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Most people know H.G. Wells as one of the undisputed fathers of modern science fiction, but he also wrote many influential horror stories, both psychological and supernatural in content. "The Plattner Story," contained in this volume, demonstrates how Wells can move from a science-fiction premise (a venture into the Fourth Dimension) into a tale of awe and terror--in which the protagonist encounters the ghostly Watchers of the Living: "They were indeed limbless, and they had the appearance of human heads, beneath which a tadpole-like body swung.... And as he looked at the nearest of those approaching, he saw it was indeed a human head, albeit with singularly large eyes, and wearing such an expression of distress and anguish as he had never seen before upon a mortal countenance."
This volume collects the best known of Wells's horror tales, including three about unusual monsters ("The Strange Orchid," "In the Avu Observatory," and "The Sea Raiders"), grisly stories of the conte cruel variety ("The Cone" and "The Lord of the Dynamos"), a multilayered gem about fear and the quest for knowledge ("The Apple"), and an early example of the black-magic horror tale that can be interpreted as psychological ("Pollock and the Porroh Man").
As venerable horror critic Jack Sullivan writes, "Of all the many writers of the Victorian and Edwardian periods who attempted the fashionable exercise of reconciling science with mystical experience ... Wells accomplished the fusion with the most wit and restraint. For a man who spent so many years writing essays about scientific and metaphysical subjects, he was surprisingly good at keeping his story moving and keeping essaylike explanations to a minimum.... Readers who think of Wells's short stories as being exclusively science fiction are in for some chilling surprises." --Fiona Webster --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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THE BUYING OF orchids always has in it a certain speculative flavour. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
big dynamo, man with the withered arm, deaf aunt, strange orchid, great dynamo, scientific manager, man with the scar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aubrey Vair, Miss Haysman, Golam Shah, Hall of Audience, Azim Khan, Gottfried Plattner, Lord of the Dynamos, Regent Street, Samud Singh, Dramatic Critic, Miss Smith, Professor Bindon, British Museum, Milky Way, Old Tootles, Watchers of the Living, William Morris, Fiery Cross, Good God, Good Lord, Modern Languages Master, New Zealand New!
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THE BUYING OF orchids always has in it a certain speculative flavour. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
big dynamo, man with the withered arm, deaf aunt, strange orchid, great dynamo, scientific manager, man with the scar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aubrey Vair, Miss Haysman, Golam Shah, Hall of Audience, Azim Khan, Gottfried Plattner, Lord of the Dynamos, Regent Street, Samud Singh, Dramatic Critic, Miss Smith, Professor Bindon, British Museum, Milky Way, Old Tootles, Watchers of the Living, William Morris, Fiery Cross, Good God, Good Lord, Modern Languages Master, New Zealand New!
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- The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Strange Orchid by H. G. Wells in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles by H. G. Wells in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Time Machine by H. G. Wells in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Time Machine by H. G. Wells in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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- The Picshuas of H. G. Wells: A Burlesque Diary by Gene K. Rinkel on page 59, page 187, and Back Matter
- The Lovecraft Letters Vol 1: Mysteries of Time & Spirit: Letters of H.P. Lovecraft & Donald Wandrei (v. 1) by H. P. Lovecraft on page 27, and Back Matter
- The Invisible Man (Signet Classics) by H.G. Wells in Back Matter
- The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror by Stephen Jones in Front Matter
- H.G. Wells a l'oeuvre: Les debuts d'un ecrivain (1894-1900) : essai d'analyse des mecanismes de la creation litteraire par l'etude genetique ... (1900) (Etudes anglaises) (French Edition) by Bernard Loing in Back Matter
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