The Complete H.G Wells Collection Set 8 Books (The First Men on the Moon, The Island of Dr Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of

Sometimes, You Have To Step Outside Of The Person YouVe Been And Remember The Person You Were Meant To Be. The Person You Want To Be. The Person You Are. Herbert George Wells, Known As H. G. Wells, Was One Of The Most Prolific Writers Of English Fiction And NonFiction. The AuthorS Many Science Fiction Novels Have Earned Him The Title Of Father Of Science Fiction. In Addition To Writing, He Was Also A Social Critic Whose Almost Prophetic Ideas Predicted The Development Of Air Travel, Space Travel, Satellite Television, Nuclear Weapons, The Internet, And More. Titles In This Set : 1. The War Of The Worlds When An Army Of Invading Martians Lands In England, Panic And Terror Seize The Population. As The Aliens Traverse The Country In Huge ThreeLegged Machines, Incinerating All In Their Path With A Heat Ray And Spreading Noxious Toxic Gases, The People Of The Earth Must Come To Terms With The Prospect Of The End Of Human Civilization And The Beginning Of Martian Rule. Inspiring Films, Radio Dramas, ComicBook Adaptations, Television Series And Sequels,The War Of The Worlds Is A Prototypical Work Of Science Fiction Which Has Influenced Every Alien Story That Has Come Since, And Is Unsurpassed In Its Ability To Thrill, Well Over A Century Since It Was First Published. 2. The Time Machine IVe Had A Most Amazing Time.... So Begins The Time TravellerS Astonishing Firsthand Account Of His Journey 800,000 Years Beyond His Own EraAnd The Story That Launched H.G. WellsS Successful Career And Earned Him His Reputation As The Father Of Science Fiction. With A Speculative Leap That Still Fires The Imagination, Wells Sends His Brave Explorer To Face A Future Burdened With Our Greatest Hopes...And Our Darkest Fears. A Pull Of The Time MachineS Lever Propels Him To The Age Of A Slowly Dying Earth. There He Discovers Two Bizarre RacesThe Ethereal Eloi And The Subterranean MorlocksWho Not Only Symbolize The Duality Of Human Nature, But Offer A Terrifying Portrait Of The Men Of Tomorrow As Well. Published In 1895, This Masterpiece Of Invention Captivated Readers On The Threshold Of A New Century. Thanks To WellsS Expert Storytelling And Provocative Insight, The Time Machine Will Continue To Enthrall Readers For Generations To Come. 3. The Invisible Man This Masterpiece Of Science Fiction Is The Fascinating Story Of Griffin, A Scientist Who Creates A Serum To Render Himself Invisible, And His Descent Into Madness That Follows. 4. The Island Of Doctor Moreau That Black Figure, With Its Eyes Of Fire, Struck Down Through All My Adult Thoughts And Feelings, And For A Moment The Forgotten Horrors Of Childhood Came Back To My Mind Adrift In A Dinghy, Edward Prendick, The Single Survivor From The Good Ship Lady Vain, Is Rescued By A Vessel Carrying A Profoundly Unusual Cargo A Menagerie Of Savage Animals. Tended To Recovery By Their Keeper Montgomery, Who Gives Him Dark Medicine That Tastes Of Blood, Prendick Soon Finds Himself Stranded Upon An Uncharted Island In The Pacific With His Rescuer And The Beasts. Here, He Meets MontgomeryS Master, The Sinister Dr. Moreau A Brilliant Scientist Whose Notorious Experiments In Vivisection Have Caused Him To Abandon The Civilised World. It Soon Becomes Clear He Has Been Developing These Experiments With Truly Horrific Results. 5. The First Men In The Moon When Penniless Businessman Mr Bedford Retreats To The Kent Coast To Write A Play, He Meets By Chance The Brilliant Dr Cavor, An AbsentMinded Scientist On The Brink Of Developing A Material That Blocks Gravity. Cavor Soon Succeeds In His Experiments, Only To Tell A Stunned Bedford The Invention Makes Possible One Of The Oldest Dreams Of Humanity: A Journey To The Moon. With Bedford Motivated By Money, And Cavor By The Desire For Knowledge, The Two Embark On The Expedition. But Neither Are Prepared For What They Find A World Of Freezing Nights, Boiling Days And Sinister Alien Life, On Which They May Be Trapped Forever. 6. The World Set Free This Chilling, Futuristic Novel, Written In 1913 And First Published The Following Year, Was Incredibly Prophetic On A Major Scale. Wells Was A Genius And Visionary, As Demonstrated By Many Of His Other Works, But This Book Is Clearly One Of His Best. He Predicts Nuclear Warfare Years Before Research Began And Describes The Chain Reactions Involved And The Resulting Radiation. He Describes A Weapon Of Enormous Destructive Power, Used From The Air That Would Wipe Out Everything For Miles, And Actually Used The Term Atomic Bombs. This Book May Have Been At Least Part Of The Original Inspiration For The Development Of Atomic Weapons, As Well As Presenting Many Other Ideas That Would Ultimately Come To Pass. Some Ideas May Still Be Coming, Including A OneWorld Government Referred To As The World Republic, That Will Attempt To End All Wars. 7. The Sleeper Awakes The Sleeper Awakes Is H. G. WellsS Wildly Imaginative Story Of London In The TwentySecond Century And The Man Who By Accid