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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
H. G. Wells
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"How did it end? Oh! like that. Well—perhaps. Yes, there's one more thing that may throw light on it. A week or so after landing I was down Regent-street doing a bit of shopping, and who should I see arm-in-arm and having a purple time of it but Padishah and Potter. If you come to think of it—
"Yes. I've thought that. Only, you see, there's no doubt the diamond was real. And Padishah was an eminent Hindoo. I've seen his name in the papers—often. But whether the bird swallowed the diamond certainly is another matte. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
H.G. Wells is an amazing storyteller and I was thrilled to read a new collection I had never heard of before.
I overestimated my ability to step out of current events and although it wasn't about the current pandemic, it definitely had some parts that were tough to read. I have been saying this like
Technically, “Select Conversations With An Uncle” which was published earlier in 1895 was Wells’ first collection of stories, but the stories from that collection have largely been forgotten, while this collection, “The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents”, contains a few stories which have long bee
It's hard to rate this book because the short stories of this collection are uneven. Some of them are really great (the stolen bacillus, the strange orchid, the "novo" moth, the treasure in the forest, the aeryornis island, the deal in ostriches); they are based on great ideas (some of them expanded
Most of the stories are highly enjoyable. A mixed bag, but most of the nuts were good.
I was stunned to find two 1-star reviews because of H.G. Wells’ “racist and eugenics-friendly opinions”; while I agree that a few stories were a bit pointless, and that the author used to have some rather strong o
The story is way ahead of its time, about an anarchist who tries to poison London's water supply with cholera. Short story as it is, the ending is priceless!