The Time Machine; The Island Of Dr Moreau; The Invisible Man; The First Men In The Moon; The Food Of The Gods; In The Days Of The Comet; The War Of The Worlds
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few names in the canon of speculative fiction carry the weight of H.G. Wells, and this magnificent omnibus collects seven of his most enduring scientific romances into a single, essential volume. From the temporal odyssey of The Time Machine and the chilling vivisection horror of The Island of Dr Moreau, to the social satire of The Invisible Man and the cosmic terror of The War of the Worlds, the collection presents a breathtaking panorama of a visionary imagination at full throttle — each story a window into humanity's deepest anxieties about science, nature, and its own place in the universe. Wells, widely regarded as the father of modern science fiction, argued through his fiction that progress is a double-edged sword, and these seven novels stand as the foundational texts of an entire genre. His prose is lucid and deceptively simple, drawing the reader into scenarios of mounting dread or wonder with the ease of a master storyteller. The First Men in the Moon, The Food of the Gods, and In the Days of the Comet round out this collection with equal measures of wit and prophecy, illustrating how completely Wells mapped the landscape of 20th-century imaginative literature long before it arrived — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of his vision is yet to come true.
Author: H.G. Wells
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Heinemann/Octopus
Genre: Science fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few names in the canon of speculative fiction carry the weight of H.G. Wells, and this magnificent omnibus collects seven of his most enduring scientific romances into a single, essential volume. From the temporal odyssey of The Time Machine and the chilling vivisection horror of The Island of Dr Moreau, to the social satire of The Invisible Man and the cosmic terror of The War of the Worlds, the collection presents a breathtaking panorama of a visionary imagination at full throttle — each story a window into humanity's deepest anxieties about science, nature, and its own place in the universe. Wells, widely regarded as the father of modern science fiction, argued through his fiction that progress is a double-edged sword, and these seven novels stand as the foundational texts of an entire genre. His prose is lucid and deceptively simple, drawing the reader into scenarios of mounting dread or wonder with the ease of a master storyteller. The First Men in the Moon, The Food of the Gods, and In the Days of the Comet round out this collection with equal measures of wit and prophecy, illustrating how completely Wells mapped the landscape of 20th-century imaginative literature long before it arrived — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of his vision is yet to come true.