H. G. Wells has 40 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 70 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 1,152 ratings. The most-rated is H.G. Wells: The Science Fiction Collection.
H.G. Wells: The Science Fiction Collection
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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 A chance meeting between penniless businessman Mr Bedford and absentminded scientist Dr Cavor leads the two on a fantastical journey to the moon. However, they are unprepared for what they find: freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life. Will they be trapped forever? The Time Machine narrated by Hugh Bonneville Transported to the year AD 802,701, the Time Traveller encounters the peaceful Eloi, a beautiful elfin race of childlike adults afraid of the dark, and with good reason. Beneath the earth’s surface live the Morlocks, apish troglodytes who torment the Eloi. When the time machine is stolen, the Time Traveller must enter Morlock territory if he ever hopes to return home. 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.
Public Domain (P)2019 Audible, Ltd
Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds: The Musical Drama
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When H. G. Wells first published The War of The Worlds in 1898, the novel quickly became a sci-fi classic. The story of extraterrestrials from Mars invading Earth captured the public’s imagination, inspiring a famed 1938 radio broadcast with Orson Welles, several feature films, countless video games, and a best-selling musical concept album by Jeff Wayne in 1978, among others. Immersing listeners in a world that is as thrilling as it is desolate, Jeff Wayne’s eerie and pulsating score brings the suspense, drama, and urgency of Wells’s original novel to a fever pitch in this Audible Original Drama. Michael Sheen headlines an ensemble cast of talented performers that also includes Taron Egerton, Adrian Edmondson, Theo James, and Anna-Marie Wayne. ©2018 Music Masters: Sony Music Entertainment ©2018 Existing compositions: Universal Music Publishing Group, Jeff Wayne Music (Publishing) Ltd ©2018 Newly composed music: Jeff Wayne Music (P)2018 Audible, Ltd
©2018 Newly composed music: Jeff Wayne Music (P)2018 Audible, Ltd
The War of the Worlds
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First published by H. G. Wells in 1898, The War of the Worlds is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator intones, "No one would have believed in the last years of the 19th century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's." Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first, the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity, even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100 feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror, the narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much as corralled.
Public Domain (P)2009 Tantor
The Island of Dr. Moreau
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Englishman Edward Prendick finds himself shipwrecked on the open ocean. When a passing ship takes him aboard and revives him, things are starting to look less gloomy for the young scientist. Yet little does he know things about to get much worse. He is taken to an abandoned island occupied only by Dr. Moreau, a disgraced English scientist for his unethical treatment of live creatures. Prendick finds that the Doctor has been up to old habits, using the island's animals to create animal-human hybrids. Prendick must learn to survive among these creatures, while uncovering even more deadly mysteries about the doctor and the strange inhabitants of the island in this classic sci-fi tale.
©public domain (P)2016 Dreamscape Media, LLC
10 Essential Pieces of Literature
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This Audiobook contains the following works:
The prophet [Khalil Gibran],
Treasure Island [Robert Louis Stevenson],
White fang [Jack London],
The Time machine [H. G. Wells],
The Battle of Life [Charles Dickens],
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle],
The Three Musketeers [Alexandre Dumas],
The adventures of Pinocchio [Carlo Collodi],
Robinson Crusoe [Daniel Defoe],
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Mark Twain].
©2019 Khalil Gibran (P)2019 MustRead
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 2-A
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Eleven essential classics in one volume This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964, containing 11 great classics. No anthology better captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field. Published in 1973 to honor stories that had appeared before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the country. This volume contains the following: Introduction by Ben Bova Call Me Joe by Poul Anderson Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. (as Don A. Stuart) Nerves by Lester del Rey Universe by Robert A. Heinlein The Marching Morons by C. M. Kornbluth Vintage Season by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore (as Lawrence O'Donnell) And Then There Were None by Eric Frank Russell The Ballad of Lost C'Mell by Cordwainer Smith Baby Is Three by Theodore Sturgeon The Time Machine by H. G. Wells With Folded Hands by Jack Williamson
©2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc. (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
The War of the Worlds
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Das amerikanische Kult-Hörspiel im Original. Marsbewohner landen in New Jersey. Ein Radioreporter berichtet live von ihrem Angriff auf die Bevölkerung. Die Hörer erleben ein beklemmendes Szenario... bis Orson Welles es in der Absage zum Halloween-Scherz erklärt! Das legendäre Hörspiel "War of the Worlds" stammt aus dem goldenen Zeitalter des American Broadcasting. Als es 1938 im amerikanischen Rundfunk gesendet wurde, löste es eine Massenpanik aus. Viele Hörer nahmen die "Reportage" für bare Münze. Das Multitalent Orson Welles ist in diesem Hörspiel selbst zu hören. Dieses Hörspiel ist in englischer Sprache.
