Tales of Space and Time

This collection gathers some of Wells’s finest short science fiction and fantasy, spanning tales of the distant Stone Age, the far future, strange inventions, and the uncanny—including the classic stories ‘The Star’ and ‘A Story of the Stone Age.’ Ranging across space and time, Wells combines scientific imagination with vivid storytelling and a keen sense of human nature under extraordinary circumstances. Inventive and thought-provoking, the stories showcase the restless imagination that made him a founder of science fiction. A rewarding sampler of Wells at short length, Tales of Space and Time offers wonder, speculation, and adventure from one of the genre’s greatest and most influential pioneers.