Download or read book In the Avu Observatory and the Flying Man written by H. G. Wells and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-02-17 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Avu Observatory and The Flying Man are short stories by H. G. Wells. Herbert George "H. G." Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is sometimes called "The Father of Science Fiction," as are Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The Island of Doctor Moreau. Wells's earliest specialised training was in biology, and his thinking on ethical matters took place in a specifically and fundamentally Darwinian context. He was also from an early date an outspoken socialist, often (but not always, as at the beginning of the First World War) sympathising with pacifist views. His later works became increasingly political and didactic, and he sometimes indicated on official documents that his profession was that of "Journalist." Most of his later novels were not science fiction. Some described lower-middle class life (Kipps; The History of Mr Polly), leading him to be touted as a worthy successor to Charles Dickens, but Wells described a range of social strata and even attempted, in Tono-Bungay (1909), a diagnosis of English society as a whole. Wells's first non-fiction bestseller was Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought (1901). When originally serialised in a magazine it was subtitled, "An Experiment in Prophecy," and is considered his most explicitly futuristic work. It offered the immediate political message of the privileged sections of society continuing to bar capable men from other classes from advancement until war would force a need to employ those most able, rather than the traditional upper classes, as leaders. Anticipating what the world would be like in the year 2000, the book is interesting both for its hits (trains and cars resulting in the dispersion of population from cities to suburbs; moral restrictions declining as men and women seek greater sexual freedom; the defeat of German militarism, and the existence of a European Union) and its misses (he did not expect successful aircraft before 1950, and averred that "my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocate its crew and founder at sea").

Download or read book H G Wells written by Robert Crossley and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Crossley provides a comprehensive examination of Wells's best-known SF and fantasy works-and their impact on later writers and thinkers. Complete with Chronology, Primary and Secondary Bibliographies, and Index.

Download or read book Science Fiction A Critical Guide written by Patrick Parrinder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1979, presents a portrait of science fiction as a distinct form of serious and creative literature. Contributors are drawn from Britain, America and Europe, and range from well-known academic critics to young novelists. The essays establish the common properties of science fiction writing, and assess the history and significance of a field in which critical judgements have often been unreliable. The material ranges from the earliest imaginative journeys to the moon, to later developments of British, American and European science fiction.

Download or read book Scientific and Horrific Stories written by H.G. Wells and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific and Horrific Stories is a collection of short fiction by H. G. Wells. Despite his humble beginnings as the son of English servants, H. G. Wells would become one of the most revered writers of his day. His stories of adventure, utopia, and terror inspired such vastly different figures as Vladimir Nabokov, Winston Churchill, Jorge Luis Borges, and Sinclair Lewis. Many of his novels have been adapted for film, theater, radio, and television, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), and The War of the Worlds (1898). Scientific and Horrific Stories includes twenty-six tales from across Wells’ career. “The Chronic Argonauts,” written while Wells was recuperating from an illness with friends in Stoke-on-Trent, is a story of time travel set in rural Wales that predates his beloved The Time Machine by seven years. “Æpyornis Island” is a terrifying tale of greed and survival that originally appeared in an 1894 issue of the Pall Mall Budget. Tasked with finding rare Aepyornis eggs, a rugged Englishman named Butcher ventures to a remote swamp on the island of Madagascar. When one of the eggs unexpectedly hatches, he is left stranded and at the mercy of a vicious creature that was believed to be extinct. In “The Diamond Maker,” which also appeared in the Pall Mall Budget, a destitute man tells a wealthy businessman about his years as a maker of artificial diamonds, a time of great promise that ultimately led to his downfall. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of H. G. Wells’ Scientific and Horrific Stories is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