(c) + (p) 2007 Der Hörverlag
The Tell Tale Heart and Other Creepy Classics
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An anthology of chilling, classic horror stories, including "The Tale-Tell Heart", "The Pit and the Pendulum", and "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving; "The Hand", "Was it a Dream?", and "The Horla" by Guy de Maupassant; "The Red Room" by H.G. Wells; "Moon-Face" by Jack London; "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Public Domain (P)2019 Nancy Peterson
Great Half Hour Stories
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A gripping collection of 30 minute stories by some of the greatest storytellers in the English language. 'Mrs. Amworth' by E. F. Benson 'The Trade Wind' by Morgan Robertson. 'The Ghost Club' by John Kendrick Bangs 'The Grinding of the Mills' by Morgan Robertson 'Aepyornis Island' by H. G. Wells 'The Last Trump' by Hugh Walpole 'Count Magnus' by E. F. Benson 'Marsyas in Flanders' by Vernon Lee 'The Death of Halpin Frayser' by Ambrose Bierce 'The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 'Haunted' by G. Ranger Wormser 'Dracula's Guest' by Bram Stoker 'The Moth' by H. G. Wells 'The Young Lady in Black' by Amyas Northcote 'The Valley of Spiders' by H. G. Wells 'The Nature of the Evidence' by May Sinclair 'The Sea-Raiders' by H. G. Wells 'Room 53' by J. S. Fletcher 'The Star' by H. G. Wells 'The Beard' by Hugh Walpole ...and many more gripping half hour stories.....
Public Domain (P)2017 Red Door Audiobooks
WDA Classics Presents H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
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This was the novel that inspired the radio drama which sent the United States into a state of panic. In this work we revisit the roots of this classic in its original form.
©2015 W. B. Ward (P)2015 W. B. Ward
Mitternachtsstories von Saki, H.G. Wells, W.F. Harvey u.a.
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Von 1973 bis 1990 strahlte Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) die beliebte Hörfunksendung Nur für starke Nerven (ab 1987 unter dem Namen Die Mitternachtsstory) aus. Der Schauspieler Friedrich Schoenfelder las darin Grusel- und Kriminalgeschichten für Erwachsene zur guten Nacht vor. Bezeichnenderweise schlug er selbst 1972 der Unterhaltungsabteilung des SFB vor, eine Sendereihe zu starten, in der von ihm redaktionell ausgewählte Gruselgeschichten zu Gehör kommen sollten. Namhafte Autoren, von denen Geschichten zum Vortrag kamen, waren Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, E. A. Poe oder auch zeitgenössische deutschsprachige AutorInnen. Die Sendereihe umfasste mehr als 500 Folgen. Friedrich Schoenfelder konnte in mehr als 140 TV- und Kinofilmen, in mehr als 50 Hörspielen und als Synchronsprecher seine schauspielerische Leistung als distinguierter Gentleman aber auch als Charakterdarsteller unter Beweis stellen. In dieser Folge liest Friedrich Schoenfelder die Geschichten Augusthitze und Nacht über dem Moor von W. F. Harvey, Schicksal von Saki, Der schöne Anzug von H.G. Wells, Der Bahnwärter von Charles Dickens und Der Fluch der Feuer und Schatten von William Butler Yeats.
©1964 / 1969 /1961 Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb) (P)1964 / 1969 /1961 Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb)
Twelve Stories and a Dream
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A brand new collection of 13 short stories by the master of supernatural suspense and thrillers, exploring science fiction and fantasy themes. All of the stories in this volume follow a simple and classic pattern: exposition, conflict, resolution. Because of the short story format, there is not much room for complication or denouement, so these stories by nature are simpler than some of Wells' other work, and therefore will keep the listener entertained and engrossed! Included in this collection are 'Filmer', 'The Magic Shop', 'The Valley of Spiders', 'The Truth About Pyecraft', 'Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland', 'The Inexperienced Ghost', 'Jimmy Goggles the God', 'The New Accelerator', 'Mr Ledbetter's Vacation', 'The Stolen Body', 'Mr Brishner's Treasure', 'Miss Winchelsea's Heart', and 'A Dream of Armageddon'. About the reader: John Banks is one of the UK's most prolific audiobook narrators, working for the likes of Big Finish, Audible, Random House and Games Workshop. He is a true multivoice, creating everything from monsters to marauding aliens. He is also an accomplished stage and TV actor. About the author: Herbert George Wells was a novelist, teacher, historian and journalist who has become known as the "father of science fiction". His works have been adapted countless times and provided the basis for many literary and theatrical productions.
Public Domain (P)2017 Spokenworld Audio & Ladbroke Audio Ltd/Fantom Publishing
Kipps
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Orphaned at an early age, raised by his aunt and uncle, and apprenticed for seven years to a draper, Artie Kipps is stunned to discover upon reading a newspaper advertisement that he is the grandson of a wealthy gentleman - and the inheritor of his fortune. Thrown dramatically into the upper classes, he struggles desperately to learn the etiquette and rules of polite society. But as he soon discovers, becoming a 'true gentleman' is neither as easy nor as desirable as it at first appears.
©2012 H.G. Wells (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
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La Maquina del Tiempo [The Time Machine]
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En esta novela un viajero logra avanzar cientos de siglos en el tiempo y se encuentra con el estado final de la evolucion humana, en que las clases trabajadoras acaban siendo esclavas de las privilegiadas, en una forma tan sutil que ni ellos mismos se dan cuenta. The story is about a time traveling scientist who studies the 4th dimension: time. He builds this incredible machine, (the time machine) in order to travel through time forwards or backwards.
