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H. G. Wells Complete Short Story Omnibus
Author: | H. G. Wells |
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Gollancz, 2011 |
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Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
This collection of short stories by H. G. Wells is the most comprehensive yet, and showcases the hugely fertile imagination of the great author, whose ideas and storylines remain hugely relevant to this day.
Table of Contents:
- 3 - The Stolen Bacillus - (1894) - short story
- 9 - The Flowering of the Strange Orchid - (1894) - short story
- 16 - In the Avu Observatory - (1894) - short story
- 22 - The Triumphs of a Taxidermist - (1894) - short story
- 26 - A Deal in Ostriches - (1894) - short story
- 30 - Through a Window - (1894) - short story
- 37 - The Temptation of Harringay - (1895) - short story
- 42 - The Flying Man - (1895) - short story
- 48 - The Diamond Maker - (1894) - short story
- 55 - Aepyornis Island - (1894) - short story (variant of Æpyornis Island)
- 65 - The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes - (1895) - short story
- 74 - The Lord of the Dynamos - non-genre - (1894) - short story
- 82 - The Hammerpond Park Burglary - (1894) - short story
- 89 - The Moth - (1895) - short story
- 98 - The Treasure in the Forest - (1894) - short story
- 107 - The Plattner Story - (1896) - short story
- 124 - The Argonauts of the Air - (1895) - short story
- 135 - The Story of the Late Mr Elvesham - (1896) - short story (variant of The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham)
- 150 - In the Abyss - (1896) - short story
- 164 - The Apple - (1896) - short story
- 171 - Under the Knife - (1896) - short story
- 183 - The Sea Raiders - (1896) - short story (variant of The Sea-Raiders)
- 192 - Pollock and the Porroh Man - (1895) - short story
- 206 - The Red Room - (1896) - short story
- 214 - The Cone - non-genre - (1895) - short story
- 224 - The Purple Pileus - (1896) - short story
- 234 - The Jilting of Jane - (1894) - short story
- 241 - In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story - (1894) - short story
- 250 - A Catastrophe - (1895) - short story
- 258 - The Lost Inheritance - (1896) - short story
- 264 - The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic - (1895) - short story
- 272 - A Slip Under the Microscope - (1896) - short story
- 291 - The Crystal Egg - (1897) - short story
- 306 - The Star - (1897) - short story
- 316 - A Story of the Stone Age - (1897) - novella
- 363 - A Story of the Days to Come - (1899) - novella
- 436 - The Man Who Could Work Miracles - (1898) - short story
- 453 - Filmer - (1901) - short story
- 468 - The Magic Shop - (1903) - short story
- 478 - The Valley of Spiders - (1903) - short story
- 488 - The Truth About Pyecraft - (1903) - short story
- 497 - Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland - (1903) - short story
- 509 - The Inexperienced Ghost - (1902) - short story
- 520 - Jimmy Goggles the God - (1898) - short story
- 531 - The New Accelerator - (1901) - short story
- 543 - Mr Ledbetter's Vacation - (1898) - short fiction (variant of Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation)
- 558 - The Stolen Body - (1898) - short story
- 572 - Mr Brisher's Treasure - (1899) - short fiction (variant of Mr. Brisher's Treasure)
- 581 - Miss Winchelsea's Heart - (1898) - short story
- 596 - A Dream of Armageddon - (1901) - short story
- 621 - The Door in the Wall - (1906) - short story
- 636 - The Empire of the Ants - (1905) - short story
- 650 - A Vision of Judgment - (1899) - short story (variant of A Vision of Judgement)
- 656 - The Land Ironclads - (1903) - novelette
- 675 - The Beautiful Suit - non-genre - (1909) - short story
- 679 - The Pearl of Love - (1925) - short story
- 683 - The Country of the Blind - (1904) - novelette
- 704 - The Reconciliation - (1895) - short story
- 710 - My First Aeroplane - [Little Mother - 1] - (1910) - short story
- 720 - Little Mother Up the Mörderberg - [Little Mother - 2] - (1910) - short story
- 730 - The Story of the Last Trump - (1915) - short story
- 743 - The Grisly Folk - (1921) - essay
- 757 - A Tale of the Twentieth Century: For Advanced Thinkers - (1887) - short fiction (variant of A Tale of the Twentieth Century)
- 762 - Walcote - (1898) - short story
- 769 - The Devotee of Art - (1888) - short fiction
- 779 - The Man with a Nose - (1894) - short fiction
- 783 - A Perfect Gentleman on Wheels - (1897) - short fiction
- 793 - Wayde's Essence - (1895) - short fiction
- 802 - A Misunderstood Artist - (1894) - short fiction
- 806 - Le Mari Terrible - (1895) - short story
- 810 - The Rajah's Treasure - (1896) - short story
- 821 - The Presence by the Fire - (1897) - short story
- 827 - Mr Marshall's Doppelganger - (1897) - short fiction (variant of Mr. Marshall's Doppelganger)
- 837 - The Thing in No. 7 - (1894) - short story
- 843 - The Thumbmark - (1894) - short story
- 850 - A Family Elopement - (1894) - short fiction
- 855 - Our Little Neighbour - (1895) - short fiction
- 863 - How Gabriel Became Thompson - (1894) - short fiction
- 872 - How Pingwill Was Routed - (1895) - short fiction
- 876 - The Loyalty of Esau Common: A Fragment - (1902) - short fiction (variant of The Loyalty of Esau Common)
- 891 - The Wild Asses of the Devil - (1915) - short story
- 901 - Answer to Prayer - (1937) - short story
- 904 - The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper - (1932) - short story
- 921 - The Country of the Blind (Revised Version) - (1939) - short fiction (variant of The Country of the Blind (revised))
- 951 - Introduction to The Country of the Blind and Other Stories - (1911) - essay (variant of Introduction (The Country of the Blind and Other Stories))
- 956 - Introduction to Revised Version of "The Country of the Blind" - (1939) - essay (variant of Introduction (The Country of the Blind))
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