H.G Wells
Tales of Space and Time, A collection of short stories: "The Crystal Egg", "The Star", "A Story of the Stone Age", "A Story of the Days to Come" & "The Man who could Work Miracles"
Some Books of Wells:
The War of the Worlds (1898)
The Time Machine (1895)
A Modern Utopia (1905)
The Invisible Man (1897)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)
The Food of the Gods and How It Came
...This volume collects 30 classic tales by H.G. Wells, including many of his early science fiction and fantasy stories. Included are:
INTRODUCTION, by Karl Wurf
THE STRANGE ORCHID
ÆPYORNIS ISLAND
THE PLATTNER STORY
THE ARGONAUTS OF THE AIR
THE STORY OF THE LATE MR. ELVESHAM
THE STOLEN BACILLUS
THE RED ROOM
A MOTH
IN THE ABYSS
UNDER THE KNIFE
THE RECONCILIATION
A SLIP UNDER
When the Minority Becomes the Majority
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." - Desiderius Erasmus (a constant motive in The Country of the Blind short story)
Using his outstanding imagination and his ahead-of-time world views, H. G. Wells makes an interesting experiment in the short story The Country of the Blind: he creates a world in which the minority becomes the majority. In his attempt to conquer a mountain crest,
...13) The Magic shop
14) The Star
17) El bacilo robado
Me miró por encima de las gafas.
—Otro en cambio no lo querían ni por cuatro libras. No, no se trataba de nada extraordinario. Eran avestruces vulgares y corrientes. Algo descoloridas además a causa de la dieta. Y no había tampoco ninguna restricción especial de la demanda....