Books with author H. G. Wells

"The War of the Worlds" details 12 days in which invaders from Mars attack the planet Earth, captured popular imagination with its fast-paced narrative and images of Martians and interplanetary travel. The humans in "The War of the Worlds" initially treat the invasion with complacency but soon are provoked into a defensive state of war.H. G. Wells's science fiction masterpiece "The War of the Worlds" was originally published in Pierson's magazine in 1897 and was issued as a novel the following year. A century later, it has never been out of print. The story has become an integral part of our culture, frequently retold in graphic novels and films. In 1938, it became part of one of the greatest and most horrifying media events of all times. "The Mercury Theatre on the Air", headed by twenty-three-year-old Orson Welles, broadcast over the radio an adaptation of the book that was so realistic that it caused widespread public panic, mob violence, and looting. Until the night of that broadcast, few people realised the power of broadcast media to make whole populations feel powerless when faced with breaking events.

Herbert George "H. G." Wells (1866 –1946) Some of his early novels, called "scientific romances", invented several themes now classic in science fiction in such works as The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds. H. G." Wells (1866 –1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction"

The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells published in 1897. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it absorbs and reflects no light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse the procedure.

Considered one of the fathers of science fiction, H. G. Wells (1866–1946) brought enormous inventiveness and an underlying social vision and moral concern to his strange tales and bizarre imaginings. A student of Darwinian biology, he formed his romantic conceptions of the scientific world at an early age.This novel, one of his first forays into the science fiction genre, concerns a mad surgeon-turned-vivisectionist who, in his laboratory on a remote island, performs ghoulish experiments in an attempt to transform animals into men, with monstrous results. It is one of Wells' earliest and most sinister personifications of the scientific quest to control and manipulate the natural world, and, ultimately, human nature itself.First published in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau has intrigued and horrified readers for generations. It will gain legions of new fans in this inexpensive Dover edition.

H.G. Wells, a pioneer in the science fiction genre, produced awesomely imaginative novels whose technologies seem impossibly sophisticated for a writer living in an era before automobiles and the widespread application of electricity. In his work The Time Machine, Wells’ Time Traveller, a gentleman inventor living in England, traverses first thousands of years and then millions into the future, before bringing back the knowledge of the grave degeneration of the human race and the planet. One wonders if Wells could truly see into the future, as over 100 years after its publication date his visions seem timelier than ever.

Unabridged value reproduction of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells is a must-have collectable for every bookshelf. The War of the Worlds is nonstop suspenseful action that every other alien sci-fi tale must compare itself against.The War of the Worlds is a tale that can be viewed in many ways as it has multiple layers of social theory, master race evolution, and political theory, which makes it much more interesting than at first would appear.This is the same tale which Orson Welles adapted to create hysteria for his radio drama of 1938.Up for an all-night adventure steeped in suspense? Read the heart quickening tale in this unabridged, affordably printed volume that drives the reader to the last page.Contents: BOOK I. THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS 3I. THE EVE OF THE WAR 3 II. THE FALLING STAR 5 III. ON HORSELL COMMON 7 IV. THE CYLINDER OPENS 8 V. THE HEAT-RAY 10 VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD 12 VII. HOW I REACHED HOME 13 VIII. FRIDAY NIGHT 15 IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS 16 X. IN THE STORM 19 XI. AT THE WINDOW 22 XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON 24 XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE 29 XIV. IN LONDON 32 XV. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY 37 XVI. THE EXODUS FROM LONDON 40 XVII. THE “THUNDER CHILD” 46BOOK II. THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS 50I. UNDER FOOT 50 II. WHAT WE SAW FROM THE RUINED HOUSE 54 III. THE DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT 58 IV. THE DEATH OF THE CURATE 60 V. THE STILLNESS 62 VI. THE WORK OF FIFTEEN DAYS 63 VII. THE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL 65 VIII. DEAD LONDON 72 IX. WRECKAGE 76 X. THE EPILOGUE 78

Unabridged value reproduction of The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells is a must-have collectable for every bookshelf. The Island of Doctor Moreau is nonstop suspenseful action that every other surgical sci-fi tale must compare itself against. The Island of Doctor Moreau is a tale that can be viewed in many ways as it multiple layers of social theory, master race evolution, and political theory, which makes it much more interesting than at first would appear. Up for an all-night adventure steeped in suspense? Read the heart quickening tale in this unabridged, affordably printed volume that drives the reader to the last page.

Unabridged value reproduction of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells is a must-have collectable for every bookshelf. The Time Machine is nonstop action that every other time travelling sci-fi tale must compare itself against. The Time Machine is a tale that can be viewed in many ways as it multiple layers of social theory, evolution, and political theory, which makes it much more interesting than at first would appear. Up for a daring adventure? Read the heart quickening tale in this unabridged, affordably printed volume that drives the reader to the last page.

Published in 1897, The Invisible Man tells the story of an optics scientist who discovers a method of rendering the body invisible. Successfully completing the procedure on himself, he quickly finds that he is unable to reverse the effect. Initially, he delights in the advantages of his invisibility, but his subsequent descent into madness and violence have captivated generations of horror readers.

A book on history by HG Wells; 'The Outline of History' covers various aspects of history as a discipline; including history as a quest for a common purpose; recurrent conquest of civilisation by nomads; development of free intelligence; rejection of racial or cultural superiority; criticism of potential world unifiers; and neglected or omitted aspects of world history.