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The Time Machine (Signet Classics)
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It is as if someone set out to invent a cold, sweet, smooth concoction and ended up with Ben and Jerry's Rocky Road Ice Cream. H.G. Wells wanted to write the first science fiction book of all time and ended up with a classic. There had never been a book like this before it appeared in 1895, and precious few as good or as imaginative since. A man of ... »
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The War of the Worlds (Modern Library Classics)
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This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..." Things then... »
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The Time Machine (Penguin Classics)
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H. G. Wells in one of the great originators of sf. HIs novels have inspired writers from Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke, to , most recently, Ronald Write.
Wells is meticulous about the sentific background and this, together with his pithy, understated narration, makes his fantastic tales entirely convincing. Well's meachanis may have dated since ... »
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The Invisible Man (Signet Classics)
This is a remarkable story that involves a stunning exploration of the psychology of human nature, especially in terms of interpersonal relationships. Wel... »
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
A shipwreck in the South Seas, a palm-tree paradise where a mad doctor conducts vile experiments, animals that become human and then "beastly" in ways the... »
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The Invisible Man (Penguin Classics)
My knowledge of this tale dates from the old Claude Rains movie, so it was interesting, as usual, to go back to the source and see what Wells actually wro... »
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The War of the Worlds
Ellie Lezak
October 9, 2007
This book was no doubt the best science fiction book I have ever read. H.G. Wells does a amazing job recrea... »
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The War of the Worlds (Penguin Classics)
Note: I made some Mormon reader angry over my negative reviews of books written by Mormons out to prove the Book of Mormon, and that person has been slamm... »
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