Tales Of Space And Time, Wells, H. G. Herbert George
Tales Of Space And Time, Wells, H. G. Herbert George
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Tales Of Space And Time
A Foundational Anthology of Martian Mysteries Prehistoric Survival and Victorian Dystopian Visions from the Father of Modern Science Fiction

Author: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Narrator: Sarah Hazin

Unabridged: 7 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Sarah Hazin

Published: 04/12/2026


Synopsis

A Journey Beyond the Limits of Human ImaginationWhat if you woke up tomorrow to discover that Earth is merely a pawn in an intergalactic game of observation? Or that a rogue star is hurtling toward our solar system, poised to incinerate everything in its path?
H.G. Wells, the grand architect of modern science fiction, invites you to peer through the veil of time and space in this masterfully curated collection. From a dusty London antique shop where a mysterious crystal egg reveals Martian espionage, to the sheer terror of a planetary collision that triggers a global ecological collapse, these stories define the genre.
Witness Evolution and ExtinctionTravel fifty thousand years into the past to witness the brutal dawn of human intelligence in the Stone Age, then leap forward to a 22nd-century urban nightmare—where corporate monopolies have turned London into a glittering, suffocating prison. Experience the metaphysical satire of a man gifted with the powers of a god, only to realize that every miracle carries a catastrophic price. These tales are more than mere fiction; they are haunting, prophetic warnings that remain strikingly relevant in the 21st century.
A Masterpiece for Fans of Foundational Sci-FiThis collection is essential reading for fans who crave the scientific grit of Andy Weir’s The Martian, the epic scope of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time, and the moral complexity of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game. Wells’s singular vision captures the wonder, the horror, and the dark humor of our place in an indifferent universe.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Antony on February 17, 2012

I've been re-disovering H. G. Wells lately, and this collection of short stories is bursting with imagination and entertainment : THE CRYSTAL 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 though......more

Goodreads review by Vaiva on February 16, 2020

It is interesting to see how people from the past imagined the future. You get a feeling that many alternative scenarios could have evolved and we live just in one of them :) And, you know, science can be quite entertaining :))......more

Goodreads review by Manjot on May 18, 2020

Stories The man who could work miracles 5/5 The star 4/5 The crystal egg. 4/5 The story of the stone age 3/5 The story of the days to come 3/5......more

Goodreads review by Riddhiman on April 28, 2018

This is sort of a mixed bag consisting of 3 short stories and 2 novellas. The first story 'The Crystal Egg' is an imaginative science fiction. The next one is a disaster genre story depicting the collision of an asteroid with earth. The two novellas or tales that follow are based on stone age and a......more

Goodreads review by John on October 02, 2018

I'm starting to enjoy reading science fiction short stories from 1895. Of course Victorian science fiction authors get many predictions wrong but then again modern day authors have the same problem so I try not to let that get in the way of a good story. With this particular anthology, Wells makes th......more