H. G. Wells 4 hr 19 min read

The Magic Shop, The New Accelerator, The Truth About Pyecraft, A Dream of Armageddon, a garland of fantasy and speculation from the master of the scientific romance.

H. G. Wells's 1903 collection gathers his short fiction of wonder and wit. Inventive, sharp, superbly told. Read it for a delightful assortment of Wells's imaginative tales, a shop of real magic, a drug that speeds up time, a man too light for gravity, and a haunting vision of future war, showcasing the range and brilliance of the genre's founding master.

In its time

Published in 1903, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

4 hr 19 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).