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The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories

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(3,438 Sterne; 16 Bewertungen)

A collection of short stories by H. G. Wells, author of "The Time Machine" and "War of the Worlds". The science fiction master ranges over a variety of topics, each original and unexpected. Included in this collection is "The Country of the Blind" where a man with sight hopes to make himself king. In other stories a stranger offers to sell diamonds on the street, a magic door appears requires a sacrifice to go through it, a demon machine tries to become a god, an engineer finds an engineering solution to a love triangle, and a man dreams or does he? - Summary by Beth Thomas (5 hr 0 min)

Chapters

The Door in the Wall

53:25

Read by J. Olpecre

The Star

30:23

Read by Jacquelyn Bengfort

The Cone

34:01

Read by EmmaS

A Moonlight Fable

11:21

Read by Andrea Kotzer

The Diamond Maker

20:10

Read by JudyDerby

Lord of the Dynamos

27:43

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)

The Country of the Blind (Part 1)

31:24

Read by VfkaBT

The Country of the Blind (Part 2)

33:15

Read by VfkaBT

A Dream of Armageddon (Part 1)

26:09

Read by R.J. Siva

A Dream of Armageddon (Part 2)

33:07

Read by R.J. Siva

Bewertungen

A Fun Collection

(4 Sterne)

H.G. Wells is always fun and intriguing. This collection, though not as strong as his more famous works, is no different really. I particularly liked "The Star," "Lord of the Dynamos," and "The Country of the Blind." I don't know what the reader of "The Cone" was doing. I couldn't understand so much of the story that I had to look it up online to figure it out.