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The Stolen Bacillus and other stories

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(4,212 Sterne; 26 Bewertungen)

A collection of 15 humorous short stories by the original master of speculative fiction: H. G. Wells. This was the first collection of short stories published by the author, and contains a mixture of fantasy, science-fiction and humour! - Summary by Beth Thomas (4 hr 52 min)

Chapters

The Stolen Bacillus

16:25

Read by Pamela Nagami

The Flowering of the Strange Orchid

18:23

Read by Lauren Randall

In the Avu Observatory

18:33

Read by Bill Mosley

Triumphs of a Taxidermist

8:41

Read by James White

A Deal in Ostriches

13:16

Read by Eddie Kigozi

Through a Window

23:27

Read by Eddie Kigozi

The Temptation of Harringay

15:23

Read by Eddie Kigozi

The Flying Man

15:13

Read by Eric Leuschner

The Diamond Maker

21:13

Read by Eddie Kigozi

Aepyornis Island

25:46

Read by Lauren Randall

The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes

31:42

Read by DJRickyV

The Lord of the Dynamos

23:55

Read by Snowdrop58

The Hammerpond Park Burglary

14:58

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)

A Moth - Genus Novo

25:12

Read by Benjamin Davis

The Treasure in the Forest

20:52

Read by Saint Ananda

Bewertungen

Good stories & reading. A few bad recordings.

(4 Sterne)

I enjoyed these very much, but 3-5 were recorded such that every few seconds the recording did not pick up the reader's voice. I thought it it was background noise or me not paying attention enough, but listening very intently, the words just seem to skip part of the sentence every few moments. I had to skip those because I couldn't follow the story. Excellent group of stories & readers otherwise.

Gripping!

(5 Sterne)

A wonderful set of tales with some very unusual concepts. One in particular had me on the edge of my seat! But beware.. a few contain language or bias of the time that might be offensive to some.

An entertaining collection of stories

(4 Sterne)

An interesting collection of stories by H G Wells, most were entertaining but some were hard to listen to because of the reader's accents were pretty heavy (no offense intended).