgar Rice Burroughs's classic A Princess of Mars (1917), which spawned the planetary romance^[1] and sword and planet genres. Ace Books reprinted Arnold's novel in paperback in 1964, retitling it Gulliver [sic] of Mars. A more recent Bison Books edition (2003) was issued as Gullivar of Mars, adapting the Ace title to Arnold's spelling.