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WELLS, H.G : Tales of Space and Time

George Bell & Sons,, 1900

Very good in the original dull rose-red cloth, spine faded, boards lightly scarred, contents clean and tight. A scarce issue of the first edition of this classic Wells short story volume, which includes "The Star" and "The Crystal Egg". "The Star" can be credited with having created a Science Fiction sub-genre depicting a planet or star colliding, or near-colliding with Earth - such as the 1933 novel When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, (made into a film in 1951), Fritz Leiber's The Wanderer (1965), and Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (1977). The story is mentioned in Arthur C. Clarke's novel Rendezvous with Rama, and Clarke also used the title for a story of his own.

First Edition Colonial Issue.

WELLS, H.G : Tales of Space and Time

George Bell & Sons,, 1900

Very good in the original dull rose-red cloth, spine faded, boards lightly scarred, contents clean and tight. A scarce issue of the first edition of this classic Wells short story volume, which includes "The Star" and "The Crystal Egg". "The Star" can be credited with having created a Science Fiction sub-genre depicting a planet or star colliding, or near-colliding with Earth - such as the 1933 novel When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, (made into a film in 1951), Fritz Leiber's The Wanderer (1965), and Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (1977). The story is mentioned in Arthur C. Clarke's novel Rendezvous with Rama, and Clarke also used the title for a story of his own.

First Edition Colonial Issue.

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