Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult H. G. Wells,Kris Neville,Arthur Conan Doyle,Robert W. Chambers,Martin H. Greenberg,Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton,Edith Wharton,Cornell Woolrich,F. W. Harvey,Judith Merrill,Henry Slesar,Avram Davidson,Gertrude Henderson,Ray Bradbury,Rudyard Kipling,Charles G. Waugh,Nathaniel Hawthorne,John Hay,C. L. Moore,Edgar Allan Poe,Fritz Leiber,Isaac Asimov,Helen McCloy,Manly Wade Wellman,August Derleth Contains: Under the knife / H.G. Wells -- Children of the Zodiac / Rudyard Kipling -- The girl who found things / Henry Slesar -- The emigrant banshee / Gertrude Henderson -- [Young Goodman Brow… OL14959247W
Contes étranges / La tragique aventure du mime properce / L'étrange Aventure de M. Hoopdriver Contes étranges / La tragique aventure du mime properce / L'étrange Aventure de M. Hoopdriver H. G. Wells,Edgar Allan Poe,Albert Boissiere Contains: Descent Into the Maelstrom Devil in the Belfry Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Murders in the Rue Morgue Purloined Letter William Wilson OL15604441W
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book H. G. Wells,Martin H. Greenberg,Stephen King,Scott R. Sanders,Kit Reed,Frederik Pohl,George R. R. Martin,Robert Silverberg,Orson Scott Card,Jack Vance,William Morrison,Sam Merwin Jr.,Isaac Asimov,Vance Aandahl,John Anthony West,William Tenn,R. A. Lafferty,T. Coraghessan Boyle Collection of 15 amusing, horrific, satisfying short stories, realistic speculation and potential scientific explanations or solutions about possible future events surrounding and about fat, thin, an… OL16817469W
Sea Raiders Sea Raiders H. G. Wells 1 online resource OL21580008W
The outline of history The outline of history H. G. Wells "The first comprehensive history of the world, The Outline of History is a vibrant synthesis of real history, told in a sweeping, panoramic style, as if it were fiction. H.G. Wells removes nationalis… OL28955734W
The New Windmill Book of Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century The New Windmill Book of Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell,H. G. Wells,Arthur Conan Doyle,Thomas Hardy,Ambrose Bierce,Wilkie Collins,Charles Dickens,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Edgar Allan Poe,Amelia B. Edwards,Guy de Maupassant,Bram Stoker,Robert Etty,Montague Rhodes James The Ostler / Wilkie Collins -- The old nurse's stories / Elizabeth Gaskell -- [Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518318W) / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- [Pit and the… OL3085486W
The Nightmare Reader The Nightmare Reader John Gawsworth,H. G. Wells,Arthur Conan Doyle,Robert Bloch,Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton,Washington Irving,Ambrose Bierce,H.P. Lovecraft,Ray Bradbury,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Arthur C. Clarke,Edgar Allan Poe,Елена Петровна Блаватская,Montague Summers,Thomas De Quincey,Algernon Blackwood,Lord Dunsany,Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,Aleister Crowley,Peter Haining,Arthur Machen,Montague Rhodes James,Lafcadio Hearn,August Derleth,Matthew Lewis,C.F. Hoffman CONTENTS: Introduction. What hath light wrought? / by Isaac Asimov Visitation. The midnight embrace / by Matthew Lewis The Frankenstein theme. The transformation / by Mary Shelley Dream state. … OL3151660W
The time machine The time machine H. G. Wells,Betty Ren Wright A time traveler voyages into the future to find the world has been divided into two races. OL32494W
The Island of Dr. Moreau The Island of Dr. Moreau H. G. Wells Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, wh… OL381550W
4̓2 to 4̓4 4̓2 to 4̓4 H. G. Wells A thesis on the quality of illusion in the continuity of the individual life in the higher Metazoa, with particular reference to the species homo sapiens ... accepted by the University of London for … OL52059W
Three prophetic science fiction novels of H.G. Wells Three prophetic science fiction novels of H.G. Wells H. G. Wells 335 pages OL52106W
The War Of The Worlds/The Time Machine The War Of The Worlds/The Time Machine H. G. Wells A compilation of the two stories by H. G. Wells, with original acknowledgements, etc., and no additional commentary. OL52148W
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents H. G. Wells The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents was H. G. Wells' first collection of short stories, published in 1895. These fantasy and science fiction tales were all written between 1893 and 1895 and publi… OL52218W
In the days of the comet In the days of the comet H. G. Wells H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war… OL52252W
A Modern Utopia A Modern Utopia H. G. Wells Imagine a life without worries. You live in a perfect environment untouched by pollution. You have a job to do and play an important role in society. The politicians are watching out for your best in… OL52256W
Love and Mr. Lewisham Love and Mr. Lewisham H. G. Wells One of H. G. Wells' first ventures outside of the science fiction realm, the novel Love and Mr. Lewisham was published in the year 1900. Seeking love rather than his youthful hopes of fame and glory,… OL52259W
The History of Mr. Polly The History of Mr. Polly H. G. Wells H. G. Wells' comic 1910 novel, The History of Mr. Polly, stars Alfred Polly, a timid man who is more successful at daydreaming than working in the local draper's shops. He marries a woman he's not re… OL52262W