Ranked among the classic novels of the English
language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this
early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from
reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know
more about the wondrous possibilit..
Soon after the explosions on the surface of Mars, a "meteor" lands in
Woking, England and dislodges Martians, a monstro species "the size of a
bear" having "two large dark-coloured eyes," lipless mouths and above
all two "Gorgon groups of tentacles." They look evil. They are evil.
That becom..
“I’ve had a most amazing time....”So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still..
This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a serum to render himself invisible, and his descent into madness that follows...