An engineer poses as an aide to a scientist whose invention of a world-conquering weapon drives him insane.

Prompted by a mysterious Icelandic manuscript, a professor and his nephew, with the aid of a local guide, adventure to the center of the earth through the crater of a dormant volcano.

A collection of short stories by H. G. Wells in a variety of genres ordered by date of publication.

Two British men become the first humans to reach the Moon.

Two scientists discover a substance which promotes rapid and extreme growth in plants, animals, and humans, leading to unexpected and alarming consequences.

A scientist named Griffin creates a serum to render himself invisible and subsequently descends into madness.

A shipwrecked man is rescued by a boat and left on a strange island owned by a physiologist who experiments in vivisection.

A mysterious inventor travels to a land far off in time.

The first-person narrative of the Martian invasion of 19th-century Earth.

Facing the devastation of a nuclear world war, humanity unites under a world government.

A thousand years in the future, the builder of a spaceship discovers his emotions.