The Island of Dr. Moreau H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/33 urn:isbn:0553214322 en 1896 Novels Science Fiction Edward Prendick is shipwrecked in the Pacific. Rescued by Doctor Moreau's assistant he is taken to the doctor's island home where he discovers the doctor has been experimenting on the animal inhabitants of the island, creating bizarre proto-humans... This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/33.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/33.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/33.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/33.mobi The Invisible Man H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/34 urn:isbn:0451528522 en 1897 Novels Science Fiction The Invisible Man is an 1897 science fiction novella by H.G. Wells. Wells' novel was originally serialised in Pearson's Magazine in 1897, and published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who theorises that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air and his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will be invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but cannot become visible again, becoming mentally unstable as a result. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/34.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/34.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/34.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/34.mobi The Time Machine H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/32 urn:isbn:0812505042 en 1895 Novels Science Fiction The book's protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends using a miniature model that time is a fourth dimension, and that a suitable apparatus can move back and forth in this fourth dimension, he builds a full-scale model capable of carrying himself. He sets off on a journey into the future. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/32.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/32.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/32.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/32.mobi The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/35 urn:isbn:0812505158 en 1898 Novels Science Fiction War The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films, radio dramas, comic book adaptations, and a television series based on the story. The 1938 radio broadcast caused public outcry against the episode, as many listeners believed that an actual Martian invasion was in progress, a notable example of mass hysteria. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/35.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/35.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/35.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/35.mobi The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/594 urn:isbn:0486448460 en 1904 Novels Science Fiction Two scientists devise a compound that produces enormous plants, animals — and humans! The chilling results are disastrous. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/594.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/594.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/594.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/594.mobi The First Men in the Moon H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/592 en 1901 Novels Science Fiction The novel tells the story of a journey to the moon by the impecunious businessman Mr Bedford and the brilliant but eccentric scientist Dr Cavor. On arrival, Bedford and Cavor find the moon inhabited by a race of moon-folk the two call "Selenites." The novel can also be read as a critique of prevailing political opinions from the turn of the century, particularly of imperialism. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/592.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/592.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/592.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/592.mobi Tales of Space and Time H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3469 en 1900 Short Fiction Science Fiction Collections A collection of short stories: "The Crystal Egg", "The Star", "A Story of the Stone Age", "A Story of the Days to Come" & "The Man who could Work Miracles" This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3469.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3469.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3469.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3469.mobi A Dream of Armageddon H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/598 en 1901 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/598.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/598.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/598.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/598.mobi The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/632 urn:isbn:1842124021 en 1902 Short Fiction Ghost Stories This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/632.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/632.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/632.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/632.mobi The Star H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/607 urn:isbn:1842124021 en 1897 Short Fiction Science Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/607.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/607.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/607.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/607.mobi The Chronic Argonauts H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1518 en 1888 Short Fiction Science Fiction This brief story begins with a third-person account of the arrival of a mysterious inventor to the peaceful Welsh town of Llyddwdd. Dr. Nebogipfel takes up residence in a house sorely neglected after the deaths of its former inhabitants. The main bulk of the story concerns the apprehension of the simple rural folk who eventually storm the inventor's "devilish" workshop in an effort to repay supposed witchery. Nebogipfel escapes with one other person—the sympathetic Reverend Elijah Ulysses Cook—in what is later revealed to be a time machine. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1518.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1518.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1518.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1518.mobi The Empire of the Ants H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/599 urn:isbn:1842124021 en 1905 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/599.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/599.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/599.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/599.mobi In the Days of the Comet H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2477 urn:isbn:1406584207 en 1906 Novels Science Fiction A fantastic tale of the world's beauty and unity after the Great Change occurs. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2477.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2477.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2477.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2477.mobi The World Set Free H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/831 urn:isbn:080329820X en 1914 Novels Science Fiction THE WORLD SET FREE was written in 1913 and published early in 1914, and it is the latest of a series of three fantasias of possibility, stories which all turn on the possible developments in the future of some contemporary force or group of forces. The World Set Free was written under the immediate shadow of the Great War. Every intelligent person in the world felt that disaster was impending and knew no way of averting it, but few of us realised in the earlier half of 1914 how near the crash was to us. The reader will be amused to find that here it is put off until the year 1956. Noteworthy for its depiction of fictional ''atomic bombs'' which eerily prefigure the development of real nuclear weapons. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/831.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/831.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/831.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/831.mobi From the Earth to the Moon Jules Verne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/476 urn:isbn:0553214209 en 1865 Novels Science Fiction One of the earliest science fantasy stories ever written, From the Earth to the Moon follows three wealthy members of a post-Civil War gun club who design and build an enormous columbiad -- and ride a spaceship fired from it all the way to the moon! http://www.feedbooks.com/book/476.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/476.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/476.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/476.mobi 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/182 urn:isbn:0812550927 en 1870 Novels Science Fiction Adventure Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. It is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Pierre Aronnax. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/182.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/182.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/182.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/182.mobi The Mysterious Island Jules Verne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2448 urn:isbn:0812972120 en 1874 Novels Science Fiction Adventure The book tells the adventures of five American prisoners of war on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. Begining in the American Civil War, as famine and death ravage the city of Richmond, Virginia, five northern POWs decide to escape in a rather unusual way – by hijacking a balloon! This is only the beginning of their adventures... http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2448.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2448.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2448.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2448.mobi In the Year 2889 Jules Verne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/477 urn:isbn:0809501287 en 1889 Short Fiction Science Fiction In the Year 2889 was first published in the Forum, February, 1889. It was published in France the next year. Although published under the name of Jules Verne, it is now believed to be chiefly if not entirely the work of Jules Verne's son, Michel Verne. In any event, many of the topics in the article echo Jules Verne's ideas. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/477.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/477.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/477.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/477.mobi Postsingular Rudy Rucker http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1918 urn:isbn:0765317419 en 2007 Novels Science Fiction It all begins next year in California. A maladjusted computer industry billionaire and a somewhat crazy US President initiate a radical transformation of the world through sentient nanotechnology; sort of the equivalent of biological artificial intelligence. At first they succeed, but their plans are reversed by Chu, an autistic boy. The next time it isn't so easy to stop them. Most of the story takes place in a world after a heretofore unimaginable transformation, where all the things look the same but all the people are different (they're able to read each others' minds, for starters). Travel to and from other nearby worlds in the quantum universe is possible, so now our world is visited by giant humanoids from another quantum universe, and some of them mean to tidy up the mess we've made. Or maybe just run things. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1918.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1918.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1918.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1918.mobi A Slip Under the Microscope H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/630 urn:isbn:1842124021 en 1896 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/630.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/630.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/630.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/630.mobi