<div>The most successful mainstream novel of H.G. Wells, now finally back in print.      Kipps   The Story of a Simple Soul   Until he reached manhood, it was not clear to Kipps how he came to be under the care of an aunt and uncle, instead of having a father and mother like other little boys.   But the elusive memories of his phantom mother that plagued him began to fade away over time. His life’s memories begin to be filled with childhood friendship and love, until that too was taken away.   Now, after coming into an unsuspected inheritance, Kipps tries to adapt to a new social life, one that challenges him in a way he didn’t expect. With money and newfound love, one might think that Kipps would be on top of the world, but he soon finds out that he was better off without it…   Long unavailable to readers, Kipps is a classic rags-to-riches story that addresses the moral and emotional difficulties that come with wealth and a change of social station. It will make you think, have you laughing, and capture your heart.</div>

Kipps

<div>One man's hell is another man’s heaven...   In these two classic stories from the father of science fiction, H.G. Wells reveals two sides of the same coin: dystopia and utopia.   The Sleeper Awakes   What if you took a sleeping pill and awoke two centuries years later to find yourself the wealthiest man in the world? Everyone and everything you know is long gone ... but you are simultaneously the most exciting and most unfortunate thing to happen in centuries?   Are you the Messiah or the Antichrist?   Men Like Gods   What if you took a mental health day, ready for some rest and relaxation, and suddenly found yourself in a different world?    Journey with Mr. Barnstaple to Utopia to see what millennia of advancement can bring to the future.   Here together in one volume are two seminal works that inspired George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and others.   Afterword by Eric Flint.</div>

The Sleeper Awakes and Men Like Gods

<div>The groundbreaking science fiction classic by H.G. Wells      Imagine a food…that could change the course of human history.    In The Food of The Gods and How it Came to Earth, legendary science fiction author H.G. Wells provocatively chronicles this very idea: a food so powerful it transforms society as we know it.   Two young scientists, Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood, begin their study of “growth” on a whim, then proceed to develop Herakleophorbia IV, a growth serum quickly named “The Food of the Gods.” The serum is tested on chickens, who quickly grow to six times their size. It’s deemed a success, but after the serum makes its way into the local food chain, the gigantism spreads—giant plants, earwigs, wasps, and even rats. English villages are terrorized and ransacked.    But the scientists have yet to learn their lesson, administering the serum to numerous young children. “Boomfood” has now taken the entire country by storm, forcing all of England to reckon with the recklessness of the scientists. Will the giants find peace among the common citizens, or will they be forced to shed blood to ensure their own survival?   “If any writer could overcome the hurdles inherent in humanizing giants, that writer would be H. G. Wells, the fellow who practically pioneered all the major tropes of science fiction.”—Paul Di Filippo, Hugo-nominated author of The Steampunk Trilogy</div>

The Food of the Gods

<div>Come fly with Bert Smallways, a commoner with a comic, tragic, star-crossed, and high-flying fate, into a future that never was.   Long out of print! A visionary novel by the author of The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine   This classic, full-length novel from H. G. Wells imagines a world of progress stricken by brutal conflict in the sky—written before the actual invention of airplanes.   Bert Smallways is a small man in a small town with big dreams. His most fantastic dream—flying—seems improbable. Prototype airplane after airplane crashes and burns.   Until one doesn’t.   Bert's desire to fly beckons him and combines with implacable fate to sweep him up in a fantastic, dramatic adventure in which he, a pawn of fortune at the center of it all, travels to far lands and distant battles envisioned in The War in the Air. His adventures will have great consequence for the entire world.   But will this star-crossed young man find what he really desires?</div>

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Kipps

The Sleeper Awakes and Men Like Gods

The Food of the Gods

The War in the Air

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Books By H.G. Wells (4 Books)

Kipps

The Sleeper Awakes and Men Like Gods

The Food of the Gods

The War in the Air

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