Download or read book The Stolen Bacillus and other incidents The original 1895 edition of 15 fantasy and science fiction short stories written by H. G. Wells and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Stolen Bacillus and other incidents (The original 1895 edition of 15 fantasy and science fiction short stories)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents is a collection of fifteen fantasy and science fiction short stories written by the English author H.G. Wells between 1893 and 1895. It was first published by Methuen & Co. in 1895 and was Wells's first book of short stories. All of the stories had first been published in various weekly and monthly periodicals. Table of contents:"The Stolen Bacillus" (Pall Mall Budget, 21 June 1894) "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid" (Pall Mall Budget, 2 August 1894) "In the Avu Observatory" (Pall Mall Budget, 9 August 1894) "The Triumphs of a Taxidermist" (Pall Mall Gazette, 3 March 1894) "A Deal in Ostriches" (Pall Mall Budget, 20 December 1894) "Through a Window" (Black and White, 25 August 1894) "The Temptation of Harringay" (The St. James's Gazette, 9 February 1895) "The Flying Man" (Pall Mall Gazette, December 1893) "The Diamond Maker" (Pall Mall Budget, 16 August 1894) "Æpyornis Island" (Pall Mall Budget, 27 December 1894) "The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes" (Pall Mall Budget, 28 March 1895) "The Lord of the Dynamos" (Pall Mall Budget, 6 September 1894) "The Hammerpond Park Burglary" (Pall Mall Budget, 5 July 1894) "The Moth" (Pall Mall Gazette, 28 March 1895) "The Treasure in the Forest" (Pall Mall Budget, 23 August 1894)Herbert George "H. G." Wells (1866 - 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is one person sometimes called "The Father of Science Fiction", as are Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The Island of Doctor Moreau.

Download or read book The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents written by Herbert George Wells and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents is a collection of fifteen fantasy and science fiction short stories authored by H. G. Wells. It includes much of his famous works as "In the Avu Observatory," "The Flying Man," "The Lord of the Dynamos."

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Download or read book THE STOLEN BACILLUS AND OTHER INCIDENTS 15 Tales in One Edition written by H. G. Wells and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents is a collection of fifteen fantasy and science fiction short stories written by the English author H. G. Wells between 1893 and 1895. It was first published by Methuen & Co. in 1895 and was Wells's first book of short stories. All of the stories had first been published in various weekly and monthly periodicals. Table of contents: "The Stolen Bacillus" (Pall Mall Budget, 21 June 1894) "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid" (Pall Mall Budget, 2 August 1894) "In the Avu Observatory" (Pall Mall Budget, 9 August 1894) "The Triumphs of a Taxidermist" (Pall Mall Gazette, 3 March 1894) "A Deal in Ostriches" (Pall Mall Budget, 20 December 1894) "Through a Window" (Black and White, 25 August 1894) "The Temptation of Harringay" (The St. James's Gazette, 9 February 1895) "The Flying Man" (Pall Mall Gazette, December 1893) "The Diamond Maker" (Pall Mall Budget, 16 August 1894) "Æpyornis Island" (Pall Mall Budget, 27 December 1894) "The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes" (Pall Mall Budget, 28 March 1895) "The Lord of the Dynamos" (Pall Mall Budget, 6 September 1894) "The Hammerpond Park Burglary" (Pall Mall Budget, 5 July 1894) "The Moth" (Pall Mall Gazette, 28 March 1895) "The Treasure in the Forest" (Pall Mall Budget, 23 August 1894) Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946), usually referred to as H. G. Wells, was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, satire, biography, and autobiography, including even a book on war games.

