Books with title Back to Gods Country and Other Stories

"The Country of the Blind" is a short story written by H. G. Wells. It was first published in the April 1904 issue of The Strand Magazine and included in a 1911 collection of Wells's short stories, The Country of the Blind and Other Stories. It is one of Wells's best known short stories, and features prominently in literature dealing with blindness.Wells later revised the story, with the expanded version first published by an English private printer, Golden Cockerel Press, in 1939.

The early short stories of an essential 20th century literary personageHerbert George Wells was perhaps best known as the author of such classic works of science fiction as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds. But it was in his short stories, written when he was a young man embarking on a literary career, that he first explored the enormous potential of the scientific discoveries of the day. He described his stories as "a miscellany of inventions," yet his enthusiasm for science was tempered by an awareness of its horrifying destructive powers and the threat it could pose to the human race. A consummate storyteller, he made fantastic creatures and machines entirely believable; and, by placing ordinary men and women in extraordinary situations, he explored, with humor, what it means to be alive in a century of rapid scientific progress.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

H. G. Wells (1866-1946) is widely considered the father of the science fiction genre. His stories examine space and time travel, alien worlds, and the destructive potential of modern technology. Wells' influence is far reaching and remains potent today. "The Country of the Blind and Other Stories" collects thirty-three of Wells' most renowned short stories. In "The Country of the Blind," perhaps his most famed shorter work, Nunez the mountaineer falls does the side of a mountain on an expedition only to discover an isolated valley with a mysterious populace where everyone is blind. In "The Crystal Egg," an antiques dealer discovers a mysterious crystal egg that allows him to remotely view the planet Mars. "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" follows an individual whose supernatural talents gradually become problematic and even disastrous. These are only a few of the many exciting tales contained in this edition by England's most respected science fiction author.

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"In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." Or is he? In H. G. Wells' famous tale a stranded mountaineer encounters an isolated society in which his apparent advantage proves less than valuable. There are over thirty H. G. Wells short stories in this collection, including The Star, a gripping tale about a massive celestial object hurtling toward the Earth, as well as The New Accelerator, The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes and Under the Knife

“James Oliver Curwood is a nature writer. He belongs to the school of which Ernest Thompson-Seton-Thompson (or however he parts it now) might be said to be the grand old man. For many years Mr. Curwood took a gun, walked out and shot the beasties in their native lairs. Now he is sorry; and he makes amends by writing vivid narratives of animal life. On the whole, he does it quite as well as any one else whom we recall at the moment; and he gets a very readable book out of the effort.” -California Outlook “James Oliver Curwood first entered the newspaper field, where he rose rapidly to the editorship of the Detroit News-Tribune. But he spent his vacations in the Canadian northland, and thereby hang many stirring tales. Besides exploring for himself, Mr. Curwood has been official explorer for the Canadian government, and has made himself the authority on northern Canada. He writes ‘good yarns,’ notable for rapidity of action and truth to character and setting. It is high praise that Canadian guides devour his stories and say that he knows animals and men as they do. The explanation lies in Mr. Curwood’s method of work. He goes into the wilds to study the wilds, not to discover story material; and if a story results he writes it, but not otherwise. Up to this time some twenty novels have resulted, and a multitude of readers hope for many more.” -The Michigan Alumnus “The novelist who can carry a weary reviewer off his feet, as it were, make him forget his professional attitude towards books, and give him back, if only for an hour or so, the early enjoyment of days when he read tales of adventure for pleasure only, is a magician. And over one of them, at least, Mr. Curwood has lifted his magic wand.” -New York Observer “Mr. Curwood always writes eloquently and lovingly of the great northern wilds, and never more so than here.” -The Outlook CONTENTS Back to God's Country The Yellow-Back The Fiddling Man L'ange The Case of Beauvais The Other Man's Wife The Strength of Men The Match The Honor of Her People Bucky Severn His First Penitent Peter God The Mouse

While attempting to summit the unconquered crest of Parascotopetl (a fictitious mountain in Ecuador), a mountaineer named Nuñez (prn: noon-yes) slips and falls down the far side of the mountain. At the end of his descent, down a snow-slope in the mountain's shadow, he finds a valley, cut off from the rest of the world on all sides by steep precipices. Unbeknownst to Nuñez, he has discovered the fabled "Country of the Blind". The valley had been a haven for settlers fleeing the tyranny of Spanish rulers, until an earthquake reshaped the surrounding mountains, cutting the valley off forever from future explorers. The isolated community prospered over the years, despite a disease that struck them early on, rendering all newborns blind. As the blindness slowly spreads over many generations, the people's remaining senses sharpened, and by the time the last sighted villager had died, the community had fully adapted to life without sight.Nuñez descends into the valley and finds an unusual village with windowless houses and a network of paths, all bordered by curbs. Upon discovering that everyone is blind, Nuñez begins reciting to himself the refrain, "In the Country of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King". He realises that he can teach and rule them, but the villagers have no concept of sight, and do not understand his attempts to explain this fifth sense to them. Frustrated, Nuñez becomes angry, but the villagers calm him, and he reluctantly submits to their way of life, because returning to the outside world seems impossible....

About the Author- James Oliver "Jim" Curwood (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books ranked among Publisher's Weekly top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early 1920s. At least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories. At the time of his death, he was the highest paid (per word) author in the world.His writing studio, Curwood Castle, is now a museum in Owosso, Michigan.-Wikipedia For more eBooks visit www.kartindo.com

Thirteen of the author’s most famous short stories of adventure in the Canadian Northwest, the Arctic Circle, the Great Barrens, Hudson's Bay posts, and with Royal Northwest Mounted Police. The title story is an amazing hero-tale easily comparable to Jack London -- for the hero is a Great Dane brought to the Frazer River by a Chinese gold prospector, and the dog, Wapi, fought against unbeatable odds to defend the honor of a woman he had decided was his mistress. "The Match" and a few others are Mounties tales. "The Case of Beauvois" is a macabre tale of murder. "The Mouse" is about just such a pet kept in a sourdough's pocket. All these stories set in "the white wilderness of moaning storm" are simply outstanding. Today most Americans are unfamiliar with Canada's grand history, but in Curwood's heyday American children were as apt to play at being red-coated Mounties as they were at being cowboys.

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