Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866-1946
Works: | 9,642 works in 37,671 publications in 50 languages and 410,074 library holdings |
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Genres: | Fiction Science fiction Biographies Psychological fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Drama Satire Novels Science fiction films Film adaptations |
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Roles: | Author, Bibliographic antecedent, Editor, win, Other, Contributor, Author of introduction, Creator, Scenarist, wpr, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Illustrator, cbt, Author of screenplay, Conceptor, Author of dialog, Adapter, Composer, Honoree, Dedicatee, Performer, wst, Interviewee, Lyricist, edi, Speaker, au, Recipient, Former owner, Type designer, Originator, Correspondent, Translator, 070, pre, Arranger |
Classifications: | PR5774, 823.912 |
- H.G. Wells by Richard Hauer Costa( Book )
- H.G. Wells: the critical heritage by Patrick Parrinder( )
- Experiment in autobiography : discoveries and conclusions of a very ordinary brain (since 1866) by H. G Wells( Book )
- H.G. Wells : another kind of life by Michael Sherborne( )
- Structure in four novels by H.G. Wells by Kenneth B Newell( )
- Maps of utopia : H.G. Wells, modernity, and the end of culture by Simon J James( )
- H.G. Wells : aspects of a life by Anthony West( Book )
- The early H.G. Wells : a study of the scientific romances by Bernard Bergonzi( )
- The map of time : a novel by Félix J Palma( Book )
- H.G. Wells : his turbulent life and times by Lovat Dickson( Book )
- War of the worlds by Steven Spielberg( Visual )
- H.G. Wells by Norman MacKenzie( Book )
- Building cosmopolis : the political thought of H.G. Wells by John S Partington( )
- The reception of H.G. Wells in Europe by Patrick Parrinder( )
- The future as nightmare : H.G. Wells and the anti-utopians by Mark R Hillegas( Book )
- Appreciation of H.G. Wells, Novelist by Mary Austin( )
- Variety of men by C. P Snow( Book )
- H.G. Wells, modernity and the movies by Keith Williams( )
- H.G. Wells & Rebecca West by Gordon Norton Ray( Book )
- Against the event : the everyday and the evolution of modernist narrative by Michael Douglas Sayeau( )


1,501 editions published between 1830 and 2022 in 26 languages and held by 18,969 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When a Martian spacecraft lands on Woking Common, mankind is terrorized by aliens in tall, armored capsules which stalk the countryside on three legs. The machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties, and survivors are driven underground. Scientist John Nicholson tells how he was plunged into a paralyzing nightmare of stark terror, savage madness and utter destruction
1,409 editions published between 1609 and 2022 in 29 languages and held by 18,010 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A time traveler voyages into the future to find the world has been divided into two races
1,292 editions published between 1897 and 2022 in 32 languages and held by 13,976 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A quiet English country village is disturbed by the arrival of a mysterious stranger who keeps his face hidden and his back to everyone
666 editions published between 1896 and 2022 in 19 languages and held by 9,097 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After narrowly missing death at sea, a young man encounters an eccentric scientist on a lonely island, which leads to terror and a fight for survival
515 editions published between 1900 and 2020 in 4 languages and held by 7,231 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Having coined the phrase "the war that will end war," H. G. Wells was disillusioned by the World War I peace settlement. Convinced that humanity needed to awaken to the instability of the world order and remember lessons from the past, the author of science-fiction classics set out to write about history. Wells hoped to remind mankind of its common past, provide it with a basis for international patriotism, and guide it to renounce war. The work became immensely popular, earning him world renown and solidifying his reputation as one of the influential voices of his time."--
404 editions published between 1908 and 2021 in 17 languages and held by 7,109 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Presented as a miraculous cure-all, Tono-Bungay is in fact nothing other than a pleasant-tasting liquid with no positive effects. Nonetheless, when the young George Ponderevo is employed by his uncle Edward to help market this ineffective medicine, he finds his life overwhelmed by its sudden success. Soon the worthless substance is turned into a formidable fortune as society becomes convinced of the merits of Tono-Bungay through a combination of skilled advertising and public credulity."--Goodreads
457 editions published between 1890 and 2021 in 15 languages and held by 5,444 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Thanks to the discovery of an anti-gravity metal, Cavorite, two Victorian Englishmen travel to the moon, where they encounter the extraordinary underground world of the Selenites, insect-like aliens living in a rigidly organised hive society
309 editions published between 1892 and 2021 in 7 languages and held by 4,908 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ann Veronica Stanley rebels against her staid father, moves to London to go to college, becomes involved in the suffrage movement, and as a "new woman" rejects one man's advances, becomes engaged to another, and pursues an adulterous affair with a third
