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H.G. Wells: The Science Fiction Collection
- Narrated by: Hugh Bonneville, Jason Isaacs, Sophie Okonedo, David Tennant, Alexander Vlahos, Eli Roth - introduction
- Length: 27 hrs and 15 mins
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Publisher's Summary
He’s often been called the father of science fiction. Now, listen to H. G. Wells’ five science fiction novels in one definitive collection. Introduced by film director and H. G. Wells fanboy Eli Roth, the collection features unabridged recordings of the novels performed by Hugh Bonneville, Jason Isaacs, Sophie Okonedo, David Tennant and Alexander Vlahos.
The War of the Worlds narrated by David Tennant
When Earth is invaded by Martians in great mechanical tripods, terror ensues. They are equipped with heat rays and poisonous black gas, intent on wiping out the human race. During the destruction, one man’s story details the monstrous invasion and his struggle to find his wife in the devastation.
The First Men in the Moon narrated by Alexander Vlahos
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The Time Machine narrated by Hugh Bonneville
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The Invisible Man narrated by Sophie Okonedo
When a strange man takes shelter at an inn, his skin covered from head to toe in bandages, he causes distrust. Griffin, a scientist, reveals that he has successfully managed to turn himself invisible, but alas without a way of undoing it. Desperate for a cure, his ailment drives him to many sinister actions, including murder.
The Island of Dr Moreau narrated by Jason Isaacs
Edward Prendick, the single survivor of a shipwreck, is rescued by Montgomery in a vessel carrying a menagerie of savage animals. Taken to an uncharted island, he meets Dr Moreau - a brilliant scientist whose notorious experiments have caused him to abandon the civilised world. It soon becomes clear he has been developing these experiments - with truly horrific results.
Known as ‘The Father of Science Fiction’, Herbert George Wells’ writing career spanned over 60 years. He was a writer of novels, short stories, nonfiction books and articles. As a young man, Wells won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in London, sparking his infamous vocation as a science fiction writer.
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- Jennifer
- 2020-01-27
The genius of H.G. Wells
All the books in this science fiction collection are exciting, in particular the last, the Island of Dr Moreau. Jason Isaacs brings the characters vividly to life. Though I had read all the books before, listening to these seven narrations was as if they were new again.
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- Joe Runions
- 2020-07-23
enjoyed all the stories,
most suprising for me where The Island of Dr. Monroe and the Invisible Man nicely read and easy to get your head into the characters
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- Winelover
- 2020-06-18
Fantastic stories and great narration overall.
The best narrators I thought were the first "The War of the Worlds" narrated by David Tennant and the last "The Island of Dr Moreau" narrated by Jason Isaacs. I thought these narrators did a brilliant job in bringing Wells' stories to life and will definitely listen to them again. I hated "The Invisible Man" narrated by Sophie Okonedo and most likely will never listen to another to another audiobook narrated by her (unless it's like a BBC ensemble). She took a fascinating story and made it incredibly dull. Bonneville and Vlahos did a good job and I'd listen to them again.
However, I do recommend this collection because out of the 5 stories, I only disliked the 1 (Invisible Man).
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- Karen
- 2020-02-29
A must-have classic
Don't think twice about choosing this classic collection. In my opinion, they are H.G. Wells' best works. It's astonishing what he envisioned in the late 1800's, well before we actually started to explore space or dabble in biological engineering. The narrators aren't narrators - they are true voice actors and they were amazing.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-11-10
great collection
such a great collection preformed beautifully. I was familiar with these stories but hadn't had the time to read them. the various readers did an exceptional job
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-11-24
Great!
The science may be out of date but the stories remain classics of their kind. The narration was absolutely excellent. Very enjoyable.
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- Neil
- 2022-03-14
Great
Gotta love the classics. I never tire of listening to any HG Wells. Great listen and great performances.
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- CKH Vancouver
- 2023-02-01
A very mixed collection of Early science-fiction classics
Excellent Narration! Considering their age at least two of the novels are extremely interesting. Disappointingly "The Time Machine" hasn’t really aged well.
I thought the last novel, the Island of Doctor Moreau would be the weakest, but I feel it was prescient in ethics of biology, eugenics, cloning etc. as well as the way Prendrick secludes himself from society as he sees the beastiality in humans. Powerful ending.
But the best of the best was "War of the Worlds". It has aged so well. Superb.
This collection was well worth the download.
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- Bryce Odell
- 2022-08-31
great collection of stories
war of the world's and first man on the moon we're my favorite. not really a fan of the invisible man. All classics in science fiction though, very well thought out explanations for the phenomena.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-08-10
Classics
Wonderful. All so well read. Gripping to the end and so predictive, amazing to think how long ago these book were actually written.
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- lk
- 2019-06-24
Largely enjoyable.
Wells's mostly first-person, somewhat detached narration might be off-putting to some, so having a professional narrator can help break up any monotony.
