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The Door in the Wall

The Door in the Wall

by H. G. Wells

Though the author has achieved his fame as a science fiction novelist, The Door in the Wall   is considered by many as one of the finest short story of Wells.  The Door in the Wall  is based on the theme of conflict between the art and science. Lionel Wallace, a politician on an ill-fate day discovers a door in the wall of his home, ..

The Country of the Blind

The Country of the Blind

by H. G. Wells

Wells' short story The Country of the Blind is one of the few blind literature we could find. A valley gets isolated from the rest of the world and a disease cause them to lose their vision. Generations passed all babies are born as blind. Over the years the community never knowing about what are eyes and vision. A mountaineer accidentally falls in..

The War in the Air

The War in the Air

by H. G. Wells

When he published his war fiction novel The War in the Air during 1907, no one in the world would have believed on H. G. Wells prophecy that the world is going to face the bloody war and air power would be the key to victory in it. Wells idea for this novel was conceived right after the world could witness the successful flight by Wright brothers d..

The Sleeper Awakes

The Sleeper Awakes

by H. G. Wells

Wells' science fiction The Sleeper Awakes narrates the story of a man who awakens from his sleep after 203 years and surprised to find he has become the richest person in the world, by means of his bank balance and compound interest. Became a fable sleeper, his huge wealth made him to face the world which has transformed horrific during his two cen..

The Wheels of Chance -  A Bicycling Idyll

The Wheels of Chance - A Bicycling Idyll

by H. G. Wells

It seems Wells' has conceived the story of The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll from life experiences of his second wife Catherine Robbins , who is portrayed as Jessie Milton. As in the real life Wells was not able to get along with upper class society, his protagonist in the story Mr. Hoopdriver resembles him. Hoopdriver holiday travel in his b..

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

by H. G. Wells

Tales of the Unexpected is a collection of Time travel short stories written by HG Wells comprising the stories including The remarkable case of Davidson's eyes, The moth, The story of the late Mr Elvesham, Under the knife, The Plattner story, The crystal egg, The man who could work miracles, A dream of armageddon, The new accelerator, The door in ..

The Star

The Star

by H. G. Wells

Scientific people, however, found the intelligence remarkable enough, even before it became known that the new body was rapidly growing larger and brighter, that its motion was quite different from the orderly progress of the planets, and that the deflection of Neptune and its satellite was becoming now of an unprecedented kind.Few people without t..