369 editions published between 1900 and 2021 in 9 languages and held by 4,514 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The career of an unsuccessful, imaginative tradesman who, on sudden impulse, vanishes while his house is on fire and roams about on whimsical adventure
231 editions published between 1900 and 2020 in 4 languages and held by 3,573 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shortly after writing this book, Wells abandoned writing science fiction for a series of comic novels and novels of lower-middle-class life. This book represents that transition in his life
238 editions published between 1900 and 2021 in 6 languages and held by 3,417 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The British novelist, historian, and social critic shares his view of a modern welfare state on a global level
288 editions published between 1895 and 2021 in 3 languages and held by 3,275 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Time Traveller first steps out of his magnificent time transport machine in the year of 802,700. He finds the Earth populated by a race of slender pacifists and decides to study this lush land of flower people before returning to his own age. However, he quickly learns that his only means of escape, his time machine, has been stolen
115 editions published between 1900 and 2021 in 5 languages and held by 3,170 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The novel -- a thinly-veiled autobiography -- depicts an English gentleman, Sir Richard Hardy, who is attempting to sort out his marital problems while he travels the English countryside in the company of a psychiatrist."--Goodreads
295 editions published between 1898 and 2022 in 4 languages and held by 2,987 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The ultimate tale of Earth's invasion, written by one of the fathers of the science fiction genre. They came from a depleted, dying planet. Their target: the riches of a moist, green Earth. With horrifyingly advanced machines of destruction, they began their inexorable conquest. The war for Earth seemed destined to be ... but was it?
112 editions published between 1901 and 2021 in 5 languages and held by 2,950 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Wells wrote in his book God the Invisible King that his idea of God did not draw upon the traditional religions of the world: "This book sets out as forcibly and exactly as possible the religious belief of the writer. [Which] is a profound belief in a personal and intimate God." Later in the work he aligns himself with a "renascent or modern religion ... neither atheist nor Buddhist nor Mohammedan nor Christian ... [that] he has found growing up in himself."
54 editions published between 1896 and 2020 in 3 languages and held by 2,886 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Wheels of Chance" is a comic novel by H.G. Wells about a young man's cycling trip through England
174 editions published between 1900 and 2020 in 12 languages and held by 2,673 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
H.G. Wells's classic tale of the last days of the old earth and the extraterrestrial Change that becomes the salvation of the human race
72 editions published between 1917 and 2021 in 5 languages and held by 2,639 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A bishop's progress from orthodox churchmanship to a "simple and overruling knowledge of God". A study of the religious problem
173 editions published between 1900 and 2020 in 7 languages and held by 2,610 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This historical novel is set during World War I. The title character, Mr. Britling, is an eccentric writer whose days in the summer of 1914 consist of luxurious house parties, international guests, and quick hops across the channel to visit his mistress. However, this changes as Germany marches into Belgium
138 editions published between 1898 and 2021 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,566 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly into a sleep-like trance, from which he does not awake for over two hundred years. During his centuries of slumber, however, investments are made that make him the richest and most powerful man on earth. But when he comes out of his trance he is horrified to discover that the money accumulated in his name is being used to maintain a hierarchical society in which most people are poor and enslaved. Oppressed and uneducated, the masses cling desperately to one dream - that the sleeper will awake, and lead them all to freedom


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- Andrew Hunt Gordon Collection of H.G. Wells (University of Rochester)
- Parrinder, Patrick Other Author of introduction Publishing director Author Editor Redactor
- University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center Other
- Hammond, J. R. (John R.) 1933- Other Author Editor
- Wells, G. P. (George Philip) Other Author Editor
- James, Henry 1843-1916 Author
- Palma, Félix J. Author
- Postgate, Raymond 1896-1971 Other Contributor Editor Author
- Macmillan Company Publisher
- Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924 Author Dedicatee
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