Born on this day – H. G. Wells:

H. G. Wells

Writer

September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946

The Time Machine

By H.G. Wells.

First published 1895.

Published by Bantam Classics.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0553213512

ISBN-13: 978-0553213515

Description:

When the Time Traveller courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700 – and everything had changed. In this unfamiliar, utopian age, creatures seemed to dwell together in perfect harmony. The Time Traveller thought he could study these marvelous beings – unearth their secret and then return to his own time – until he discovered that his invention, his only avenue of escape, had been stolen.

H.G. Well's famous novel of one man's astonishing journey beyond the conventional limits of the imagination first appeared in 1895. It won him immediate recognition and has been regarded ever since as one of the great masterpieces in the literature of science fiction.

Books, short stories and screenplays:

30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories (2019); 30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die (2019); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); A Dream of Armageddon (1901); A Modern Utopia (1905); A Modern Utopia and Other Discussions (1925); A Short History of the World (1922); A Story Of The Days To Come (1897); A Vision of Judgment (2022); A Volume of Journalism (1999); Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls (1985); Aepyornis Island (2022); Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Bar The Doors (1946); All Aboard for Ararat (1940); Amazing Stories, February 1929 (2014); An Englishman Looks at the World (1914); Ann Veronica (1909); Anticipations (1901); Apropos of Dolores (1938); Autocracy of Mr. Parham (1930); Babes in the Darkling Wood (1940); Bealby: A Holiday (1915); Boon (1915); Boon, the Mind of the Race (1915); Brynhild (1937); Bulpington of Blup (1930); Certain Personal Matters (1897); Christina Alberta's Father (1925); Classic Martian Stories (2014); Classic Tales of Horror (2020); Collected Short Stories (2008); Contact: Stories of the New World (2013); Crux Ansata (1943); Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction (1975); Elements of Reconstruction (1916); Experiment in Autobiography (1934); Experiment in Autobiography, Vol. 2 (1984); First and Last Things (1908); Floor Games (1911); Frank Swinnerton (1975); God the Invisible King (1917); Great Classic Science Fiction (2010); Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror (1931); H.G. Wells in Love (1934); In the Days of the Comet & Seventeen Short Stories (1999); In the Days of the Comet (1906); In The Fourth Year (1918); Interviews and Recollections (1981); Joan and Peter: A Story of an Education (1918); Kipps (1905); Little Wars (1913); Little Wars and Floor Games (2006); Lost Mars (2018); Love and Mr. Lewisham (1899); Mankind in the Making (1903); Marriage (1912); Meanwhile the Picture of a Lady (1927); Men Like Gods (1923); Mind at the End of Its Tether (1945); Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928); Mr. Britling Sees It Through (1916); Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation (1898); Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland (1903); Mysterious Sea Stories (1987); New Worlds for Old (1908); Over the Rainbow (1983); Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1979); Science Fiction Stories (1988); Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences (1895); Star Begotten (1937); Tainted: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2008); Tales of Space and Time (1899); Tales of the Occult (1989); Tales of the Weird and Supernatural (2011); Tales of Wonder (1910); The Argonauts of the Air & 15 Short Stories (2015); The Best Crime Stories Ever Told (2002); The Best Short Stories of H.G. Wells (2015); The Brothers (1938); The Camford Visitation (1937); The Campfire Collection (2003); The Chronic Argonauts (1888); The Complete Short Stories (1927); The Conquest of Time (1942); The Conquest of Time and The Happy Turning (2002); The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 2 (1997); The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 3 (1997); The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 4 (1997); The Correspondence of H.G. Wells (1996); The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories (1909); The Croquet Player (1936); The Crystal Egg (1897); The Crystal Egg and Other Tales (1897); The Desert Daisy (1957); The Discovery of the Future (1902); The Door in the Wall (1906); The Door in the Wall? And Other Stories (2017); The Dream (1924); The Empire of the Ants and Other Stories (1977); The Fate of Homo Sapiens / The Fate of Man (1939); The First Men in the Moon (1901); The Flowering of the Strange Orchid (1894); The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904); The Future in America (1906); The Grisly Folk, and the Wild Asses of the Devil (2008); The History of Mr Polly (1910); The Holy Terror (1939); The Invisible Man (1897); The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896); The King Who Was a King (1929); The Magic Shop (1903); The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1898); The Man With a Nose (1984); The Martian Invasion of Earth (1898); The Moth and Other Stories (1962); The New Accelerator (2017); The New Machiavelli (1911); The New World Order (1939); The Obliterated Man (2022); The Outline of History (1919); The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993); The Passionate Friends (1913); The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984); The Plattner Story (1896); The Plattner Story and Others (1897); The Pocket Book of Mystery Stories (1941); The Red Room and Other Stories (2000); The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes / The Story of Davidson's Eyes (1895); The Research Magnificent (1915); The Salvaging of Civiization (1921); The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A (1973); The Science of Life (1929); The Sea Lady (1902); The Sea-Raiders (1897); The Secret Places of the Heart (1922); The Shape of Things to Come (1933); The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1970); The Sleeper Awakes (1911); The Soul of a Bishop (1917); The Star (1897); The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (1896); The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost (1902); The Time Machine (1895); The Time Traveler's Almanac (2013); The Treasure in the Forest (1894); The Triumphs of a Taxidermist (1894); The Undying Fire (1919); The Valley of Spiders (1903); The War in the Air (1908); The War of the Worlds (1898); The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives (2005); The Wealth of Mr. Waddy (1969); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Wheels of Chance (1896); The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914); The Wonderful Visit (1895); The World of William Clissold (1926); The World Set Free (1914); Thirty Strange Stories (1897); This Misery of Boots (1907); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974); Tono-Bungay (1909); Twelve Stories and a Dream (1906); Ugh-Lomi and the Cave Bear (2016); Under the Knife (2022); War and the Future / Italy, France and Britain at War (1917); War Stories (1987); Washington and the Riddle of Peace / Washington and the Hope of Peace (1922); What is Coming? (1916); When the Sleeper Wakes / The Sleeper Awakes (1899); World Brain (1938); World's Great Mystery Stories (1943); You Can't Be Too Careful (1941).

