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Aepyornis Island

Author
H. G. Wells
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
22 pages
ISBN
9781787242029
Published
5 March 2017
Imprint
Fantastica
  • Science fiction
  • sci fi
  • h.g. wells
  • philosophy
  • adventure
  • action
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • time travel
  • future

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Description

Marooned after a wreck, a man called Butcher hatches an Aepyornis egg and shares a desert island with the giant bird that grows from it. Companionship turns to terror as the creature outstrips him in size and temper, and survival becomes a fight between castaway and prehistoric chick. Wells's island tale of loneliness, wonder, and a pet that will not stay small.

Author

H. G. Wells (1866–1946) was born in Bromley, trained in biology under Huxley, and turned that laboratory habit into fiction. The Time Machine sent a Victorian into deep time; The War of the Worlds brought the sky down on the Home Counties. He wrote as if the future were a social problem with monsters attached. The novels argue while they entertain. A draper's son who made scientific romance a public language.

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