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A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells
$19.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
A Modern Utopia is a classic science fiction novel by H.G. Wells. Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure, H.G. Wells's A Modern Utopia (1905) has been called not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia. The novel is best known for its notion that a voluntary order of nob ...Show more
Selected Works of H G Wells by H. G. Wells
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction | Series: Special Editions
H. G. Wells is often referred to as 'the father of science fiction' and this compendium of his stories contains two of his most well-known works in the genre, The Time Machine (1895) and The War of the Worlds (1897). In addition, the reader is treated to some stories of truly extraordinary dimensions: T ...Show more
The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells
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Category: Science Fiction | Series: S.F. Masterworks
Published over 100 years ago, this is one of Wells's greatest novels, and the only one of his scientific romances to embrace space travel. Thanks to the discovery of an anti-gravity metal, Cavorite, two Victorian Englishmen travel to the Moon, where they encounter the extraordinary underground world of ...Show more
The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells
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Category: Science Fiction | Series: S.F. Masterworks
Two scientists develop a foodstuff that causes unparalleled growth in animals and humans. The results of their experimentation lead to chaos and unforseen consequences throughout the land. THE FOOD OF THE GODS deals with many issues which are still present in science today and is a both witty and distur ...Show more
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
$16.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Depicting one man's transformation and descent into brutality, H.G. Wells's The Invisible Man is a riveting exploration of science's power to corrupt With his face swaddled in bandages, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses and his hands covered even indoors, Griffin - the new guest at The Coach and Horse ...Show more
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
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Category: Science Fiction | Series: S.F. Masterworks
H.G.Wells' great novel of the dangers of science describes a man cast out from society by his own terrifying discovery. THE INVISIBLE MAN tells the story of Griffin, a brilliant and obsessed scientist dedicated to achieving invisibility. Taking whatever action is necessary to keep his incredible discove ...Show more
The Invisible Man: Popular Penguins by H. G. Wells
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Category: Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins
With his face swaddled in bandages, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses and his hands covered even indoors, Griffin, the new guest at The Coach and Horses, is at first assumed to be a shy accident-victim. But the true reason for his disguise is far more chilling: he has developed a process that has made ...Show more
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
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Category: Fiction
After the Lady Vain is shipwrecked, Edward Prendick is plucked from the waves by a passing ship and deposited on a remote island. Here he is the guest of Dr Moreau, whose notorious scientific methods had caused an uproar that left him with no choice but to flee London.Disquieted and appalled by the pain ...Show more
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
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Category: Fiction | Series: Pocket Penguins
'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 profoundl ...Show more
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
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Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802,701 AD, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he soon realises that this beautiful people are simply remnants o ...Show more
The Time Machine: Popular Penguins by H. G. Wells
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Category: Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins
A Victorian scientist propels himself into the future. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he soon realises that this beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture - now weak and childishly afraid of the dark. They have reason to be afraid: in tunnels bene ...Show more