The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages o...
Great Classic Science Fiction Stories...
H. G. WellsA solid grouping of classic science fiction short stories by various award-winning authors. Featured authors include H. G. Wells, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Lester Del Rey, Fritz Leiber, James H. Schmitz, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, and ...
A time traveler steps out of his time-transport machine in the year 802,700 to find Earth populated by a race of people supported by a slave class. As the conflict between them erupts, he realizes his only means of escape, his time ma...
When the Time Traveler courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700--and everything had changed. H.G. Wells's famous novel of one man's astonishing journey beyond the conventional li...
The Time Machine and The Invisible Ma...
H. G. WellsAt a dinner party in suburban London, the Time Traveller, known to the reader only as the Eminent Scientist, speaks to his guests about the fourth dimension of space--i.e. time. He states that it is possible to travel through time muc...
Prendrick, a survivor of a shipwreck, is picked up by a schooner bound for Noble's Isle. On the island, Prendrick encounters the Beast People, roughly human but with animalistic traits. It turns out that Dr. Moreau, a scientist who ca...
In this thought provoking masterpiece, H. G. Wells predicts the inventions that will inadvertently lead to mass destruction, forcing the world to 'start over.' You will see many similarities between H. G. Wells' new world and today's ...
ON February the First 1887, the Lady Vain was lost by collision with a derelict when about the latitude 1° S. and longitude 107° W. On January the Fifth, 1888-that is eleven months and four days after-my uncle, Edward Prendick, a...
Strange Fiction: Stories by H.G. Well...
H. G. WellsNine stories including 'The Door in the Wall,' 'The Country of the Blind,' 'The Truth About Pycraft,' and 'The Strange Orchid.' 'Each piece of narration is invested with gristliness and wit.' -- Talking Book World
In A Modern Utopia, two travelers fall into a space-warp and suddenly find themselves upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government.
Classic Wells: The Time Machine and T...
H. G. WellsA scientist invents a machine that can travel through the fourth dimension - time. What will he find? And what will that tell him about man's inexorable pursuit of knowledge? What he discovers shocks him-and may have lessons for us al...
Mr Polly is an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife's nagging and his dreary job as the owner of a regional gentleman's outfitters. Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, he concludes that the only way to escape his frustra...
When Dr Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy an unpublished dream book'. Inspired by visions he has experienced for many years, it appears to be a book writte...
The Time Machine (Wisehouse Classics ...
H. G. WellsTHE TIME MACHINE is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. Wells is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposely and sele...
In this thought-provoking masterpiece, H. G. Wells predicts the invention of the atomic bomb, which inadvertently leads to mass destruction and forces the world to 'start over.
H. G. Wells sets forth an intriguing first-hand observation of Italy, France and Britain under severe duress during the 'War to End All Wars,' World War I. He insightfully examines the technological effects of modern warfare, particul...
Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
H. g. WellsThe Time Machine, Wells' first novel (published in 1895) and The War Of The Worlds (1898), comprise two great firsts in the history of science fiction. Respectively, they were the first novels to center around time travel and the firs...
The Food of the Gods and How It Came ...
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came ...
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