Download or read book A Bibliography of the Works of H G Wells 1893 1925 written by Geoffrey West and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Short Stories of H G Wells written by H. G. Wells and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of short stories written by H. G. Wells. Containing over fifty tales, "The Short Stories of H. G. Wells" constitutes a must-have for lovers of the short storm form and is not to be missed by fans of Wells' fantastic work. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). "The Father of Science Fiction" was also a staunch socialist, and his later works are increasingly political and didactic. The stories include: "The Stolen Bacillus", "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid", "In the Avu Observatory", "The Triumphs of a Taxidermist", "A Deal In Ostriches", "Through a Window", "The Temptation of Harringay", "The Flying Man", "The Diamond Maker", "Aepyornis Island", "The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes", "The Lord of the Dynamos", and more. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Download or read book Delphi Collected Works of H G Wells Illustrated written by H. G. Wells and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2013-11-17 with total page 15784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely regarded as the father of science fiction, H. G. Wells was also a prolific author of history, politics and social commentary, whose works from an early date were renowned for their outspoken socialist views. This eBook presents Wells’ collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare novels and tales, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. Parts Edition is available for this title. (Version 8) Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, some later novels and non-fiction texts are not included. However, when they enter the public domain, they will be added as a free upgrade. Contents: The Novels The Time Machine (1895) The Wonderful Visit (1895) The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) The Wheels of Chance (1896) The Invisible Man (1897) The War of the Worlds (1898) When the Sleeper Wakes (1899) Love and Mr. Lewisham (1899) The First Men in the Moon (1901) The Sea Lady (1902) The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904) Kipps (1905) A Modern Utopia (1905) In the Days of the Comet (1906) The War in the Air (1908) Tono-Bungay (1909) Ann Veronica (1909) The History of Mr. Polly (1910) The Sleeper Awakes (1910) The New Machiavelli (1911) Marriage (1912) The Passionate Friends (1913) The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914) The World Set Free (1914) Bealby (1915) Boon (1915) The Research Magnificent (1915) Mr. Britling Sees It Through (1916) The Soul of a Bishop (1917) Joan and Peter (1918) The Undying Fire (1919) The Secret Places of the Heart (1922) Men Like Gods (1923) The Dream (1924) Christina Alberta’s Father (1925) The World of William Clissold (1916) Meanwhile (1927) Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928) The Bulpington of Blup (1932) Star Begotten (1937) The Camford Visitation (1937) The Brothers (1938) The Holy Terror (1939) Babes in the Darkling Wood (1939) All Aboard for Ararat (1940) You Can’t Be Too Careful (1942) The Short Story Collections Early Short Stories Select Conversations with an Uncle (1895) The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (1895) The Plattner Story and Others (1897) Tales of Space and Time (1899) Twelve Stories and a Dream (1903) The Country of the Blind and Other Stories (1911) The Door in the Wall and Other Stories (1911) Uncollected Short Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Non-Fiction Text-Book of Biology (1893) Certain Personal Matters (1897) Anticipations of the Reactions of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought (1901) The Discovery of the Future (1902) Mankind in the Making (1903) Preface to ‘Underground Man’ (1905) by Gabriel Tarde The Things that Live on Mars (1905) The Future in America (1906) This Misery of Boots (1907) Socialism and the Family (1908) New Worlds for Old (1908) First and Last Things (1908) Floor Games (1911) Little Wars (1913) The War that Will End War (1914) An Englishman Looks at the World (1914) Scientific War (1915) What is Coming? (1916) The Elements of Reconstruction (1916) Introduction to ‘Nocturne’ (1917) by Frank Swinnerton God the Invisible King (1917) War and the Future (1917) In the Fourth Year (1918) The Importance of Being a Woman (1918) The Idea of a League of Nations (1919) The Outline of History (1920) Russia in the Shadows (1920) The New Teaching of History (1921) The Salvaging of Civilization (1921) Introduction to ‘The Pivot of Civilization’ (1922) by Margaret Sanger A Short History of the World (1922) Washington and the Hope of Peace (1922) The Gifts of the New Sciences (1924) The Story of a Great Schoolmaster (1924) A Year of Prophesying (1925) Mr. Belloc Objects to “The Outline of History” (1926) Marxism vs. Liberalism (1934) The Anatomy of Frustration (1936) The Future of the Jews (1938) World of Tomorrow (1939) The Fate of Homo Sapiens (1939) The Common Sense of War and Peace (1940) The Criticism Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants (1905) by G. K. Chesterton H. G. Wells on the Rest of Us (1909) by George Bernard Shaw H. G. Wells (1909) by Arnold Bennett H. G. Wells (1915) by J. D. Beresford Wells and the World State (1922) by G. K. Chesterton Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown (1924) by Virginia Woolf An Extract from ‘Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance’ (1924) by Ford Madox Ford H. G. Wells: Dreaming for the World (1926) by Stuart Pratt Sherman Mr. Belloc Still Objects to Mr. Wells’s “Outline of History” (1926) by Hilaire Belloc

