Hansa: 21 books

A DREAM OF ARMAGEDDON by H.G. Wells I woke up, I say, because the girl had stopped fanning me. I was not surprised to find myself there or anything like that, you understand? I did not feel that I had fallen suddenly. I just took it at that point. Whatever memory I had of this life, this nineteenth-century...

THE CONE by H.G. Wells The story takes place in a smithy in Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire. An artist is there to represent the industrial landscape; the manager of the hardware store discovers his adventure with his wife and takes him to tour the factory, where there are dangerous characteristics

The New Accelerator by H.G. Wells presents a fascinating representation of the invention of what sounds like an amphetamine (although technically they had already been invented a dozen years before). It will also remind Star Trek fans of the episode called Wink of an Eye.

A VISION OF JUDGMENT by H.G. Wells A vision of the trial is a short story in 9 sections. It represents a Final Judgment in which God and the archangel Gabriel laugh at sinners and saints, shaming them until they flee "from the sleeve of God". After each human soul has taken refuge there,...

A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE by H.G. Wells I will enter, get out of this dust and heat, from this dry shine of vanity, from these useless difficulties. I will go and I will never go back. Two disturbing, mysterious and moving stories of Wells, pioneer of science fiction

The glass egg, written by H. G. Wells in 1897, serves as a possible precursor to the War of the Worlds. The owner of a store buys the contents of a bankrupt antique store, and in the content finds a crystal ball. He does not think about the ball, until one day he realizes that it emits a shine. When...

MISS WINCHELSEA'S HEART by H. G. Wells Miss Winchelsea was going to Rome. The matter had filled his mind for a month or more, and he had overflowed so much in his conversation that a good number of people who did not go to Rome, and probably did not go to Rome, had turned it into a personal complaint...

THE PLATTNER STORY by H.G. Wells is short stories by H. G. Wells. Herbert George "H. G." Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre

THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES by H.G. Wells The later meditations of Mr. Fotheringay were of a serious description, but confusing. So far, it could be seen that it was a case of pure willingness with him. The nature of their experiences so far is little arranged for all subsequent experiments, at...

The Beautiful Suit by H. G. Wells. The short stories by Herbert George "H. G." Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre

THE LORD OF THE DYNAMOS by H.G. Wells Azuma-zi arrived in London from the dark jungles of Asia. Almost penniless, he gets a job and is constantly bombarded with verbal and physical abuse. But for Azuma-zi, each hit has a hidden justification. Because he alone has discovered the secret of the Lord of the Dynamos.

THE DOOR IN THE WALL by H.G. Wells is the story of a promising public figure exhausted by her work and obsessed with the vision of an enchanted garden she had known as a child. It is a story that we all know, the attempt to recover a period in which our lives were simpler and the complications are far away in the future.

THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID is short stories by H. G. Wells. Herbert George "H. G." Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre

Jimmy Goggles the God by H. G. Wells Jimmy Goggles the God is a short story by H. G. Wells. Herbert George "H. G." Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer