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The New Accelerator

H. G. Wells

First published December 1901
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A formula speeds up its inventor, slowing everything around him down to a standstill

First published in the Strand Magazine, December 1901
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Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1901 The Strand Magazine, December 1901 George Newnes MAGAZINE 622
October 1903 Cover Twelve Stories and a Dream Macmillan and Co. Collection 183
April 1905 Twelve Stories and a Dream Charles Scribner's Sons Collection 161
August 1911 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 444
August 1913 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 444
February 1923 Cover Science and Invention, February 1923 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 954
1924 Cover Tales of the Unexpected W. Collins Sons Collection 172
1925 In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories T. Fisher Unwin Omnibus
1925 In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories Charles Scribner's Sons Omnibus
April 1926 Cover Amazing Stories, April 1926 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 57
1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 1028
1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 1028
September 1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 1028
October 1927 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 1028
1929 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection
1929 The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells The Literary Guild Collection
1930 The First Men in the Moon, The World Set Free and Short Stories Odhams Press Omnibus 328
1931 The Stolen Body and Other Tales of the Unexpected London Book Co. Collection |10
1931 Selections from the Early Prose Works of H. G. Wells University of London Press Collection
June 1931 The Valley of Spiders and Other Stories Haldeman-Julius Collection
1937 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 908
1938 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Garden City Publishing Co. Collection 908
1938 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 908
September 1940 Cover Short Stories: First Series Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 59
1943 The New Accelerator Todd Publishing Co. Chapbook
1944 The Inexperienced Ghost and the New Accelerator Vallancey Press Collection
1948 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 1028
May 1950 Cover Beyond Time & Space Pellegrini & Cudahy Anthology 273
1952 Cover 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 856
1953 Seven Stories Oxford University Press Collection
1954 Tales of the Unexpected Collins Collection
1957 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 1028
September 1958 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 339
1960 Cover Invisible Men Ballantine Books Anthology 28
1960 Cover 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 856
1960 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection
1962 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 339
1963 Cover Best Stories of H. G. Wells Ballantine Books Collection 194
June 1963 Cover Best Stories of H. G. Wells Ballantine Books Collection 194
1964 Cover 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 856
1964 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 339
1965 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection
1966 Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection |6
1966 Cover Masters' Choice Simon & Schuster Anthology 314
1966 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 856
1966 Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Peter Smith Publisher Collection
September 1966 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 927
December 1966 Cover Invisible Men Ballantine Bal-Hi Anthology 28
1968 Cover Masters' Choice Herbert Jenkins Anthology
1968 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 339
1969 Cover Masters' Choice 2 Tandem Anthology 30
January 1971 Cover 18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 295
September 1972 Cover 3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Anthology 75
1973 Cover Strange Ecstasies: Stories About Strange and Unearthly Drugs Panther Anthology 53
1973 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 339
1974 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 927
October 1974 Cover Strange Ecstasies Pinnacle Books Anthology 54
1976 Tales of Mystery and the Unknown Globe Book Company Anthology 105
1977 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 339
1979 Cover Tales Out of Time Faber and Faber Anthology
1979 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 339
February 1979 Cover From Wells to Heinlein Mentor / New American Library Anthology 20
February 1979 Cover From Wells to Heinlein Mentor / New American Library of Canada Anthology 20
1981 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 339
April 1981 Cover Tales Out of Time Philomel Books Anthology 189
April 1983 Cover The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces Arbor House Anthology 39
February 1984 Cover The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 39
1985 Cover Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 39
1987 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells St. Martin's Press Collection 927
1988 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 339
June 1988 Cover Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 39
March 1994 Cover Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 39
October 1996 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Oxford University Press Collection |27
1997 Cover "The Country of the Blind" and Other Science-Fiction Stories Dover Publications Collection 41
April 1997 Cover Tales in Time Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 105
August 1998 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells J. M. Dent Collection 487
October 2002 Cover From Wells to Heinlein Scarecrow Press Anthology 4
April 2004 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Project Gutenberg Collection |27
July 2004 Cover Selected Stories of H. G. Wells Modern Library Collection 80
January 2006 Cover The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories The Echo Library Collection |27
December 2006 Cover The Man Who Could Work Miracles Tartarus Press Collection
May 2007 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories Penguin Books Collection |18
December 2007 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories Penguin Books Collection 296
July 2008 Cover About Time: The Forerunners of Time Travel and Temporal Anomalies in Science Fiction and Fantasy Coachwhip Publications Anthology 198
September 2008 Twelve Stories and a Dream Project Gutenberg Collection |8
2009 Cover A Dream of Armageddon: The Complete Supernatural Tales Fall River Press Collection 213
January 2009 Cover A Dream of Armageddon Cybraria Collection
May 2009 Cover Short Science Fiction Collection 15 LibriVox Anthology |6
March 2010 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Waking Lion Press Collection 296
May 2010 Cover A Dream of Armageddon Kessinger Collection
April 2011 Cover Complete Short Story Omnibus Gollancz Collection 531
May 2011 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Science-Fiction Stories Dover Publications Collection 43
August 2012 Cover Short Science Fiction Collection 46 LibriVox Anthology |18
January 2013 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories CreateSpace Collection 224
July 2013 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories CreateSpace Collection 435
August 2013 Cover Twelve Stories and a Dream Bottom of the Hill Publishing Collection
October 2013 Cover Amazing Stories, April 1926 New Tales Pulp Anthology 57
August 2014 Cover Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories Talos Press Anthology 454
September 2014 Cover Science Fiction Classics #1 Pulp Tales Press Anthology 57
January 2017 Cover The Crystal Egg and Other Stories Wordsworth Editions Collection 163
February 2017 Cover Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection 369
April 2017 Cover The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories Enhanced Media Publishing Collection |27
2018 Cover Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection 369
May 2018 Cover The Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 200
May 2018 Cover The Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection |200
December 2018 Cover Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection |26
2020 Cover Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection 369
September 2021 Tales of the Unexpected Project Gutenberg Collection |172
October 2025 Cover The Classic Science Fiction Collection Arcturus Publishing Anthology 44
November 2025 Cover The Classic Science Fiction Collection Sirius Anthology 44