Scientific and Horrific Stories av H.G. Wells

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<p><b><i>Scientific and Horrific Stories</i> is a collection of short fiction by H. G. Wells. Despite his humble beginnings as the son of English servants, H. G. Wells would become one of the most revered writers of his day.</b></p><p>His stories of adventure, utopia, and terror inspired such vastly different figures as Vladimir Nabokov, Winston Churchill, Jorge Luis Borges, and Sinclair Lewis. Many of his novels have been adapted for film, theater, radio, and television, including <i>The Time Machine</i> (1895), <i>The Island of Doctor Moreau</i> (1896), and <i>The War of the Worlds</i> (1898).</p><p><i>Scientific and Horrific Stories</i> includes twenty-six tales from across Wells’ career. “The Chronic Argonauts,” written while Wells was recuperating from an illness with friends in Stoke-on-Trent, is a story of time travel set in rural Wales that predates his beloved <i>The Time Machine</i> by seven years. “Æpyornis Island” is a terrifying tale of g