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The H. G. Wells Library
A curious library stands open at the edge of time. Here, the worlds of H. G. Wells are not merely remembered but awakened, their voices carried once more across the invisible ether. The H. G. Wells Library presents complete readings of tales that peer into futures yet unborn, confront the machinery of progress, and question the destiny of humankind itself. From silent laboratories to distant planets, each episode invites the listener to wander as both observer and traveller, discovering…
Episodes
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The Sea Lady Chapter 5
In which Melville finds himself ensnared in a perplexing and haunting conversation that unsettles his carefully ordered existence, while the enigmatic Sea Lady…
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The Sea Lady Chapter 6
In which Melville wrestles with the incredulity of fantastical notions whispered about Miss Waters, grappling between solid reality and the tantalising…
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The Sea Lady Chapter 1
In which an amiable family and their acquaintances gather by the sea for a genteel bathing expedition, only to encounter an extraordinary swimmer whose sudden…
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The Sea Lady Chapter 3
In which the arrival of a captivating stranger at the Bunting household stirs quiet tensions among its inhabitants, and the anticipated return of Mr. Harry…
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The Sea Lady Chapter 2
In which a mysterious Sea Lady purposely arrives at Folkestone, seeking to integrate into human society with the assistance of the kindly Bunting family…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 24 - While the Aeroplanes Were Coming
In which the quiet room belies the fierce and chaotic battle raging unseen below, while the distant approach of aeroplanes casts a shadow of impending destiny…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 25 - The Coming of the Aeroplanes
In which the Master takes to the skies in a captured monoplane amidst the tumult of battle, engaging in a desperate aerial skirmish that lights up the…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 21 - The Under-Side
In which the covert underbelly of the city is revealed through a descent into vast factories and workshops, where the worn and subdued labourers tend intricate…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 22 - The Struggle in the Council House
In which the Sleeper returns to the Council House amidst a rising tide of popular revolt, seeking to assert his authority against Ostrog, whose plans and…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 23 - Graham Speaks His Word
In which the Master of the Earth, amidst the strange machinery and hushed anticipation, wrestles with doubt and the weight of his calling before addressing the…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 18 - Graham Remembers
In which a young woman reveals to Graham the grim realities of the world into which he has awakened, the heavy burden of leadership resting upon him, and the…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 19 - Ostrog's Point of View
In which Ostrog delivers a detailed report to Graham on the recent upheavals across several capitals and the uneasy peace maintained by an intricate balance of…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 20 - In the City Ways
In which Graham ventures forth into the vibrant nocturnal cityscape, discovering a world where the old notions of home, religion, and social order have been…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 15 - Prominent People
In which Graham is introduced to the dazzling and intricate society of the future, where artifice and grace mingle with curious customs and subtle hierarchies…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 16 - The Monoplane
In which the Master embarks upon his first flight in a vast and graceful monoplane, soaring above the transformed London and its stark borders with the…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 17 - Three Days
In which the Master devotes himself ardently to the mastery of flight and the marvels of contemporary invention, finding fresh delight in the wonders of…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 13 - The End of the Old Order
In which the weary protagonist witnesses the fall of the ancient Council and the tumultuous gathering of multitudes amid the ruins of their once-mighty…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 12 - Ostrog
In which Graham, having emerged amidst the tumult of a great revolt, is led through the shadowed labyrinth of London to find Ostrog, the enigmatic leader who…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 14 - From the Crow's Nest
In which a gentleman from the nineteenth century awakens to find himself master of a vastly transformed world, observing the new order from the dizzying…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 10 - The Battle of the Darkness
