H. G. Wells
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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H.G. Wells' "scientific romance," published first in serial form and then as a book in 1898, attained perhaps its greatest fame in another form, the infamous realistic 1939 radio broadcast "Invasion from Mars" by Orson Welles. It was also made into an early 1950s science fiction adventure movie. Stover (emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology) describes Wells' story as "a prophecy of startling originality foreseeing the coming of totalitarianism...
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English
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Having coined the phrase "the war that will end war," H. G. Wells was disillusioned by the World War I peace settlement. Convinced that humanity needed to awaken to the instability of the world order and remember lessons from the past, the author of numerous science fiction classics set out to write about history. Wells hoped to remind mankind of its common past, provide it with a basis for international patriotism, and guide it to renounce war. The...
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English
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Hailed as the founder of modern science fiction, H. G. Wells (1866–1946) wrote a brilliant succession of novels and short stories that remain in the first rank of the genre. In fantasies made credible by their simple realism, his enduringly relevant tales gave symbolic expression to the ideas and anxieties of his era.This collection contains the best of H. G. Wells's science-fiction short stories: favorites like "The Crystal Egg," "Aepyornis Island,"...
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Temenos Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (110 pages)
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English
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"The delightful story of creative play with miniature figures and magical worlds on the nursery floor is brought back to life in this reprint of a historical work. Written for his sons in 1911, Wells's story immerses the reader in a tale where possibilities are the given and surprises the fact. It has since been used as a teaching tool for psychotherapists the world over to understand children's methods of thinking and is instrumental in the work...
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Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (544 pages)
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English
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Trained in science and as a teacher, H. G. Wells (18661946) harbored a passionate concern for political issues. Wells's interests are reflected in his pioneering works of science fiction, which involve time travel, space exploration, alien invasion, and experiments gone awry. A century later, his tales of obsession, revelation, and discovery remain compellingly readable and relevant. This anthology offers readers complete and unabridged versions...
10) The collector's book of science fiction by H.G. Wells: from rare, original, illustrated magazines
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Castle Books
Pub. Date
c1978
Physical Desc
vii, 514, [1] p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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Barnes & Noble Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
x, 517 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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In The Time Machine the Time Traveler journeys to a futuristic environment and people. There he finds that humanity has evolved into two races: the peaceful Eloi--vegetarians who tire easily--and the carnivorous, predatory Morlocks; thus symbolizing the duality of human nature, as these turned upon each other in a primal display of horror. After narrowly escaping from the Morlocks, the Time Traveller undertakes another journey even further into the...
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Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Vintage Classics edition.
Physical Desc
xlv, 128 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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"H. G. Wells's passionate and influential manifesto never before available in the United States was first published in England in 1940 in response to World War II. The progressive ideas Wells set out were instrumental in the creation of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the UK's Human Rights Act. In the face of a global miscarriage of justice, The Rights of Man made a clear statement of mankind's...
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Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
c2004
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306 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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In the Invisible man, a scientist makes himself invisible, but loses control of the experiment. In the Island of Dr. Moreau, the survivor of a shipwreck finds himself washed ashore on an island with some very peculiar inhabitants.