Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells [Paperback]

H. G. Wells (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 24, 2011

The full novel The Invisible Man, plus Wells's finest science fiction short stories: "The Crystal Egg," "Aepyornis Island," "The Strange Orchid," "The Man Who Could Work Miracles," "The Star," "The Apple," "The New Accelerator," "The Plattner Story," and 10 others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (November 24, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486215318
• ISBN-13: 978-0486215310
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #926,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you love H.G. Wells, November 19, 2007

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Joseph Carere "Joe" (Southwestern Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells (Paperback)

If you love H.G. Wells and have the urge to want to own The Invisible Man and read short stories from this great king of science fiction I suggest buying this inexpensive book.
The 17 short stories included take up 178 pages, here is a list of them. I know I wanted to know.
The Crystal Egg, The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Plattner Story, The Strange Orchid, The New Accelerator, The Diamond Maker, The Apple, The Purple Pileus, A Dream of Armageddon, Aepyornis Island, In the Abyss, The Star, The Lord of the Dynamos, The Story of Davidson's Eyes, In the Avu Observatory, The Sea Raiders, and Filmer.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The tremendous imaginative power of a truly great mind., November 20, 2003

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Jerald R Lovell (Clinton Township, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells (Paperback)

For any s/f devotee, particularly Wells fans, this book is a must. It is an absolute feast for the mind, disclosing any number of fictional but feasible possibilities, and how people cope with their unexpected benefits and dangers. Most of the stories are tightly written, boldly imaginative, and always entertaining. I and couldn't put it down, even after I had read it through the first time.

By way of examples, in separate stories, you will encounter a lost Inca kingdom where no one has eyes; two chemists who discover an alkaloid so powerful that men who ingest become equipped with the power to move at super speed; orchids that anesthetize people and suck their blood; ants that become intelligent and drive people out of the tropics in South America: how the Earth barely ecapes destruction when two planets collide and pass by on their way to the Sun; the tale of the first adventurer to descend into the ocean depths, the man who discovers the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge in Eden, and on, and on, and on.

In typical Wellsian fashion, each story is festooned with those small details giving examples of careful though and review. for example in "The New Accelerator", the author is careful to not how the men's clothing becomes singed because they move so fast.

The number of things Wells envisons that have since come to exist include paved highways, powered flight, descent to the bottom of the sea in steel globes, and many more. It is perhaps ths aspect of the book that is the most fascinating.

For entertainment and intellectual stimulation from s/f, Wells is hard to beat. This book is very highly recommended. DON'T LOAN IT OUT.

4 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Value for all of you Sci-Fi Lovers, March 24, 2000

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This review is from: Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells (Paperback)

All books written by Wells has proven themselves worth their salt as all time sci-fi classics. This collection of stories is sure to please all of the most avid readers expecting great imagination.