The Country of the Blind and Other Stories
The early short stories of an essential 20th century literary personage
Herbert George Wells was perhaps best known as the author of such classic works of science fiction as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds. But it was in his short stories, written when he was a young man embarking on a literary career, that he first explored the enormous potential of the scientific discoveries of the day. He described his stories as "a miscellany of inventions," yet his enthusiasm for science was tempered by an awareness of its horrifying destructive powers and the threat it could pose to the human race. A consummate storyteller, he made fantastic creatures and machines entirely believable; and, by placing ordinary men and…
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December 18, 2007
H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1866. After an education repeatedly interrupted by his family’s financial problems, he eventually found work as a teacher at a succession of schools, where he began to write his first stories.
Wells became a prolific writer with a diverse output, of which the famous works are his science fiction novels. These are some of the earliest and most influential examples of the genre, and include classics such as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. Most of his books very well-received, and had a huge influence on many younger writers, including George Orwell and Isaac Asimov. Wells also wrote many popular non-fiction books, and used his writing to support the…
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells; Edited by Patrick Parrinder; Introduction by Brian Aldiss; Notes byAndy Sawyer; Cover illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
The Invisible Man
H. G. Wells
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H.G. Wells
The Great Science Fiction
H. G. Wells
The Rights of Man
H. G. Wells
The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells, with an Introduction by Greg Bear and an Afterword by Simon James
The Island of Dr. Moreau
H.G. Wells with an Introduction by Dr. Nita A. Farahany and an Afterword by Dr. John L. Flynn
Penguin English Library the Time Machine
H. G. Wells