H. G. Wells
Author
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
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Description
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 himself...
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
Modern Library ed.
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 185 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Englishman Edward Prendick finds himself shipwrecked on the open ocean. When a passing ship takes him aboard and revives him, things are starting to look less gloomy for the young scientist. Yet little does he know things about to get much worse. He is taken to an abandoned island occupied only by Dr. Moreau, a disgraced English scientist for his unethical treatment of live creatures. Prendick finds that the Doctor has been up to old habits, using...
4) Tono-Bungay
Author
Series
Riverside editions volume B101
Pub. Date
1966
Physical Desc
xxviii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A chemist's life is transformed by the wonders of selling snake oil in this satire of early–twentieth century capitalism by the author of The Time Machine.
As a young assistant chemist, George Ponderevo rode his uncle's coattails to a great fortune. His uncle Edward's meteoric rise was all thanks to a miraculous patent medicine, Tono-Bungay-which George knew to be nothing more than sugar water. Though it provided none of its promised curative...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1984
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Love and Mr. Lewisham is a novel by H. G. Wells. It was among his first fictional writings outside the science fiction genre. Wells took considerable pains over the manuscript and said that "the writing was an altogether more serious undertaking than I have ever done before."
Events in the novel closely resemble events in Wells’ own life. According to Geoffrey H. Wells: "referring to the question of autobiography in fiction, H. G. Wells has somewhere...
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Language
English
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Description
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy scientist, Cecilia Kass escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being...
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Carlota Moreau: A young woman growing up on a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of a researcher who is either a genius or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a propensity for alcohol. An outcast who assists Dr. Moreau with his experiments, which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of magnificent haciendas and plentiful coffers. The...
Author
Pub. Date
1934
Physical Desc
xi pages, 1 leaf, 718 pages frontispiece, illustrations (facsimiles) plates, portraits 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An Experiment in Autobiography" was first published in 1934. Within it, Wells recounts his childhood, school days, struggle to make money, his eventual literary success, and latter occupation as a prophet of socialism. A fascinating and unique look into the life and mind of this seminal author, "An Experiment in Autobiography" will appeal to all who have read and loved the works of H. G. Wells.
Contents include:
"47 High Street, Bromley, Kent",...
Author
Pub. Date
1971
Physical Desc
118 pages 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Time Machine" relates the story of The Time Traveller, a Victorian inventor who creates a machine that allows him to travel to any time period. He chooses to rocket forward into the unknown world of the future, landing in the year 802,701 where he encounters the humanoids descendants of Earth, the seemingly friendly and benign Eloi and the subterranean and primitive Morlocks.
The Time Traveller rescues and befriends a young Eloi girl named Weena...
Author
Publisher
Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
486 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A sequel to the H.G. Wells classic THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, brilliantly realized by award-winning SF author and Wells expert Stephen Baxter. It has been 14 years since the Martians invaded England. The world has moved on, always watching the skies but content that we know how to defeat the Martian menace. Machinery looted from the abandoned capsules and war-machines has led to technological leaps forward. The Martians are vulnerable to earth germs....
Author
Series
Lexile measure
GN 530L
Language
English
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Description
Contains a graphic novel based on H.G. Wells' "The Invisible Man" in which a stranger walks through a small English town covered with bandages all over his body. When several villagers try to uncover him, they discover he is really invisible.
Author
Pub. Date
1930
Physical Desc
328 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Mr Parham is a traditional academic disappointed with the social trends of his time. Sir Bussy Woodcock is an intelligent but unrefined self-made millionaire. The pair happen to meet one day and form an unlikely relationship; Sir Bussy interested to learn something of culture and Mr Parham looking for funding for a high-quality periodical. "The Autocracy of Mr. Parham - His Remarkable Adventures in This Changing World" is a novel written by H. G....
Author
Pub. Date
1974
Physical Desc
x, 504 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Originally published in 1897, Thirty Strange Stories contains such well-known stories as "The Triumphs of a Taxidermist," about the outrageous exploits, both authentic and fraudulent, of a taxidermist, who then reappears in "A Deal of Ostriches," a tale of a con man's exploitation of human greed after one of five ostriches swallows a precious diamond. Also included are "The Stolen Bacillus" about an anarchist who plans to release what he believes...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
156 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A sequel to "The War of the Worlds", "Star Begotten" concerns another suspected attack by the Martians, this time using cosmic rays to change human DNA. Joseph Davis is a writer of popular books who becomes obsessed with the rumours of invasion, so much so that he fears his wife, child, and even him might have already been affected by the cosmic rays.
Contents include:
"The Mind of Mr. Joseph Davis Is Greatly Troubled",
"Mr. Joseph Davis Learns...
Author
Pub. Date
1971
Edition
[New rev. ed.].
Physical Desc
2 volumes (xii, 1103 pages) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Having coined the phrase "the war that will end war," H. G. Wells was disillusioned by the World War I peace settlement. Convinced that humanity needed to awaken to the instability of the world order and remember lessons from the past, the author of numerous science fiction classics set out to write about history. Wells hoped to remind mankind of its common past, provide it with a basis for international patriotism, and guide it to renounce war. The...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (78 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Presents a graphic novel adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic tale of Edward Prendick, who is shipwrecked and stranded on a deserted island in the Pacific, where Dr. Moreau conducts nightmarish medical experiments in an effort to turn animals into humans. Includes a glossary, author information, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey who is estranged from his family. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself and come to the defense of his children. As the world fends for itself,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (63 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
Español
Description
Follows a scientist who uses his time machine to journey into the future where he finds the world with two human races, the peaceful Eloi and the violent Morlocks.