Rate this book

Tales Of Space And Time (1901)

by H.G. Wells(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0836941667 (ISBN13: 9780836941661)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Ayer Company Publishers

review 1: Really not what i expected. I hate tales and assumptions of beginnings being as idiot cave men who discover everything purely by chance and blind luck, there is nothing glorious or entertaining in this, nor does it credit man with any worth. Man is not, nor have we ever been primitive. There is no evidence of this, history always resounds with civilization. Man only becomes primitive when he chooses to reject civilization, primitive has not ever been a starting point. I realise this is fiction and as such I take it too seriously but I never enjoy this sort of tale. The first half of the book was enjoyable however.
review 2: I've been re-disovering H. G. Wells lately, and this collection of short stories is bursting with imagination and entertainment :THE CRYSTA... moreL EGG - I loved the concept of the crystal egg itself, and the slow reveal of what the egg is holds the attention throughout the story. Towards the end, I thought we were heading towards a potential alien invasion as the pay off, but the story had a much less "pat" ending I'm glad to say.THE STAR - almost like a modern disaster movie, or the opening scenes of one at any rate. Very effective, and the inclusion of Ogilvy the astronomer and the martians provided a neat link with The War of the Worlds.A STORY OF THE STONE AGE - this one didn't appeal to me. The setting just didn't grab me, and ok maybe I didn't try hard enough but I gave up after a couple of pages and flicked to the next story.A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME - a love story in the 22nd century, in a future imagined by Wells from a Victorian perspective. Some of the predictions are interestingly accurate, the removal of the population from the countryside (now deserted) into over-populated, sky-scrapered cities rings true. And even the inaccurate predictions make for entertaining reading. I particularly liked the wildly colourful and "pneumatic" fashions that he describes.THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES - a short, witty and entertaining story to finish about the power of working miracles, granted to a small unassuming man. less

Download links for: Tales of Space and Time

Advertising