The Happy Turning
Collection of nine cheerfully optimistic essays written by H. G. Wells, published in 1945, describing his dreamworld.
Mind at the End of Its Tether
Last publication by the English author H. G. Wells, a darkly pessimistic prediction about the future extinction of the human race.
The Empire of the Ants
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1905, about a plague of large intelligent ants, which pose a threat to mankind’s continued existence.
The Grisly Folk
Short story by H. G. Wells published in 1921, speculating about the early encounters between Neanderthals and modern man.
The Land Ironclads
Short story by H. G. Wells published in 1903, anticipating the impact of the tank in trench warfare.
The Valley of Spiders
Short story by H. G. Wells published in 1903, about three men who are attacked by giant spiders while pursuing a half-caste girl through a desolate valley.
Tim Bobbin
Redirected to John Collier (caricaturist).
John Collier (caricaturist)
English caricaturist and satirical poet (1708–1786).
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
English poem and nursery rhyme by Jane Taylor, first published in 1806 under the title “The Star”.
Jane Taylor
English children’s author (1783–1824), whose best known work is “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”.