Bound in blue bonded leather. Gilt edges, silver titles, and raised spine.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Magnificent collection,
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This review is from: H. G. Wells: The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, The Food of the Gods (Masters Library) (Leather Bound)
I just purchased this recently, so far I have only read "The Time Machine" (I am aware that these are timeless classics, but I'm young yet and had not gotten around to reading them before, please don't crucify me!). It was fantastic and I'm sure the rest of the stories will be as well. It's hard to tell in the small picture but the book itself is quite nice in person and has a dignified (if somewhat plain) appearance. I'll see about uploading a few images of my copy, since the only one up right now is so small.
It feels good to hold and has gilt edges on the pages, the bonded leather also feels pretty nice. The text is in kind of an interesting format (two columns of text per page) yet remains easy to read. There are black-and-white illustrations dated around the year 1900 spread here and there throughout the book. It's really just a grand collection of classic unabridged science-fiction stories wrapped up in a great package and I'm very pleased to have it. H.G. Wells was a master of the written word and it shows on every page, his writing is vivid and brilliant. The stories included in this book are (in order of appearance): The Time Machine The Island of Dr. Moreau The Invisible Man The War of the Worlds The First Men in the Moon The Food of the Gods There is also a preface by H.G. Wells at the front of the book. You can currently get one of these leather-bound editions used for about the same price as a new mass-market paperback (which would likely contain only one or two of these stories). At these prices you should get one for yourself and another for a friend, you won't regret it, and if they have any taste in reading material they'll appreciate it. Highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Classic literature Timeless Sci Fi. The very best,
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I've read hundreds and hundreds of Sci Fi books. I wanted to add 10 Classic Literature books to our family library. One of them was to be Sci Fi. There are dozens that made my list but I selected the H.G. Wells collection that stands the test of time and will be a classic for hundreds of years.
Ive read all his stories many, many times. All are great. This collection by Amaranth Press is nicely leather bound and gold leaf edged and has a few black and white illustrations.This collection has The Time Machine, The Island Of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War Of The Worlds, The Food Of The Gods, and The First Men In The Moon. All are classics and have been made into TV and movie releases. Some different times with different actors. Also War Of The Worlds was made into a 1930s radio Halloween presentation that scared thousands who turned in late and thought it was real. All the stories are great and I recommend them all. My favorite is The Time Machine. The Time Traveller comes back to his home in the end of the 19th century from fighting the horrible cannibalistic Morlock race of subterranean subhumans and trying to save the fair and innocent distant future Eloi race. He gets some supplies and leaves 2 flowers from the distant future unlike any on Earth's late 19 century. His 19 century friend misses him and wonders right now is he in the distant past walking on a prehistoric beach or in the distant future ( with his distant future petite female friend Weena who the Time Traveller loses in a forest fire and believes to be dead.). He wonders if the Time Traveller will ever come back. War Of The Worlds is great too. Ugly, horrible tentacled creatures invade Earth from Mars to conquer and kill us and colonize Earth. We have no defense against their incredible technology and are easily slaughtered after we heroically defend ourselves. Later the Martians are killed by our bacteria. They have evolved no immunity like we have. By God's wisdom of creating the little things to protect us, mankind survives. The First Men In The Moon is about an inventor that invents a sphere with a special anti gravity coating that allows a group to go to the moon. However the inventor must stay with the Moon insect like creatures as he has the secret of the anti gravity coating. The creatures learned mankind is very warlike and keep the inventor with them in the moon in order to keep the secret of the anti gravity coating from mankind in the hope no more men will visit the moon. The Food Of The Gods allows teenagers to reach fantastic size and are giants. Its interesting how the rest of the community interacts with them and what the new giants think. "Are we better than them". The Island Of Dr Moreau is about a mad doctor that creates human like creatures that have animal characteristics. The house of pain. " Are we not men"? A unwelcome stranded vistor has to survive on the island with the dangerous inhuman brutes. The Invisible Man is an Albino inventor/scientist that gains invisibility but is an outcast. He becomes a rampaging madman killer that is hunted down and killed. All these stories are great. H G Wells was an Englishman and a master story teller with fantastic ideas. This is an example of timeless Sci Fi literature. 5 stars
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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HG Wells awesomeness!,
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Wells was steampunk before there was even a word for it. All these other pretenders don't even know what's up. If you're reading this from your brass-and-copper bound monitor and typing on a modified Victorian typewriter with USB input, say-and you're wondering who HG Wells is-then buy this book. But it now. NOW!
The the first stories about alien invasion, time travel, genetic experimentation-all here, in one volume!
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