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Complete Short Story Omnibus

H. G. Wells

First published 2011
Publisher Gollancz
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages 959
Price £25.00
ISBN 9780575095243

This publication consists of five previous collections (The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, The Plattner Story and Others, Tales of Space and Time, Twelve Stories and a Dream, & The Door in the Wall and Other Stories) plus 22 extra stories. It has been entered as a collection in order to list the individual story titles.

  • First printing per number line.
  • No date other than year. Publication date from Amazon UK as of 2012-12-19.
  • Sticker placed over original UK label for sale in US. US price on sticker is $34.95. UK price from Amazon UK as of 2012-12-19.
  • No editor credit.
  • No cover artist credit.
  • This publication consists of five previous collections (The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, The Plattner Story and Others, Tales of Space and Time, Twelve Stories and a Dream, & The Door in the Wall and Other Stories) plus 22 extra stories. It has been entered as a collection in order to list the individual story titles.
  • The contents provided for The Door in the Wall and Other Stories section do not match the ISFDB collection by the same name (unverified as of this verification).
  • Each of the collections, the section for the additional stories (titled Uncollected Stories), and the Appendix (the two essays) have their own separator page.
  • All the stories with "Mr" do not have periods after the abbreviation.
  • The Country of the Blind (Revised Version) is titled as such.
  • The two essays that form the Appendix are titled as listed and each is signed "H. G. Wells".

Year Reviewer Publication
2011 Peter Coleborn BFS Journal, Summer 2011

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 The Stolen Bacillus H. G. Wells Short Story
9 The Flowering of the Strange Orchid H. G. Wells Short Story
16 In the Avu Observatory H. G. Wells Short Story
22 The Triumphs of a Taxidermist H. G. Wells Short Story
26 A Deal in Ostriches H. G. Wells Short Story
30 Through a Window H. G. Wells Short Story
37 The Temptation of Harringay H. G. Wells Short Story
42 The Flying Man H. G. Wells Short Story
48 The Diamond Maker H. G. Wells Short Story
55 Aepyornis Island H. G. Wells Short Story
65 The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes H. G. Wells Short Story
74 The Lord of the Dynamos H. G. Wells Short Story
82 The Hammerpond Park Burglary H. G. Wells Short Story
89 The Moth H. G. Wells Short Story
98 The Treasure in the Forest H. G. Wells Short Story
107 The Plattner Story H. G. Wells Short Story
124 The Argonauts of the Air H. G. Wells Short Story
135 The Story of the Late Mr Elvesham H. G. Wells Short Story
150 In the Abyss H. G. Wells Short Story
164 The Apple H. G. Wells Short Story
171 Under the Knife H. G. Wells Short Story
183 The Sea Raiders H. G. Wells Short Story
192 Pollock and the Porroh Man H. G. Wells Short Story
206 The Red Room H. G. Wells Short Story
214 The Cone H. G. Wells Short Story
224 The Purple Pileus H. G. Wells Short Story
234 The Jilting of Jane H. G. Wells Short Story
241 In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story H. G. Wells Short Story
250 A Catastrophe H. G. Wells Short Story
258 The Lost Inheritance H. G. Wells Short Story
264 The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic H. G. Wells Short Story
272 A Slip Under the Microscope H. G. Wells Short Story
291 The Crystal Egg H. G. Wells Short Story
306 The Star H. G. Wells Short Story
316 A Story of the Stone Age H. G. Wells Novella
363 A Story of the Days to Come H. G. Wells Novella
436 The Man Who Could Work Miracles H. G. Wells Short Story
453 Filmer H. G. Wells Short Story
468 The Magic Shop H. G. Wells Short Story
478 The Valley of Spiders H. G. Wells Short Story
488 The Truth About Pyecraft H. G. Wells Short Story
497 Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland H. G. Wells Short Story
509 The Inexperienced Ghost H. G. Wells Short Story
520 Jimmy Goggles the God H. G. Wells Short Story
531 The New Accelerator H. G. Wells Short Story
543 Mr Ledbetter's Vacation H. G. Wells Short Story
558 The Stolen Body H. G. Wells Short Story
572 Mr Brisher's Treasure H. G. Wells Short Fiction
581 Miss Winchelsea's Heart H. G. Wells Short Story
596 A Dream of Armageddon H. G. Wells Novelette
621 The Door in the Wall H. G. Wells Short Story
636 The Empire of the Ants H. G. Wells Short Story
650 A Vision of Judgment H. G. Wells Short Story
656 The Land Ironclads H. G. Wells Novelette
675 The Beautiful Suit H. G. Wells Short Story
679 The Pearl of Love H. G. Wells Short Story
683 The Country of the Blind H. G. Wells Novelette
704 The Reconciliation H. G. Wells Short Story
710 My First Aeroplane H. G. Wells Short Story
720 Little Mother Up the Mörderberg H. G. Wells Short Story
730 The Story of the Last Trump H. G. Wells Short Story
743 The Grisly Folk H. G. Wells Essay
757 A Tale of the Twentieth Century: For Advanced Thinkers H. G. Wells Short Fiction
762 Walcote H. G. Wells Short Story
769 The Devotee of Art H. G. Wells Short Story
779 The Man with a Nose H. G. Wells Short Story
783 A Perfect Gentleman on Wheels H. G. Wells Short Story
793 Wayde's Essence H. G. Wells Short Story
802 A Misunderstood Artist H. G. Wells Short Story
806 Le Mari Terrible H. G. Wells Short Story
810 The Rajah's Treasure H. G. Wells Short Story
821 The Presence by the Fire H. G. Wells Short Story
827 Mr Marshall's Doppelganger H. G. Wells Short Fiction
837 The Thing in No. 7 H. G. Wells Short Story
843 The Thumbmark H. G. Wells Short Story
850 A Family Elopement H. G. Wells Short Fiction
855 Our Little Neighbour H. G. Wells Short Fiction
863 How Gabriel Became Thompson H. G. Wells Short Fiction
872 How Pingwill Was Routed H. G. Wells Short Fiction
876 The Loyalty of Esau Common: A Fragment H. G. Wells Short Story
891 The Wild Asses of the Devil H. G. Wells Short Story
901 Answer to Prayer H. G. Wells Short Story
904 The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper H. G. Wells Short Story
921 The Country of the Blind (Revised Version) H. G. Wells Novelette
951 Introduction to The Country of the Blind and Other Stories H. G. Wells Essay
956 Introduction to Revised Version of "The Country of the Blind" H. G. Wells Essay