In The War in the Air, the astonishingly prophetic vision of H. G. Wells reveals how one invention can change the world. Before the World Wars, Wells predicted that airplanes would be used for...
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Author: Wells, H. G.Summary:Genre: Science fiction
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Author: Wells, H. G.Summary:
Presents a science fiction story about a young man who encounters an eccentric scientist on a lonely island which leads to terror and a fight for survival.
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Author: Wells, H. G., Paul, Frank R.Summary:
Testing his time machine for the first time, a Victorian scientist finds himself in the year 802,701 ad. Encountering a childlike people called the Eloi, who live in futuristic buildings and have...
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Author: Wells, H. G.Summary:
An unnamed Time Traveller visits the year 802,701 and finds two unusual races whose ways of life lead him to question the social and financial assumptions of his own era. Packed with adventure,...
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Author: Wells, H. G.Summary:
An arrogant medical student renders himself invisible in an experiment and terrorizes a small town in England while attempting to reverse the procedure. An iconic fleshing out of Plato’s parable...
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Author: Wells, H. G.Summary:
Humanity's worst fears come true in this grand science fiction adventure. Through telescopes fixed on faraway planets, scientists begin noticing strange events on the surface of Mars. Soon after,...
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Author: Wells, H. G.Summary:
This frighteningly prophetic tale from the progenitor of modern science fiction remains as powerful today as when it was written-more than a century ago. Firebrand activist Graham falls into a...
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Author: Wells, H. G.Summary:
There's a heavy price to pay for the manipulation of nature in this novel from the revered author of The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. It begins as a boon for mankind-the creation of the...
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Author: Wells, H. G.Summary:
A Nebula Award winner presents tales that shaped modern science fiction and fantasy-five complete novels by Mark Twain, H. G. Wells, and more. In this handpicked collection, New York Times-...
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Author: Wells, H. G.Summary:
In the summer of 1921, a disenchanted journalist escapes the rat race for a drive in the country. But Mr. Barnstaple's trip exceeds his expectations when he and other motorists are swept 3,...
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Author: Wells, H. G.Summary:
The H. G. Wells Collection includes five novels: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, and The First Men in the Moon. This set is limited to 1000...