The Invisible Man is kind of a dick.
July 13th, 2016 12:16am
Tag: h.g. wells
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May 15th, 2012 5:56pm
Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life. I thought of their unfathomable distance, and the slow inevitable drift of their movements out of the unknown past into the unknown future.— H. G. Wells – The Time Machine
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May 14th, 2012 7:24pm
The First Men in the Moon
H.G. Wells. Indianapolis, Bowen-Merrill, 1901.Illustrated by E. Herring with 12 plates. (8vo) 18.5×12 cm. (7¼x4½”), original dark blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered and front cover illustration in gilt; dust jacket. First Edition, second state binding.
Exceptionally rare first edition in dust jacket. A milestone in modern science fiction. The Bowen-Merrill edition preceded the London edition by about one month. This is the Currey second state binding with “Bobbs Merrill” on the spine.