H.G Wells

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I did a search, but could not find anything, forgive me if i missed a thread.

Tell me about your favorite hg wells books, and, which of the lesser known ones you prefer

― david acid (gareth), Monday, 16 August 2004 09:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I liked in In the Kingdom of the Blind. It was reissued as a 'tube story' a few years ago. But this I mean it was a fold-out thing to read on the underground. Never took off (and there were several others), but it's a fine story. War of the Worlds is a fine little novella too. Other than the obvious, I've not read too much.

Probably doesn't help you much, David?

― MikeyG (MikeyG), Monday, 16 August 2004 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I read a book of short stories once. All SFey ones, I recall. Great stuff. But my favourite are the novels, especially "War of the Worlds" and "Island Of Dr Moreau".

blimey, I've never read the one where they go to the Moon (apart from in comic strip adaptation).... is it good?

― DV (dirtyvicar), Monday, 16 August 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

War of the Worlds rocks, but of course it's not as good as Jeff Wayne's version. I also love The Time Machine. It spends more time in the far, far future than I had expected. I really enjoyed it.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 08:56 (twenty-one years ago)

i picked up tono-bungay the other day. anyone read this one?

― david acid (gareth), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 09:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I read the first half of his Complete History of the WOrld or whatever. Might read the second half, but probably won't.

― Huck, Tuesday, 17 August 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I like very much The History of Mr Polly. I 'did it' for 'O' Level.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 07:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Of the short stories, apart from the famous ones, 'A Slip Under the Microscope' and 'The Door in The Wall' are favourites of mine.

― Joe Kay (feethurt), Thursday, 19 August 2004 07:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Of his best-known books, I've always been a fan of the big two, "War of the Worlds" and "The Time Machine." My ony problem is that I read them when I was so young that I missed a LOT of the subtext, like his critique of late Victorian society - and someday when I'm back in London I'm going to take a copy of "War of the Worlds" and retrace his narrator's wanderings.

As for the lesser known stuff I would recommend his short stories and something else -- Stephen Baxter's "The Time Ships." It's the latest in an interesting (if small) class of "Time Machine" sequels and in my opinion it's the best, with a great intertwining of many of Wells's other ideas -- Wells himself even makes an appearance. Check it out if you have the time.

― Mark Klobas, Sunday, 22 August 2004 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

what do you feel is the most kentish of his books?

― 696, Friday, 13 July 2007 11:09 (eighteen years ago)

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