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The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells first serialised in 1897 in the UK by Pearson's Magazine and in the US by Cosmopolitan magazine. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and...

In A Modern Utopia, the seminal science fiction writer H.G. Wells crystalized his vision of a global society where all human needs have been met through the scientific socialism of a World Government that is administered by a humanistic and finely educated elite known as the “Samurai.”

H.G. Wells was a legendary British author who wrote in many genres.  Wells’ most famous works were science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man.  This edition of Wells’ New Worlds for Old includes a table of contents.

This is the annotated edition including the rare biographical essay by Edwin E. Slosson called "H. G. Wells - A Major Prophet Of His Time". In "Kipps" Mr. Wells emphasizes an unfamiliar phase of his many-sided talent. Unlike the majority of his fiction, dealing with unknown worlds...

According to Wikipedia: "A Short History of the World is a period-piece non-fictional historic work by H.G. Wells first published by Cassell & Co, Ltd Publishing in 1922... The book was largely inspired by Wells earlier 1919 work The Outline of History."

First and Last Things is a 1908 work of philosophy by H. G. Wells setting forth his beliefs in four "books" entitled "Metaphysics," "Of Belief," "Of General Conduct," and "Some Personal Things." Parts of the book were published in the Independent Magazine in July and August 1908. Wells revised the...

Star Begotten is a 1937 novel by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of a series of men who conjecture upon the possibility of the human race being altered by Martians to replace their own dying planet. The protagonist of the story Joseph Davis, who is an author of popular histories, becomes overtaken with suspicion that he and his family have already been exposed and are starting to change.

Los primeros hombres en la luna (en inglés The First Men in the Moon) es una novela de romance científico de 1901 escrita por el británico H. G. Wells. Relata el viaje a la Luna por parte de los dos protagonistas principales: el empobrecido empresario Mr. Bedford, y el brillante pero excéntrico...

H. G. Wells' A Modern Utopia is a fusion of fiction and philosophy. In it Wells' explores his ideas for social change, the creation of a world state and of what would be needed to facilitate increases in overall human happiness. The people of this utopia have to plan for "a flexible common compromise,...

This collection of seventeen short stories, originally published in 1897, offers the reader classic H. G. Wells—ranging in theme from the multi-dimensions of time and space in “The Plattner Story,” to classic science fiction in “The Apple” and “Purple Pileus” to the betrayal of love in “The Jilting of Jane.” 

La guerra nell'aria (The War in the Air) è un romanzo fantascientifico pubblicato nel 1908 di H. G. Wells. Il romanzo descrive i possibili sviluppi strategici delle nuove scoperte aeronautiche e le catastrofiche conseguenze di aggressioni a sorpresa scatenate per prevenire lo sviluppo di flotte...

Eles vieram do espaço. Com gigantescas máquinas biomecânicas querem conquistar a terra e manter os humanos como escravos. E a nossa mais avançada tecnologia parece insuficiente para conter a expansão do terror pelo planeta. É o começo da primeira guerra dos humanos contra seres extraterrestres....

El país de los ciegos y otros relatos (1911) fue una colección de cuentos anteriormente publicados en periódicos y revistas, correspondiente a su etapa de soñador científico, no muy diferente en su inverosimilitud al soñador político que fue en su época. De ahí que podamos hablar de historias...

The Time Machine (A Máquina do Tempo, em português) é um romance de ficção científica de H. G. Wells, com primeira edição em 1895, a partir do qual se realizaram dois filmes com o mesmo nome. Julga-se ser a primeira obra de ficção científica a propor o conceito da viagem no tempo...