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H.G. Wells
The classic tale of an alien invasion of Earth from the pen of the father of modern SF, with an introduction by Adam Roberts.
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H.G. Wells' terrifying tale of science run amok, with an introduction by Adam Roberts.
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Yet across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. Then, late one…
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H.G. Wells at his best!
The Island of Doctor Moreau is a chilling tale of secrets and shadows woven by the masterful pen of H.G. Wells, who is considered one…
Wells’s masterpiece still retains its power to provoke and enthral. In the Time Traveller’s miraculous new machine, we will be carried from a Victorian dinner table to 802,701 AD, when…
Gorgeous Collector's Edition of H.G. Wells' classic tale of invasion. Cylinders land on earth and invaders from Mars begin to destroy houses, then whole cities, creating panic and mass evacuation…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
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W. Warren Wagar
A look inside one of the greatest minds of the 20th century.
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Dennis Abrams
A biography of science ficton author H.G. Wells, author of classics such as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds.
Kenneth Young
In this 1974 study, Kenneth Young reviews H. G. Wells’s development first as a creator of scientific romances, then as a writer of semi-autobiographical fiction, and finally as a publicist…
This volume covers novelist H.G. Wells, whose writings include The Time Machine , The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man . The volume covers the period 1895-1940 and…
Writings include The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man. Volume covers the period 1895-1940. Extras: Appendices list additional critical articles and a full chronology of…
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Do you believe in ghosts? Not monsters, not floating objects or unexplained coincidences, but an actual presence. This book collects Victorian ghost stories, from Charles Dickens’ The Signalman to M…
H.G Wells
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…
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Greatest Works of H.G. Wells (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) showcases the remarkable literary genius of H.G. Wells, a pioneer of science fiction and visionary storytelling. Immerse yourself in a collection of…
H. G. Wells is often referred to as “the father of science fiction’ and this compendium of his stories contains two of his most well-known works in the genre, The…
H.G. Wells composed the anthology 'The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, ' featuring a compilation of fifteen stories encompassing various genres from thrilling science fiction to chilling horror tales. Every…
"The Country of the Blind" is a short story by H.G. Wells about a mountaineer named Nunez who stumbles upon a remote valley. The valley is cut off from the…
LARGE PRINT EDITION.The narrator tells of witnessing the unstoppable onslaught of invaders from Mars, leading toward the seemingly inevitable downfall of mankind in this landmark of the literary imagination and…
This book covers the author’s conception of God aside from any religion. Any man or woman who accepts God’s love as one person connecting to their own creator, is fine…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable…
The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells published in 1897.The novel depicts the life of a scientist named Griffin who has gone mad. Having learned…
A beautifully designed edition of one of the most beloved science fiction novels of all time…
The year is 1895, and the place is the London home of a famous scientist. Here he shows his friends a strange machine -a time machine! He will be a…
H. G. Wells wrote a scientific romance titled The First Men in the Moon. It was a "great story," according to Wells. In the book, a businessman and an eccentric…
H. G. Wells wrote and published the book, Ann Veronica a modern love story in 1909. It talks of Ann Veronica Stanley's uprising against her middle-class father's strict patriarchal control…
In H. G. Wells' science fiction book In the Days of the Comet (1906), when a comet forces ""the nitrogen of the air, the ancient azote,"" to ""transform out of…
English author H. G. Wells created Little Wars, a set of guidelines for using toy soldiers, in 1913. Simple rules for miniature wargaming were supplied in the book Little Wars…
Science fiction author H. G. Wells wrote a book titled The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth. In Book I, two new characters are introduced: Professor…
What is Coming?, a classic book first published in 1916, contains the futuristic theories and conceptions of H. G. Wells about the signs of things to come following the World…
The Sleeper Awakes is a dystopian novel written by H. G. Wells, it tells the story of a man, Graham, an Englishman, living in London who falls asleep in the…
First published in 1895, The Time Machine follows the adventures of a Victorian time traveler who journeys into the future to discover a strange society in which nothing is what…
Originally published by Penguin Books, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 1898.–Title page verso.
The stranger arrives early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow. He is wrapped up from head to foot, and the brim of his…
A shipwrecked man finds himself, after various twists of Fate, on a lonely tropical island. From a locked enclosure the cries of animals in pain can be heard, and there…
Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series of popular classics, this new edition includes pictures and an extensive section on Wells’s life and works.
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A new SF Masterwork edition of H. G. Wells’ classic time-travel story, with an introduction by Gwyneth Jones.
