H. G. Wells 4 hr 56 min read

As a green-tailed comet nears the Earth, a jealous young man pursues the lovers who wronged him, until the comet's strange vapor changes everything, and everyone, forever.

H. G. Wells's 1906 novel is a bold post-apocalyptic and utopian tale in which a cosmic event transforms human nature itself. Passionate, visionary, provocative. Read it for a striking Wells scientific romance that sweeps away the old world's cruelties in a single transformative night.

In its time

Published in 1906, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

4 hr 56 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).