LibriVox recording of The War in the Air by H. G. Wells. War in the Air was written during a prolific time in H. G. Wells's writing career. Having withdrawn from British politics to spend more time on his own ideas, he published twelve books between 1901 and 1911, including this one. while many British citizens were surprised by the advent of World War I, Wells had already written prophetically about such a conflict. War in the Air predicted use of airplanes in modern war. (Summary by Bill...
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LibriVox recording of The Plattner Story and Others by H. G. Wells. Read in English by Penny Witt; nbvoices; Grace Wereley-Bross; Jeremy Clark; Ron Altman; Terry Kroenung; Ben Tucker; Christine Rottger; Yoganandh; MichaelMaggs; mr2nique; Andrew Gaunce; thesecond A collection of short science fiction stories, written by H.G. Wells. - Summary by Krista Zaleski For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please...
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LibriVox recording of The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells. Read by Mark F. Smith. Surely the Time Traveler threw great dinner parties! His guests were treated to a once-in-forever trial of a miniature time machine - an exquisite miniature that acted so flawlessly as to appear to be stage magic. That his guests did not believe the explanation - the machine vanished into the mists of the future - was patent. Still, a couple of the more thoughtful had reservations about branding the demonstration an...
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LibriVox recording of Wheels of Chance, by H. G. Wells. The Wheels of Chance - A Bicycling Idyll follows the adventures of a Drapers Assistant who, having brought an ancient bicycle, sets off on a 2 week tour of the countryside. He encounters a Lady in Grey wearing rationals (bloomers). And his world will never be the same again. (Summary by annise) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the...
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L'Île du docteur Moreau trouve ici sur le site de la bibliotheque electronique du quebec L’Île du docteur Moreau ( The Island of Dr. Moreau ) est un roman de science-fiction écrit par H. G. Wells , publié en 1896 . À travers une histoire racontée par un narrateur dépassé par les événements, le roman engage une réflexion sur des sujets comme la relation entre l' être humain et l' animal , et la question de l' identité . Sauter à la navigation Sauter à la recherche L'Île du...
Topic: L'Île du docteur Moreau roman fantastique science fiction reflexion philosophique
LibriVox recording of Tales of Space and Time by H. G. Wells. Read in English by Richard Kilmer Five short Science Fiction stories. - Summary by Richard Kilmer For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B audio book (231mb)
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LibriVox recording of The Passionate Friends, by H. G. Wells. Read by Peter Eastman. H. G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love story. It also is a story about dreams, despair, jealousy, sex, the struggle against social convention, the future of civilization, and much much more. It is written by a father to his son, "not indeed to the child you are now, but to the man you are going to be." He...
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LibriVox recording of The World Set Free, by H. G. Wells. Read by LivelyHive. The World Set Free is a novel published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is considered a prophetical novel foretelling the advent of nuclear weapons. A constant theme in Wells's work, such as his 1901 nonfiction book Anticipations, was the role of energy and technological advance as a determinant of human progress. The novel opens: "The history of mankind is the history of the attainment of external power. Man is...
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LibriVox recording of The World Set Free, by H. G. Wells. Radioactive decay is a major theme in the novel The World Set Free, published in 1914. Wells explores what might happen if the rate of decay could be speeded up. The book may have encouraged scientists to explore theories of nuclear chain reaction. It also served as a vehicle for Wells to develop his ideas on survival of the human race. (Summary by Bill Boerst) For further information, including links to online text, reader information,...
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LibriVox recording of The War of the Worlds (Version 5) by H. G. Wells. Read in English by digitizer. An original masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying race of Martians who devastate the Earth and feed on their human victims while their voracious vegetation, the red weed, spreads over the ruined planet. After the novel’s hero finds himself trapped in what is left of London, despairing at the destruction of human civilization, he discovers that life...
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Source: Digital Library of India Scanning Centre: C-DAC, Noida Source Library: Durga Shah Municipal Public Library Nainital Date Accessioned: 10/1/2015 20:13 The Digital Library of India was a project under the auspices of the Government of India.
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LibriVox recording of The Discovery Of The Future by H. G. Wells. Read in English by David Wales The Discovery of the Future is a 1902 philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Wells begins by distinguishing between "two divergent types of mind," one that judges and attaches importance principally to what has happened in the past and one that judges and attaches...
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LibriVox recording of Men Like Gods by H. G. Wells. Read in English by volunteer readers. In the summer of 1921, a disenchanted journalist escapes the rat race for a drive in the country. But Mr. Barnstaple's trip exceeds his expectations when he and other motorists are swept 3,000 years into the future. The inadvertent time travelers arrive in a world that corresponds exactly to Barnstaple's ideals: a utopian state, free of crime, poverty, war, disease, and bigotry. Unfettered by the...
