by H. G. Wells · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140181883
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«Selected Short Stories» is the collection of short stories by H. G. Wells, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Selection of twenty-one stories by H. G. Wells that shows his imaginative range: from the reconstruction of prehistoric scenes to futuristic fantasies and tales of a cosmic tone, such as «The Country of the Blind». It also includes pieces linked to his best-known universes, such as the temporal fantasy of «The Time Machine».
The original collection dates from 1927; this edition belongs to the Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics series.
For readers interested in classic science fiction and in short stories by H. G. Wells.
Herbert George Wells was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography. Wells is most known today for his groundbreaking science fiction novels; he has sometimes been called the "father of science fiction", a title that has also been given to Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback.
