The Short Stories Of H. G. Wells
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Book: Good
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Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few writers have commanded the imagination quite like H. G. Wells, and The Short Stories of H. G. Wells presents the full, dazzling range of a mind that permanently altered the course of speculative fiction. This landmark anthology gathers over fifty of his finest tales — from the chilling The Country of the Blind and the eerily prescient The Star, to the darkly comic The Truth About Pyecraft — transporting readers across dimensions of time, biology, society, and the uncanny with breathtaking economy and wit. Each story chronicles a world teetering on the edge of the familiar and the fantastical, where scientific curiosity collides with human frailty, and the consequences are as thought-provoking as they are thrilling. Wells, writing at the cusp of the twentieth century, argued through fiction what philosophers and scientists had yet to articulate: that progress is a double-edged instrument, capable of both liberation and catastrophe. His prose is deceptively accessible — urgent, precise, and shot through with a dry, ironic humour that renders even the most extraordinary premises immediately believable. Published by Ernest Benn Limited of London, this collected edition stands as an essential monument of the English literary canon, a testament to a storyteller who transformed anxieties about evolution, empire, and technology into timeless art. Open to any page and you will find a world remade — the only question is whether you will recognise it as your own.
Author: H. G. Wells
Format: Hardback
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few writers have commanded the imagination quite like H. G. Wells, and The Short Stories of H. G. Wells presents the full, dazzling range of a mind that permanently altered the course of speculative fiction. This landmark anthology gathers over fifty of his finest tales — from the chilling The Country of the Blind and the eerily prescient The Star, to the darkly comic The Truth About Pyecraft — transporting readers across dimensions of time, biology, society, and the uncanny with breathtaking economy and wit. Each story chronicles a world teetering on the edge of the familiar and the fantastical, where scientific curiosity collides with human frailty, and the consequences are as thought-provoking as they are thrilling. Wells, writing at the cusp of the twentieth century, argued through fiction what philosophers and scientists had yet to articulate: that progress is a double-edged instrument, capable of both liberation and catastrophe. His prose is deceptively accessible — urgent, precise, and shot through with a dry, ironic humour that renders even the most extraordinary premises immediately believable. Published by Ernest Benn Limited of London, this collected edition stands as an essential monument of the English literary canon, a testament to a storyteller who transformed anxieties about evolution, empire, and technology into timeless art. Open to any page and you will find a world remade — the only question is whether you will recognise it as your own.