“h g wells”

The story of an apprentice chemist whose uncle's worthless medicine becomes a spectacular marketing success, "Tono-Bungay earned H. G. Wells immediate acclaim when it appeared in 1909. It remains a sparkling chronicle of chicanery and human credulity, and is today regarded by many as Wells's greates... More

"What is really the matter here-the matter with you that is-is a disorganization of your tests of reality..... E]very living being lives in a state not differing essentially from a state of hallucination concerning the things about it. Truth, essential truth, is hidden. Always. Of course, there mus... More

A terrifying story from the author of The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. An obscure scientist invents a way to render skin, bones, and blood invisible, and tries the formula on himself. Now he can go anywhere, menace anyone--sight unseen. He has only two problems: he cannot become visible a... More

The ultimate tale of Earth's invasion, written by one of the fathers of the science fiction genre. They came from a depleted, dying planet. Their target: the riches of a moist, green Earth. With horrifyingly advanced machines of destruction, they began their inexorable conquest. The war for Earth se... More

The year is 802, 701. The planet is Earth. only teo races of people noe exist- the Morlocks and the Eloi.H.G. Wells (1866-1946) was a novelist, journalist, sociologist and historian, best-known for his science fiction novels. His first attempt at fiction writing was merely imitative, but he eventual... More

Away from England’s political unrest and the harsh realities of the General Strike, life in Italy’s Casa Terragena seemed positively balmy. Nothing like a little sun to see the best in life. Yet for Cynthia Rylands, this simply wasn’t enough – she would never be satisfied until she had found... More

For the fashionable and affluent Randolph Buntings, it was just another day at the beach – that was until Fred spotted a mysterious lady in a red dress and Phrygian bathing-cap getting into difficulties far out at sea. Embarking on a brave and daring recue attempt. Fred waded in and brought her sa... More

In his youth Mr. Lewisham thought little of love and much of greatness. A worhly scholar, he concerned himself with the works of Shakespeare and Emerson, Confucius and Carlyle. But that was before he accompanied the boys to church one Sunday and found that the Frobishers’ pew was occupied by an un... More

Most of the inhabitants of Sidderton were asleep that night so they never knew what had happened. Some might have guessed from the howling wind of the previous day, one or two heard its noise, but no one actually saw it. If they had they might have been more prepared for what was to follow. At first... More