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H. G. Wells Short Stories, Vol. 3
- Narrated by: Malk Williams, Greg Wagland, Liam Gerrard, Tim Bruce, James Gillies, Nigel Patterson
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
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Summary
H. G. Wells was known as the father of science fiction, but his creative genius encompassed far more that a single literary genre. He was also a visionary, a satirist, a sociologist and an historian.
This third audio anthology of H. G. Wells’ Short Stories produced by Raconteurs Audio in collaboration with Spoken Realms, brings together some his lesser known short stories.
- “The Argonauts of the Air” read by Tim Bruce
- “The Treasure in the Forest” read by Nigel Patterson
- “A Slip Under the Microscope” read by Liam Gerrard
- “The Temptation of Harringay” read by Malk Williams
- “The Reconciliation” read by Greg Wagland
- “The Catastrophe” read by Tim Bruce
- “The Truth About Pyecraft” read by James Gillies
- “Mr Skelmersdale In Fairyland” read by Liam Gerrard
- “Mr Brisher’s Treasure” read by Malk Williams
- “The New Accelerator” read by Nigel Patterson
- “In the Modern Vein - An Unsympathetic Love Story” read by Greg Wagland
- “Under the Knife” read by James Gillies
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- Bruno Keyworth
- 05-07-23
Generally good and a few great
The narrators were all great. The stories I really liked were ‘A Slip Under The Microscope’, ‘The New Accelerator’ and ‘Under the knife’, but there were quite a few good ones in here. Definitely recommend.
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- Leona Merclova
- 08-06-23
H.G. rocks as usual!
With every new story I read, I'm becoming bigger and bigger fan of H.G. Wells. There's nobody quite like him! The astonishing scope of topics, the Dickensian, superbly observed characters,the humor, and the incredible scientific curiosity! All stories in this volume are good,some more than others, and some are outstanding and I would have loved them develop into a full length novel. Mainly the accelerator one, which reminded me of my favourite The First Men in the Moon- that would have been such fun! And then the one about the guy losing weight- that's so well written ... I kept roaring out loud with laughter! The narration is a mixed bag. Most is really good but some are a little irritating.
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- Liz... Bristol
- 21-02-22
Some of the lesser-known short stories.
This is a small selection of short stories by the famed writer of science fiction, although these are not all sci-fi in subject matter. They are all decently read by narrators that I’d not come across before. I’d only come across, perhaps, one of these stories before, although the final one here seemed quite similar to one of Olaf Stapledon’s classic stories (Star Maker, possibly, I don’t recall the title).
I’m a fan of short stories, so enjoyed listening to them. At some point I shall download more of the eminent Mr Wells’ short stories that might have some of his better known tales amongst them.
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- Martin Miles
- 12-09-22
A Dismal collection
There are no laughs here. No smiles. No satisfaction of a neat but unexpected ending. It is almost unrelenting misery. Stick to Wells' better known works if you are looking for that sort of thing.
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