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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.188121 dc.contributor.author: H G Wells dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-07T21:45:02Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-07T21:45:02Z dc.date.citation: 1935 dc.identifier.barcode: 5990010111094 dc.identifier.origpath: /rawdataupload/upload/0111/096 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/188121 dc.description.scanningcentre: IIIT, Allahabad dc.description.main: 1 dc.description.tagged: 0 dc.description.totalpages:...
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LibriVox recording of A Story of the Days to Come by H. G. Wells. Read in English by Dennis Blake; Lucretia B.; A. J. Carroll; Mike Pelton Set in London in the early 22nd century, this novella depicts the troubles of two lovers, Denton and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a well-to-do woman with many connections, but Denton is only a middle-class worker. Elizabeth's father strongly disapproves of the match, and orders a hypnotist to hypnotize his daughter into thinking that she is in love with another....
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The Invisible Man By HG Wells The Invisible Man
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LibriVox recording of The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells. The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 for the first time and later adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This 32,000 word story is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an...
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Topics: Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Fiction, Animal experimentation -- Fiction,...
SCIENCE FICTION, H. G. WELLS, ENGLISH
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LibriVox recording of Certain Personal Matters by H. G. Wells. Read in English by Foon; Larry Wilson; D. Wood; Scotty Smith; Graham Scott; Elisabeth; Greg Giordano; GentleJim; Jordan Khoriaty; Rowan Etzel; Keir; Christopher Lawson Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pieces on a wide variety of intriguing topics from chess to death. Each essay is a gem of wit and delight. - Summary by Larry...
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M4B audiobook of Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells
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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.166198 dc.contributor.author: H. G. Wells dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-07T00:17:54Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-07T00:17:54Z dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 2004-07-31 dc.date.citation: 1925 dc.identifier: RMSC, IIIT-H dc.identifier.barcode: 2999990038380 dc.identifier.origpath: /data/upload/0038/385 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/166198 dc.description.scanningcentre: RMSC, IIIT-H...
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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.262637 dc.contributor.author: H. G. Wells dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-22T18:44:49Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-22T18:44:49Z dc.date.citation: 1920 dc.identifier.barcode: 05990010884599 dc.identifier.origpath: /data58/upload/0086/316 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/262637 dc.description.scannerno: 20003265 dc.description.scanningcentre: IIIT, Allahabad dc.description.main: 1 dc.description.tagged:...
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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.225604 dc.contributor.author: H G Wells dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-10T15:30:56Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-10T15:30:56Z dc.date.citation: 1942 dc.identifier.barcode: 5990010120634 dc.identifier.origpath: /rawdataupload/upload/0120/636 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/225604 dc.description.scanningcentre: IIIT, Allahabad dc.description.main: 1 dc.description.tagged: 0 dc.description.totalpages:...
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H. G. Wells’ classic tale of alien invasion has to this day never been out of print. Like many works of the era, it was originally published as a serial—though the publisher, Pearson’s Magazine, demanded to know the ending before committing to publication. The War of the Worlds, with its matter-of-fact narrative style and deft mixture of contemporary science and fictionalized interstellar war machines, became an instant hit. Its themes of colonialism, social Darwinism, good and evil, and...
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Book from the Archaeological Survey of India Central Archaeological Library, New Delhi Book Number: 9651 Book Title: Outline of history Book Author: H. G. Wells Book Language: English Number of Pages: 1252 Publisher: Cassell; London; 1920 Subject: World history; Ancient civilization; World politics Source URL: http://asi.nic.in/asi_books/9651.pdf Year: 1920
Topics: Archeological Survey, World history, Ancient civilization, World politics
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A two-part BBC Radio adaptation by Mike Walker of H.G. Well's 1905 "rags-to-riches" novel about a young man's battle to improve his lot and his station in life. Arthur "Artie" Kipps ... Bryan Dick Kipps' Uncle ... Donald Sumpter Kipps' Aunt/Mrs. Walshingham ...Deborah Findlay Ann Pornick ... Sinead Matthews Chiiterlow ... Richard Whitelock Miss Helen Walshingham ... Lesley Vickerage Sid Pornick ... Simon Balfour Mr. Shalford ... Jonathan Keeble Chester Coote ... Julian...
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LibriVox recording of A Modern Utopia, by H. G. Wells. Read by Librivox volunteer readers. H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the remainder of his life. One of his most ambitious early attempts at portraying a world state was A Modern Utopia (1905). A Modern Utopia was intended as a hybrid between fiction and 'philosophical discussion'. Like most utopists, he has indicated a series of...
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LibriVox recording of The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells. Read in English by Anthony Ogus About a political idealist who changes his colours and engages in a sexual adventure, this novel by H.G. Wells generated controversy when it was first published in 1911. - Summary by Anthony Ogus For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio...
