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Tales of Space and Time is a collection of 5 incredible stories by H.G.Wells. The collection of stories consists of three short stories and two novellas that are based on Victorian era sci-fi keeping the readers on their toes the whole time. All the five stories have an exciting approach towards astro-physics with a mind-blowing climax keeping the reader engaged till the end of the stories.

H.G. Wells was a virtuoso and visionary, as shown by numerous of his other works, however, this book is unmistakably one of his best. He predicts atomic fighting a long time before the research starts and depicts the chain responses and subsequent radiation. He depicts a weapon of colossal damaging force, utilized from the air that would clear out everything for a significant distance, and utilized the expression "atomic bombs.

¿ At the end of the 19th century, the author narrates the incidents of the arrival of shooting stars that turns out to be alien cylinders. ¿ He guesses the cylinders to be belonging to Mars. ¿ On personal investigation, he finds out the cylinders to be hollow and harmless ¿ Little did he know, the Martian structures could turn out to be the end of the world for humans. The book is a paperback book with well-arranged illustrations and optimize...

¿ A stranger enters the town of Ipsing in the west of Sussex and strange things begin to happen. ¿ The owner of the local Inn, Mrs. Hall complains about the weird voices coming from the stranger's room. ¿ Soon 'The Stranger' becomes the hot topic of the town. ¿ With failed attempts at the experiments and no money, Griffin- the stranger is thrown out of the Inn and wanders in the woods. ¿ His ability or inability to become invisible gets into h...

The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and who invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light. He carries out this procedure on himself and renders hims...

The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively forward or backward through time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle or device.The story reflects Wells's own socialis...

A Short History of the World summarises the scientific knowledge of the time regarding the history of Earth and life. It starts with its origins, goes on to explain the development of the Earth and life on Earth, reaching primitive thought and the development of humankind from the Cradle of Civilisation. The book ends with the outcome of the First World War, the Russian famine of 1921, and the League of Nations in 1922.

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extra-terrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. The story has been relate...

Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought, generally known as Anticipations, was written by H.G. Wells at the age of 34. He later called the book, which became a bestseller, "the keystone to the main arch of my work.

One of the most loved science fiction novels of all time, H.G. Wells' 'The Time Machine' is a novel that crafts a vivid and haunting picture of an earth some 800, 000 years into the future. First published in 1895, it was one of the first novels to deal with the concept of time travel and due to its popularity has come to be regarded as one of the most impactful works on the development of the science fiction genre.In his work 'The Time Machin...

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Schon vor über einhundert Jahren hat H. G. Wells mit großer Weit-sicht brisante Themen des technischen Zeitalters erkannt: die Zukunft der Menschheit, die Schaffung künstlicher Wesen, den Kontakt mit Außerirdischen, den Atomkrieg. Und er fasste sie in schrecklich-schöne Romane über die bedrohte Erde und ihre Bewohner, die bis heute nichts an Aktualität eingebüßt haben. Dieser Band versammelt die Romane 'Die Zeitmaschine', 'Die Insel des Doktor...

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