Tales of Space and Time is a fantasy

Fantasy

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 and science fiction

Science fiction

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 collection of three short stories

Short Stories

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 and two novella

Novella

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s written by the English

England

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 author

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 H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells

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 between 1897 and 1898. It was first published by Doubleday & McClure Co. in 1899. All the stories had first been published in various monthly periodicals

Magazine

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 and this was the first volume to collect these stories.

Contents

These are the stories contained in this collection showing the periodicals

Magazine

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 in which they were first published.

• "The Crystal Egg
  The Crystal Egg
  "The Crystal Egg" is a science fiction short story written by H. G. Wells in 1897.The story tells of a shop owner, named Mr. Cave, who finds a strange crystal egg that serves as a window into the planet Mars....
  
  " (short story, The New Review, May 1897)
• "The Star
  The Star (Wells short story)
  "The Star" is an 1897 apocalyptic short story by H.G. Wells.-Plot summary:In January , the people of Earth awaken to the notion that a strange luminous object has irrupted, into the Solar System, after much disturbing the normal orbit of the planet Neptune...
  
  " (short story, The Graphic
  The Graphic
  The Graphic was a British weekly illustrated newspaper, first published on 4 December 1869 by William Luson Thomas's company Illustrated Newspapers Limited....
  
  , December, 1897)
• "A Story of the Stone Age
  A Story of the Stone Age
  "A Story of the Stone Age" is a short story written in 1897 by H. G. Wells.The story was featured in three parts between May and August 1897 in The Idler magazine, and was later released in collected editions. The story is set during the Stone Age, and tells of a caveman named Ugh-lomi, who kills...
  
  " (novella, The Idler
  The Idler (1892-1911)
  The Idler was an illustrated monthly magazine published in Great Britain from 1892 to 1911. It was founded by the author Robert Barr, who brought in the humorist Jerome K. Jerome as co-editor, and its contributors included many of the leading writers and illustrators of the time.-Content:The Idler...
  
  , May-September 1897) comprising:
  • "Ugh-Lomi and Uya"
  • "The Cave Bear"
  • "The First Horseman"
  • "Uya the Lion"
  • "The Fight in the Lion’s Thicket"
• "A Story of the Days To Come
  A Story of the Days to Come
  "A Story of the Days To Come" is a novella by H. G. Wells comprising five chapters that was first published in the June to October 1897 issues of The Pall Mall Magazine...
  
  " (novella, The Pall Mall Magazine
  The Pall Mall Magazine
  The Pall Mall Magazine was a monthly British literary magazine published between 1893 and 1914. Started by William Waldorf Astor as an offshoot of the Pall Mall Gazette, the magazine included poetry, short stories, serialized fiction, and general commentaries, along with extensive artwork...
  
  , June-October 1897) comprising:
  • "The Cure for Love"
  • "The Vacant Country"
  • "The Ways of the City"
  • "Underneath"
  • "Bindon Intervenes"
• "The Man Who Could Work Miracles
  The Man Who Could Work Miracles (story)
  "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" is a British fantasy–comedy short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1898 in The Illustrated London News.-Plot summary:...
  
  " (short story, Illustrated London News, July 1898)

External links

• Tales of Space and Time. University of Newcastle, Australia.
• Tales of Space and Time. Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections.