In the Days of the Comet

In the Days of the Comet

by H. G. Wells
In the Days of the Comet

In the Days of the Comet

by H. G. Wells

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Overview

A comet rushes toward the earth, a deadly, glowing orb that soon fills the sky and promises doom. But mankind is too busy hating, stealing, scheming, and killing to care. As luminous green trails of cosmic dust and vapor stream across the heavens, blood flows beneath: nations wage all-out war, bitter strikes erupt, and jealous lovers plot revenge and murder. The earth slips past the comet by the narrowest of margins, but all succumb to the gases in its tail. When mankind wakes up, everyone is completely and profoundly different. In the Days of the Comet is H. G. Wells's classic tale of the last days of the old earth and the extraterrestrial Change that becomes the salvation of the human race. An ill-fated romance between Willie Leadford and Nettie Stuart unfolds in a world buried in misery and bent on its own destruction. After the earth passes through the comet's tail, suffering, pettiness, and injustice melt away. Willie, Nettie, and everyone around them are reborn. They now see themselves and their world in a dramatically new and wonderful way.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781618950031
Publisher: Bibliotech Press
Publication date: 09/25/2011
Pages: 164
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

About The Author

H. G. Wells (1866–1946) is one of the most influential figures in the history of science fiction. His books include The Sleeper Awakes and The Last War, also available in the Bison Frontiers of Imagination series. Ben Bova, an award-winning science fiction writer, is the author of several influential series and such acclaimed novels as Jupiter, Moonrise, Return to Mars, and Venus.

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1866

Date of Death:

August 13, 1946

Place of Birth:

Bromley, Kent, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Normal School of Science, London, England

Table of Contents

Prologue--The Man who Wrote in the Toweri
Book 1The Comet
1Dust in the Shadows3
2Nettie35
3The Revolver63
4War111
5The Pursuit of the Two Lovers135
Book 2The Green Vapours
1The Change165
2The Awakening189
3The Cabinet Council209
Book 3The New World
1Love after the Change229
2My Mother's Last Days255
3Beltane and New Year's Eve269
The Epilogue--The Window of the Tower285
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