author
F. H. (Frederic H.) Sidney
b. 1875
Best known for the imaginative short story A Fishing Trip on the Planet Mars, this early science-fiction writer published work that mixed adventure, humor, and a taste for the fantastic. Very little biographical information is readily documented, which gives the surviving story an extra air of mystery.
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A fishing trip on the planet Mars
by F. H. (Frederic H.) Sidney
About the author
F. H. Sidney, also listed by Project Gutenberg as Frederic H. Sidney and with the alias F. H. Sydney, is remembered for the short story A Fishing Trip on the Planet Mars. LibriVox notes that the story appeared in Overland Monthly in May 1919, placing Sidney among the many early twentieth-century magazine writers who experimented with speculative fiction.
Only a small amount of reliable personal information is easy to confirm from widely available sources. The cataloging record identifies the author as born in 1875, but beyond that, clear biographical details are scarce in the sources reviewed.
That scarcity makes the work itself stand out. A Fishing Trip on the Planet Mars offers a playful glimpse of early science fiction, imagining interplanetary travel not as grim science but as a lively, curious adventure.