In which the Sleeper finds himself amidst a tumultuous cityscape plunged into darkness as rival factions clash violently over his fate, their desperate cries…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 11 - The Old Man Who Knew Everything
In which a chance encounter in the shadowed night brings Graham into conversation with an aged, wheezy man whose memories paint a portrait of a world…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 9 - The People March
In which the Sleeper, newly awakened to a tumultuous world, is led before a vast assembly of fervent and restless masses who hail him as the Master of the…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 7 - In the Silent Rooms
In which Graham explores the curious quietude and subtle artifices of his sealed apartments, discovering a vivid yet disconcerting glimpse of the world through…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 6 - The Hall of the Atlas
In which Graham awakens in a vast and bewildering future city, guided by Howard through vast mechanical corridors and strange social orders, before being…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 8 - The Roof Spaces
In which Graham, imprisoned within a vast mechanical structure, encounters secretive allies who urge him to a daring escape across the snow-swept rooftops of…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 3 - The Awakening
In which a man named Graham stirs from a profound and bewildering sleep to find himself in a strange, luxurious chamber, surrounded by unfamiliar apparatus and…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 4 - The Sound of a Tumult
In which the Sleeper, roused from a profound and enigmatic trance lasting over two centuries, awakens to a world transformed beyond his imagining, attended by…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 5 - The Moving Ways
In which the protagonist beholds a vast and wondrous architectural marvel, a great arcade filled with moving platforms coursing swiftly through the immense…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 2 - The Trance
In which we observe a man consigned to a protracted trance-like state, neither dead nor alive, and the passage of many years brings changes in those around him…
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The Sleeper Awakes Preface to the New Edition
In which the author reflects upon his youthful composition, revealing the pressures and imperfections that shaped the tale, whilst conscientiously revising to…
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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 1 - Insomnia
In which a chance meeting on a sunlit coastal path reveals a man burdened by a grievous sleeplessness and despair so profound that it colours his view of the…
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Men Like Gods Book 3 Chapter 4 - The Return of the Earthling
In which Mr. Barnstaple prepares to leave the enchanting and serene realm of Utopia, reflecting on the stark contrast between its harmonious peace and the…
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Men Like Gods Book 3 Chapter 3 - The Service of the Earthling
In which Mr. Barnstaple converses with the venerable Sungold, who reveals the wondrous intellectual and scientific advancements of Utopia, including the…
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Men Like Gods Book 3 Chapter 1 - The Peaceful Hills Behind the River
In which Mr. Barnstaple awakens in the serene and lovely world of Utopia, cared for by the gentle Lychnis, and contemplates the marvels and mysteries of this…
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Men Like Gods Book 3 Chapter 2 - The Loiter in a Living World
In which Mr. Barnstaple, newly recovered and curious, explores the serene and perfected land of Utopia, where nature and society have been harmonised through…
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Men Like Gods Book 2 Chapter 3 - Mr Barnstaple as a Traitor to Mankind
In which Mr. Barnstaple finds himself torn between loyalty and conscience amidst a perilous scheme of the Earthlings, leading him to desperate actions that…
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Men Like Gods Book 2 Chapter 4 - The End of the Quarantine Crag
In which Mr. Barnstaple awakens from a peculiar dream to find himself amidst Utopians engaged in mysterious, high-altitude labours on Quarantine Crag, where…
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Men Like Gods Book 2 Chapter 2 - The Castle on the Crag
In which the Earthlings are conveyed to a remote and formidable crag in Utopia, where they face enforced isolation amid mysterious scientific endeavours and…
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Men Like Gods Book 1 Chapter 7 - The Bringing in of Lord Barronga's Party
In which Mr. Barnstaple wanders through the twilight gardens of Utopia, wrestling with the jarring presence of Father Amerton’s fervent religiosity while…
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Men Like Gods Book 1 Chapter 8 - Early Morning in Utopia
In which Mr. Barnstaple awakes to find himself in the curious and unfamiliar world of Utopia, where simplicity and refinement mingle oddly with customs and…
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Men Like Gods Book 2 Chapter 1 - The Epidemic
