A must have for H G Wells fans

This is one of my must have I've read many H.G. Wells books and thought this was something of a useful addition and will be something to dip into when I'm looking for something from the past by a favourite author.

This edition is 1979 leather bound. 688 pgs

I've read these before, but I thought it about time I read them again.

-LA GUERRA DEI MONDI-
Un classico di fine 800. È un libricino di neanche 200 pagine in cui viene raccontata l’invasione da parte dei marziani. Il libro è scritto in prima persona e si concentra molto sui sentimenti del protagonista, e dettagliate descrizioni della sua fuga da Londra. Un po’ noioso verso metà libro, ma si riprende abbastanza quando i marziani cominciano ad uccidere la popolazione e distruggere edifici. Sono rimasta un po’ perplessa dal finale, ma mi ha anche fatta sorridere!

The Works of H.G. Wells by H.G. Wells.

This volume contains six works by H.G. Wells.

The Time Machine - I must admit scenes from the 1960 movie kept popping into my mind while reading this book. The story pacing was fine; the story ok. I gave this 3 stars.

The Island of Dr. Moreau - Don't let the lack of length fool you, this story packs a wallop. This was overall a creepy storyline; performing vivisections as a way of making animals more human-like. Actually a disturbing read. I gave this 4 stars.

The Invisible Man - Some parts interesting; some parts slow; but overall an ok read. I must note a couple of trigger warnings. An instance of the author using a word, that today, is not considered acceptable. Also, an instance of animal abuse that is disturbing. I gave this 3 stars.

The First Men in the Moon - Slow at times, introspective at times, political undertones in parts, a somewhat weak story, but overall an interesting read. I listened to this as a LibriVox recording. I gave this 3 stars.

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth - What happens when you genetically enhance food and then feed it to people? This story was interesting, but maybe a bit too long. I listened to this as a LibriVox recording. I gave this 3 stars.

The War of the Worlds - I listened to this as a LibriVox recording and enjoyed it very much. The two movies adaptations that I have watched (1953 & 2005 versions) both take parts from this book. Excellent story. I gave this 5 stars.

I gave the book an overall rating of 4 stars.

The Time Machine was my favorite. It's about a scientist who travels 8000 years into the future expecting to find a superior race only to be disappointed by the childlike creatures he encounters. Technology made it so easy to live, society regressed, never having to think for themselves. This book was written in 1893, I just wonder what Wells would think about today's society.

The Island of Dr. Moreau was so much better than the movie. I had to watch the movie again after I read this story. You could relate to the scientists, the visitor and even the experiments from time to time. It asks the ultimate question. What would you do?

The Invisible Man was hard to get into. I didn't start liking it until the last 50 pages or so. From the beginning, you didn't get to know the man very well and so many characters were introduced then disappeared so quickly, it was hard to keep up.

War of the Worlds was a look at a martian invasion. Again, written in the late 1800's, he captured the desire to fly. The martians could fly and ultimately humans were able to figure out how. I wish I would have taken a break from Wells before starting this story. His English was difficult to read at times, I felt like I was burned out by the time I got to this story but it was the one I was anticipating the most.

All and all the collection was really good. I'd definitely pick up another of his books in the future.

one of my favorites!

Read the first 3 then lost interest. The Time Machine was not good. I enjoyed the movie better.

Classe 1895: La lucidità di Wells, la sua capacità di affrontare in un romanzo fantascientifico interesse e studio continuo, mi ha ancora una volta sorpresa (dopo "La guerra dei mondi" e "La macchina del tempo" che in questa edizione Newton Compton avevo già completato).. Genius ☕

« Lei dimentica tutto quanto un abile sezionatore può fare con i vivi», continuò Moreau «e mi stupisco che quanto sto facendo io non sia mai stato fatto prima. Certo, ci sono stati dei piccoli tentativi: amputazioni, recisioni della lingua, estirpazioni. Lei sa benissimo che lo strabismo può essere causato o guarito con la chirurgia. Ebbene, nel caso delle estirpazioni si verificano alterazioni di ogni genere, di carattere secondario: alterazioni del pigmento, psichiche, o, nei tessuti grassi, di secrezione. Senza dubbio, lei avrà sentito parlare di queste cose. »

(Dal capitolo XIV, La spiegazione del dottor Moreau.)

Me gustó, y bastante.

Este es un libro al que le traía muchas ganas desde hace mucho tiempo y sin duda tengo otros libros pendientes de el autor en mi librero.

Únicamente había leído el de "La máquina del tiempo" y me gustó mucho en ese momento, pero ahora mi siguiente objetivo es el de "El hombre invisible".

Le estoy agarrando cariño a Wells.

La edición que tengo, que no es esta, sino la de la colección de Maestros del Fantástico que no encontré aquí es sumamente preciosa y elevó la experiencia a otro nivel.

Siempre me ha llamado muchísimo la atención todo el tema de los aliens y los ovnis y seres de otros planetas pero no había experimentado una lectura del tema y debo confesar que me enganchó muchísimo.

H.G. Wells is a genius. How come no one has used his teachings to create a religion?

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