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The Crystal Egg

Author
H. G. Wells
Read by
James Harrington
Language
English
Length
39 minutes
ISBN
9781802562187
Published
30 December 2024
Imprint
Fantastica
  • Science fiction
  • sci fi
  • h.g. wells
  • philosophy
  • adventure
  • action
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • time travel
  • future

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Description

An antique-shop owner finds a crystal egg that opens like a window onto alien landscapes and strange life, until wonder turns to questions about what is watching us from the other side. Ordinary London shelves hold a bridge to elsewhere, and curiosity has a price. Spoken as when a crystal egg still asks what earthly eyes are ready to see beyond the glass.

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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