Download or read book Animal Subjects Volume 1 written by Caroline Hovanec and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Subjects identifies a new understanding of animals in modernist literature and science. Drawing on Darwin's evolutionary theory, British writers and scientists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries began to think of animals as subjects dwelling in their own animal worlds. Both science and literature aimed to capture the complexity of animal life, and their shared attention to animals pulled the two disciplines closer together. It led scientists to borrow the literary techniques of fiction and poetry, and writers to borrow the observational methods of zoology. Animal Subjects tracks the coevolution of literature and zoology in works by H. G. Wells, Aldous Huxley, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, and modern scientists including Julian Huxley, Charles Elton, and J. B. S. Haldane. Examining the rise of ecology, ethology, and animal psychology, this book shows how new, subject-centered approaches to the study of animals transformed literature and science in the modernist period.

Download or read book H G Wells at the End of His Tether written by Gordon D. Feir and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H.G. Wells was one of the most prolific writers in the English language. He published over one hundred books, yet he is recognized by only two or three of his popular novels including The Time Machine and War of the Worlds. Why has such a well known and widely read author from the nineteenth century almost disappeared from the bookshelves of the twenty-first century? H.G. Wells at the End of His Tether attempts to answer this question and others by examining his work from a nineteenth century perspective. Wells was a controversial figure. He was an avid socialist and a self-proclaimed prophet. He hated the Church and the Monarchy and spent much of his life promoting utopian ideals, world government and other radical concepts that are politically incorrect today. As he watched the First World War tear Europe asunder he wrote The War to End War and created a new label for that infamous conflict. He was a highly vocal anti-war journalist and often frustrated by how little impact he was making on the world. When the Second World War descended on Europe he became despondent as he approached the end of his political and literary tether.

Download or read book The Short Stories Archives written by H. G. Wells and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the annotated edition including the rare biographical essay by Edwin E. Slosson called "H. G. Wells - A Major Prophet Of His Time". H. G. Wells was an avid writer of short fiction and literally all of what he wrote is included in this well-formatted volume. From the contents: The Chronic Argonauts In The Modern Vein The Triumphs Of A Taxidermist The Stolen Bacillus The Hammerpond Park Burglary The Jilting Of Jane The Diamond Maker The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid In The Avu Observatory Through A Window The Treasure In The Forest The Lord Of The Dynamos Aepyornis Island A Deal In Ostriches The Flying Man The Temptation Of Harringay The Moth The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes A Catastrophe Le Mari Terrible Pollock And The Porroh Man The Obliterated Man The Cone The Argonauts Of The Air The Bulla A Slip Under The Microscope Under The Knife The Red Room The Plattner Story The Story Of The Late Mr. Elvesham The Rajah's Treasure In The Abyss The Lost Inheritance The Apple The Purple Pileus The Sea Raiders The Crystal Egg ... and many more ...

Download or read book A Modern Utopia written by by H. G. Wells and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Collected Short Stories written by H. G. Wells and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 1017 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents to you this unique and meticulously edited Sci-Fi collection: The Chronic Argonauts; In The Modern Vein (A Bardlet's Romance); The Triumphs Of A Taxidermist ; The Stolen Bacillus; The Hammerpond Park Burglary; The Jilting Of Jane; The Diamond Maker; The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid; In The Avu Observatory; Through A Window (At A Window); The Treasure In The Forest; The Lord Of The Dynamos; Aepyornis Island; A Deal In Ostriches; The Flying Man; The Temptation Of Harringay; The Moth (A Moth — Genus Novo); The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes; A Catastrophe; Le Mari Terrible; Pollock And The Porroh Man; The Obliterated Man (The Sad Story Of A Dramatic Critic); The Cone; The Argonauts Of The Air; The Bulla (The Reconciliation); A Slip Under The Microscope; Under The Knife (A Slip Under The Knife)...

Download or read book Twentieth century Short Story Explication written by and published by Hamden, Conn. : Shoe String Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists books, monographs, and periodicals which critically analyze or interpret short works of fiction written since 1800.