The Star

By H.G. Wells, 1897

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946)—known as H. G. Wells—was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine(1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.

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MUSIC:

• "Cylinder Two" by Chris Zabriskie
• "Cylinder Three" by Chris Zabriskie
• "Cylinder Five" by Chris Zabriskie
• "Cylinder Seven" by Chris Zabriskie
• "Cylinder Eight" by Chris Zabriskie
• "Original Rags" by Scott Joplin
• "hydroscope" by Gallery Six
• "Digya" by Kevin MacLeod
• "Devastation and Revenge" by Kevin MacLeod
• "Low Horizon" by Kai Engel
• "Tomie's Bubbles" by Candlegravity
• "Candlepower" by Chris Zabriskie

Of Now And Then retells fantasy and future fictional stories in the public domain produced as audiobooks. The show is voiced, edited and produced by Aram Vartian.

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