Selected Stories of H. G. Wells

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2004 Modern Library Paperback Edition

Introductory materials copyright © 2004 by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Biographical note copyright © 1996 by Random House, Inc.

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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866–1946.

[Short stories. Selections]

Selected stories of H. G. Wells/edited and with an introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin.—Modern Library pbk. ed.

p. cm.

1. Science fiction, English. I. Le Guin, Ursula K. II. Title.

PR5772.L4 2004

823’.912 2—dc22 2003070628

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