HG Wells Classic Collection II

A second omnibus collecting more of H.G. Wells' best-loved works, cornerstones of early science fiction which are perfect for collectors and aficionados of great SF Four novels from the grandfather of science fiction are collected here in one package.

In the Days of the Comet is a 1906 story in which the vapours of a comet bring about a profound and lasting transformation in the attitudes and perspectives of humankind.

The 1923 novel Men Like Gods features a journalist who finds himself in a utopian parallel universe, and as the utopian attitudes begin to have their effect on him, he finds that he and his fellow travellers may be having their own effect upon the utopia.

The 1910 dystopian tale The Sleeper Awakes centres on a man who sleeps for 203 years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where he has become the richest man in the world.

Lastly, The War in the Air, from 1907, is notable for its prophetic ideas, images, and concepts, in particular the use of the aircraft for the purpose of warfare and the coming of World War I.

About the Author

H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent in 1866. After working as a draper's apprentice and pupil-teacher, he won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in 1884, studying under T.H. Huxley. It was with The Time Machine that he had his real breakthrough. Today he is regarded as one of the all-time greatest authors of science fiction.