Select Works of H. G. Wells (5 vols.)

by H. G. Wells

Publishers:

Harper & Brothers; Stone & Kimball; Bernhard Tauchnitz; Henry Holt & Co.

, 1895–1898

Overview

Sometimes called “the Father of Science Fiction” (alongside greats such as Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback), H. G. Wells played a pivotal role in shaping the science fiction world. Over the decades, science fiction pioneers have paid homage to Wells, alluding to his works and often even including him as a character. Wells’ wealth of writings grappled with England’s scientific, ethical, and political issues, confronting the reality he inhabited with the realities he constructed.

The Select Works of H. G. Wells collection contains four of his best-known novels—The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau—as well as a collection of 30 short stories. Fans of science fiction and lovers of literature will enjoy these classic works.

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Key Features

• Five works by one of the fathers of science fiction
• Some of the most influential works of science fiction
• 30 imaginative short stories

Praise for the Author

. . . by the time [Wells] was forty, his influence was wider than any other living English writer.

—Malcolm Cowley, author, Blue Juniata

. . . the most important writer [science fiction] has yet seen.

—John Clute, science fiction historian

Product Details

• Title: Select Works of H. G. Wells
• Author: H. G. Wells
• Volumes: 5
• Pages: 1,536

About H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells (1866–1946) was an English writer, sometimes referred to as “The Father of Science Fiction,” along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. While Wells is best-known for his classic works of science fiction, he wrote successfully in a number of genres. His politically charged writings offered unique perspectives on culture, class, government, war, and science. Wells’ works were highly influential, and he himself frequently appears as a character in the works of other writers, both in literature and in film. His other works include Kipps: The History of Mr. Polly, Tono-Bungay, Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought, When the Sleeper Wakes, The First Men in the Moon, and “The Country of the Blind.”