I'd not read War of the Worlds since high school, and had never read the others, that I can recall (although I'd seen the film adaptations). Of the lot, David Tennant gave the most animated and varied reading. It took a few minutes to get used to the tone he chose, which seemed targeted toward a younger audience, where, for some reason, I'd expected something more somber and mature. But he made it come alive and I enjoyed it very much. He appeared to be the most experienced narrator, building and releasing tension, pulling the listener into the story, where other appeared more to be impassively telling the story. Also, it made me really want to see a filmed adaptation set in the proper time period, with horses and carriages! What a marvel this would have been for a Victorian village!
I rather liked Jason Isaacs' reading of The Island of Doctor Moreau. A sort of horror story, with ruminations about religion, morality and ethics, themes that are still relevant today, some even more so.
Hugh Bonneville's reading of The Time Machine was fine. He felt like a scientist who was caught up in an experiment. Methodical, curious, professorial. Taking note of what he saw and experienced.
I was unable to finish First Men in the Moon. It was interesting to hear the imaginings of an eighteenth century man about what the moon would be like, and how it would feel to be there, but it got tedious for me. I may go back and try again, but I have too many books in my queue for now.
The Invisible Man is less sci-fi and more about what would happen if you had this condition or power. It's kind of more like a super-hero story which focuses on the villain.
A negative observation about the production: There is an appalling number of editing errors in The Invisible Man. On numerous occasions, lines are repeated sometimes multiple times. Also, more than once, Sophie Okonedo stumbled on words; these mistakes should have been edited out. One or two errors can be overlooked, but, over time, the many errors became a big distraction, causing aggravation. There really is no excuse for this.
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- Trevor
- 2019-05-01
Absolutely Perfect!
Don't listen to that other review! It was made by a Caddy Old Sod! (sorry american) but in all honesty the review does not give it justice and feels more like an act to be able to return the book. I think it is absolutely beautiful! Tennant does a phenomenal job and in no way is it monotone or robotic. A large percentage of the book is inner monologue and he does have his accent out full bore which may have been too much for "some" listeners but it is NOT dull.
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- Westerner
- 2019-07-19
Quite Good
David Tennant was especially good narrating The War of the Worlds as was Jason Issacs doing The Island of Dr Moreau.
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- Tristan A Boysel
- 2020-09-02
skip the intro
the biggest drawback of this collection is the intro. I recommend skipping it and enjoying the book. I've never had an audiobook I didn't finish, but the intro on this one just about caused me to delete it before it got to the 1st story.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-11-06
fantastic utterly fantastic
all of the works contained in this bundle were amazing, im ashamed to say i have never been much of a reader so i havent had much of an appreciation for the works of men such as HG Wells outside of hollywood adaptation, but im happy to say audible has changed that, i listened to each of these strait through and every single narrator captured the emotion and had the vocal range to make you imagine the different characters. if you are concidering HG Wells, this is the one to get, amazing performance plus value, top notch all around
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-05-10
skip the intro
Didn't appreciate him pushing his misguided philosiphizing.
rest of the book was fine, good narrators and bad, some engaging stories, some not
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- Susan
- 2021-03-28
Hard to navigate
How I wish that you could jump to individual books or at least have a chapter listing available in PDF! I'm having to endure First Men in the Moon to find the beginning of The Time Machine, one of my favorites.
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- Brianna Jeffries
- 2019-10-27
One small issue
I love this collection. HG Wells is one of my favorite science fiction writers. That being said. The narrator in the beginning makes and error. He says that blade runner was thanks to HG wells. When we all know that Philip k dick’s “do androids dream of electric sheep” was the inspiration for that movie. Other than that. Love it. Love everything about it. Buy it!!
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- DonJon
- 2019-04-19
Narration ruined the book
I was really looking forward to listening to this audible book. Unfortunately, the narration was of such low quality that I couldn't listen to any of the stories in full - the worst of the lot was The War Of The Worlds, which in my opinion is the best book by H. G. Wells, was completely ruined by David Tennant who seemed to believe that the narration should be performed like a speak and spell with a Scottish brogue was a good idea. I am returning this book.
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- Amazonian Michelle
- 2021-04-01
Classics! Especially War of the Worlds
I read War of the Worlds when I was a kid. I forgot how wonderful the original story was written and told. So glad I listened to it again! David Tenant was great as narrator. My favorite of his
H.G. Wells passes Aug 13th, 1946. I was born later but that date and Alfred Hitchcock was born that date. I say that's why I love sci-fi and fantasy with a touch of dark.
The First Men on the Moon - As we know more it is probably more fantastical then when originally written but still good.
The Time Machine also a classic but my brain pictures the film version. especially the iconic build of the time machine.
The Invisible Man still a shock at how violent he was. More sinister. Not sure I had ever actually read this one. To me the personality of Griffin is negative already. Could a better soul make things work differently? Different time frame - probably not. The masses would be just as afraid today of that kind of unknown.
The Island of Dr. Moreau - This one is more horrorific too. I hadn't read this one before. Most fast paced story of the group. Harder to believe with modern knowledge but if you put that aside the look at the natural behavior of man and beast is interesting. Animals suffer today because of humans - loss of environment, testing, hunting, and more. So have we really evolved? No.
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- Andy
- 2021-05-24
Very well done
Great voice acting: each story was well paced and well acted, so much so that one felt fully immersed in the story!