In which the arrival of Earthlings in Utopia inadvertently unleashes a forgotten epidemic, challenging the long-cherished immunity of this serene and advanced…
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Men Like Gods Book 1 Chapter 5 - The Governance and History of Utopia
In which a gathering of Earthmen listens with a mixture of curiosity and incredulity as the Utopians describe their social order, one devoid of conventional…
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Men Like Gods Book 1 Chapter 6 - Some Earthly Criticisms
In which Mr. Barnstaple and his companions engage in a tense and probing discourse with the graceful and enigmatic Utopians, exploring profound differences in…
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Men Like Gods Book 1 Chapter 4 - The Shadow of Einstein Falls Across the Story and Passes Lightly by It
In which a bewildered party of Earthlings is graciously hosted in a realm both strangely familiar and wonderfully advanced, where conversations meander from…
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Men Like Gods Book 1 Chapter 1 - Mr Barnstaple Takes a Holiday
In which Mr. Barnstaple, wearied by the ceaseless noise of his family and the morose outlook of his newspaper editor, resolves to take a secret holiday away…
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Men Like Gods Book 1 Chapter 2 - The Wonderful Road
In which Mr. Barnstaple finds himself on a wondrously translucent road fringed with unfamiliar flora and serene cattle, encountering a trio of distinguished…
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Men Like Gods Book 1 Chapter 3 - The Beautiful People
In which a group of English visitors find themselves mysteriously transported to a beguiling world both strange and familiar, where beautiful naked people…
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The World Set Free Chapter 5 - The Last Days of Marcus Karenin Part 1
In which the aged Marcus Karenin journeys to a remote Himalayan surgical station where he contemplates the progress and future of science amid his own frailty…
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The World Set Free Chapter 5 - The Last Days of Marcus Karenin Part 2
In which a group of reflective minds gather amidst the grandeur of mountain peaks to discuss the evolving nature of human intellect, love, and the diminishing…
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The World Set Free Chapter 3 - The Ending of War Part 2
In which a newly formed world council endeavours to govern with simplicity and unity amidst fading old loyalties, while a last holdout monarch plots resistance…
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The World Set Free Chapter 4 - The New Phase Part 1
In which the Assembly of Brissago, faced with the ruins left by unprecedented devastation, must confront the urgent necessity of reconstructing civilisation…
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The World Set Free Chapter 4 - The New Phase Part 2
In which the reader is taken into the unfolding order of a new world civilization, where ancient customs give way to universal systems of time, currency…
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The World Set Free Chapter 2 - The Last War Part 1
In which the world, still shackled by archaic political traditions and national rivalries, braces itself for a war weighed down by the fog of outdated…
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The World Set Free Chapter 2 - The Last War Part 2
In which we follow the unremarkable yet poignant experiences of Frederick Barnet as he endures the grim realities of trench warfare and a desperate retreat…
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The World Set Free Chapter 3 - The Ending of War Part 1
In which the shattered rulers of the world gather in a remote and serene mountain meadow to confront the chaos wrought by ceaseless atomic war, guided by the…
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The World Set Free Chapter 1 - The Sun Snarers Part 2
In which a young man of modest talents and modern ideas recounts his slow immersion from privileged ease into the harsh realities of social upheaval and…
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The World Set Free Prelude
In which the long journey of mankind’s gradual mastery over the forces of nature—from the first fire-making savage to the dawning understanding of atomic…
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The World Set Free Chapter 1 - The Sun Snarers Part 1
In which the intrepid mind of Holsten discovers a remarkable new source of energy by inducing atomic disintegration, awakening a vision of boundless power and…
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A Modern Utopia Appendix, Scepticism of the Instrument
In which an earnest reflection is laid bare upon the inherent imperfections and limitations of human reason, especially as it grapples with the unique…
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A Modern Utopia Chapter 10 - Race in Utopia, Sections 3-5
In which the narrator muses upon the folly of racial prejudices and the superficial distinctions that divide mankind, advocating instead for a world where…