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LibriVox recording of A Story of the Stone Age, by H. G. Wells. Read by James Christopher. This story is of a time beyond the memory of man, before the beginning of history. . . (Summary from the text) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats or languages (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B...
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LibriVox recording of Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences by H. G. Wells. Read in English by volunteer readers. Select Conversations with an Uncle, published in 1895, was H.G. Wells's first literary publication in book form. It consists of reports of twelve conversations between a fictional witty uncle who has returned to London from South Africa with "a certain affluence," as well as two other conversations (one on aestheticism that takes...
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LibriVox recording of El alimento de los dioses by H. G. Wells. Read in Spanish by Epachuko. Dos científicos británicos consiguen crear en un laboratorio un suero que provoca un crecimiento desmesurado en el ser vivo que lo ingiera, ya sean pollos, vacas o... seres humanos. Lo que empieza pareciendo una idea sensacional con múltiples aplicaciones prácticas, pronto deriva en imprevistas y extrañas consecuencias que habrá que aprender a gestionar:¡¡Feroces ratas gigantes, monstruosas...
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LibriVox recording of El hombre invisible by H. G. Wells. Read in Spanish by Victor Villarraza El hombre invisible (The Invisible Man es el título original en inglés) es una novela de ciencia ficción escrita por H. G. Wells. La obra fue originalmente publicada en entregas en la revista Pearson's Magazine en 1897 y como novela el mismo año. El hombre invisible nos muestra las contradicciones de un joven y brillante científico que, tras largas jornadas de agotadores experimentos, descubre la...
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The Island of Dr. Moreau é um romance de ficção científica de H.G.Wells lançado originalmente em 1896. O enredo fala de um médico que cria criaturas monstruosas em uma ilha tropical. Moreau é um cientista obcecado pela idéia de transformar animais em homens através de cirurgias e hipnose. A chamada vivissecção é o crime de que Moreau é acusado ao fazer suas experiências dolorosas em animais. Isto o leva a se refugiar na ilha onde desenvolve suas idéias. Há, nesta obra, toda uma...
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LibriVox recording of The Stolen Bacillus and other stories by H. G. Wells. Read in English by Pamela Nagami; Lauren Randall; Bill Mosley; James White; Eddie Kigozi; Eric Leuschner; DJRickyV; Snowdrop58; Beth Thomas; Benjamin Davis; Saint Ananda A collection of 15 humorous short stories by the original master of speculative fiction: H. G. Wells. This was the first collection of short stories published by the author, and contains a mixture of fantasy, science-fiction and humour! - Summary by...
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A BBC Radio adaptation by Michael Robson of H. G. Well's 1894 short story. The year is 1900, somewhere in the East Indies . Three men of vastly different backgrounds - an intellectual, a fallen gentleman and a brute - come together for a fantastic purpose ... to uncover a treasure of lost Spanish gold bullion. The problem is ... how long can such an unlikely alliance last when greed and hatred of each other begin to become too strong to resist ... like the lure of the gold itself? De Witt ......
Topics: BBC, BBC Radio, BBC Drama, BBC Radio Drama, radio drama, Joss Ackland, Christopher Cazenove,...
LibriVox recording of The War of the Worlds (Version 3) by H. G. Wells. Read in English by Cori Samuel No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that the Earth was being scrutinised and studied from across the gulf of space. With infinite complacency, humanity went about its little affairs, serene in its assurance of its empire over matter. It is possible that the micro-organisms we watch under a microscope, do the same. Few people gave thought to the idea of life...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, martians, invasion, aliens, surrey, horsell common, woking, maybury hill
LibriVox recording of Washington and the Riddle of Peace by H. G. Wells. Read in English by Lee Smalley As an observer at the WASHINGTON CONFERENCE FOR THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS held in 1921 and attended by the victorious nations of The Great War, the acclaimed author H. G. Wells wrote 29 short essays that were serialized in the New York World and other newspapers. This book is a collection of those essays. They are not a record or description of the Conference, but the impressions of one...
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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.527665 dc.contributor.author: H. G. Wells dc.date.accessioned: 2015-10-01T21:02:35Z dc.date.available: 2015-10-01T21:02:35Z dc.date.copyright: 1917 dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 09/04/2010 dc.date.citation: 1917 dc.identifier.barcode: 99999990795624 dc.identifier.origpath: /data10/data51/upload/0002/770 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/527665 dc.description.scanningcentre: C-DAC, Noida...
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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.6485 dc.contributor.author: H G Wells dc.date.accessioned: 2015-06-19T15:42:29Z dc.date.available: 2015-06-19T15:42:29Z dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 2003-08-07 dc.date.citation: 1932 dc.identifier.barcode: 5990010151448 dc.identifier.origpath: /data1/upload/0006/545 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/6485 dc.description.scannerno: 14 dc.description.scanningcentre: IIIT, Allahabad...
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