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The Star

Author
H. G. Wells
Read by
James Harrington
Language
English
Length
26 minutes
ISBN
9781802561784
Published
1 December 2024
Imprint
Fantastica
  • cosmic event
  • existential threat
  • human resilience
  • climate change
  • gravitational impact
  • natural disaster
  • societal reflection
  • universal interconnectedness
  • survival instinct
  • global catastrophe

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Description

A rogue star plunges toward the solar system and Earth’s weather, seas, and cities buckle under its pull. Cosmic dread with a human face. Spoken as Wells when the sky itself becomes the disaster.

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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