When the Sleeper Wakes (Illustrated)/ The First Men In The Moon (Illustrated). / The Sea Lady

Book excerpt: Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), English novelist and social commentator, chiefly known as a founder of the science fiction genre.His early novels, called "scientific romances", invented a number of themes now classic in science fiction in such works as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds and are often thought of as being influenced by the works of Jules Verne. Volume 2 (Illustrated).- When the Sleeper Wakes [1899]. (Illustrated by Henri Lanos).- The First Men In The Moon [1901]. (Illustrated by Claude Allin Shepperson). - The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine [1902]. (Illustrated by Lewis Christopher Edward Baumer). -The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth [1904].About the Series: Volume 1. (Annotated & Illustrated).- The Time Machine [1895]. - The Wonderful Visit [1895]. - The Island of Doctor Moreau [1896]. - The Invisible Man [1897]. - The War of the Worlds [1898]. (Illustrated by Henrique Alvim Corr�a, from the 1906 French edition).- Annotations: "An Appreciation of H. G. Wells", by Mary Austin, 1911.