The Country of the Blind
by H. G. Wells
Although best known for his novels, it was G. G. Wells' first short fiction in which he explored the relationship between the fantastic and the ordinary. Here fear meets humor, cannibalistic squid invades the sleepy shores of Devon, and strange twists and portals in space and time lead to other worlds - an incredible literary universe that shows the author's admiration for the wonders and dangers of scientific progress. In his introduction, Wells wrote that this collection encompasses "all the stories I care about someone reading again." With the exception of two sets of related short stories, "The Story of the Stone Age" and "The Story of the Coming Days" in his earlier collection Tales of Space and Time, he went on to say that "none of my least-value short history is excluded from this volume."