©2001 Disonex S.A. (P)2001 Disonex S.A.
The War of the Worlds
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The War of the Worlds has been both popular and influential. It has never gone out of print. It has spawned half a dozen feature films, radio dramas, various comic book adaptations, a television series, and sequels or parallel stories by other authors. It has even influenced the work of scientists. It is one of the earliest stories that details a conflict between mankind and an alien race.
Public Domain (P)2012 Trout Lake Media
The Dream
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Written in 1924, The Dream tells the story of a man from a utopian future who dreams the entire life of an Englishman from birth to his untimely death. Weaving the lives of Sarnac, a biologist from the year AD 4000, and Harry, a man whose life was ended too soon, Wells creates a mystical connection between two very different time periods. This classic science-fiction novel with a splash of romance has captivated audiences for generations.
Public Domain (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Die Zeitmaschine
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Dieser 1895 erschienene Klassiker der Science-Fiction-Literatur ist die erste literarische Beschreibung einer Zeitreise in die Zukunft, die mittels einer Zeitmaschine bewerkstelligt wird. Der Roman wurde mehrmals verfilmt. Der Zeitreisende hat sich gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts eine Maschine gebaut, mit deren Hilfe er sich in der vierten Dimension, der Zeit, bewegen kann. Bei seiner ersten Reise in die Zukunft erreicht er das Jahr 802.701. Dort findet er die Welt zweier gegensätzlicher Arten von Lebewesen menschlicher Abstammung bewohnt, die sich im Verlauf von Jahrtausenden aus den beiden extremen Gesellschaftsklassen des viktorianischen England zu zwei Menschenrassen weiterentwickelt haben: den oberirdisch lebenden Eloi und den unterirdischen Morlocks...
©gemeinfrei (P)2018 BUCHFUNK Verlag
The War of the Worlds
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When a Martian spacecraft lands on Woking Common, mankind is terrorised by aliens in tall, armoured capsules which stalk the countryside on three legs. The machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties, and survivors are driven underground. Scientist John Nicholson (Paul Daneman) tells how he was plunged into a paralysing nightmare of stark terror, savage madness and utter destruction. Martin Jarvis, Peter Sallis, and Anthony Jackson also feature in this thrilling six-part dramatisation of HG Wells' book, first broadcast on Radio 4 in 1967.
©2007 BBC Audiobooks Ltd (P)2007 BBC Audiobooks Ltd
HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume III
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This collection comprises stories by and inspired by the originators of weird fiction. From Allen's "The Arctic Death", through to Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", Stoker's "Dracula's Guest", and beyond. Time immemorial; worlds unimaginable. Contents: "The Arctic Death" (W. Allen) "Caterpillars" (E. F. Benson) "The Willows" (A. Blackwood) "Vale of the Corbies" (A. J. Burks) "The Repairer of Reputations" (R. W. Chambers) "The Gray Rider" (C. H. Craig) "The Nightmare Road" (F. Crow) "Beyond the Door" (P. K. Dick) "An Unnatural Feud" (N. Douglas) "The Witch in the Fog" (A. Faust) "The Fourth Dimension" (C. Ford) "The Ring" (J. M. Fry) "Special News Bulletin" (V. Gaddis) "Cleanup on Aisle 22" (I. Gordon) "Pockets" (I. Gordon) "Letters from the Village" (I. Gordon) "August Heat" (W. F. Harvey) "Graves and Goblins" (N. Hawthorne) "The Children of the Night" (R. E. Howard) "The Fearsome Touch of Death" (R. E. Howard) "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (R. E. Howard) "The Thing in the Cellar" (D. H. Keller) "Bells of Horror" (H. Kuttner) "The Salem Horror" (H. Kuttner) "Demons of the Film Colony" (T. LeBerthon) "The Black, Dead Thing" (F. B. Long) "The Last Test" (H. P. Lovecraft) "The Lurking Fear" (H. P. Lovecraft) "Two Black Bottles" (H. P. Lovecraft) "The Devil" (G. d. Maupassant) "The Terror" (G. d. Maupassant) "The Cask of Amontillado" (E. A. Poe) "The Tell-Tale Heart" (E. A. Poe) "The Paradise of the Ice Wilderness" (J. Regis) "Hey, You Down There!" (H. Rolseth) "Dracula's Guest" (B. Stoker) "The Shadow on the Moor" (S. Strauss) "The Gong Ringers" (H. Vokine) "The Tree-Men of M'Bwa" (D. Wandrei) "The Red Room" (H. G. Wells)
©2020 Ian Gordon (P)2020 Ian Gordon
The War of the Worlds
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The War of the Worlds by Herbert George Wells (H. G. Wells) was published in 1898 at a time when he wrote a series of novels related to a number of historical events of the time. The most important of these was the unification and militarization of Germany. The story, written in a semi-documentary style, is told in the first person by an unnamed observer. It tells of the events which happen mostly in London and the county of Surrey, England, when a number of vessels manned by aliens are fired from Mars and land on Earth.
Public Domain (P)2011 ABN