Album:

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (1978).

Movies and television:

A Brief History of Time Travel (2018); A Trip to the Moon (1902); Actor's Studio (1948); Alien Conquest (2021); Ancient Aliens (2022); Ann Veronica (1964); Armchair Theatre (1957); BBC Play of the Month (1966); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1952); BBC: The Voice of Britain (1935); Blue Bottles (1928); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951); Chapter 9 (2019); Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (2024); Christmas Tales (1990–1991); Cineficción Radio (2019); Das Land der Blinden oder Von einem der auszog (1976); Day-Dreams (1928); Dead of Night (1945); Deadly Tales (1998); Deadly Tales / Segment: Crystal Glazing (1998); Dr. Jekyll Meets the Invisible Man (1977); Dr. Moreau (2022); Empire of the Ants (1977); Endgame (2007); First Men in the Moon (1964); First Men on the Moon (2019); First Person (1960); Gemini Man (1976); Google and the World Brain (2013); Görünmeyen adam Istanbul'da (1955); H.G. Wells Comedies (1928); H.G. Wells: The Father of Science Fiction (2005); H.G. Wells's the Country of the Blind (2014); Half a Sixpence (1967); Have You Got Any Castles? (1938); History's Mysteries (1999); How to Become a Tyrant (2021); How to Lose Weight (1986); Il giustiziere invisibile (1916); In Search of... (1982); Invisible Agent (1942); Island of Lost Souls (1932); Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds: Minigame Adventure / Video Game (2011); Jeff Wayne's the War of the Worlds (1998); Kipps (1921 / 1960); La cometa Naranja (1974); La femme invisible (2011); La merveilleuse visite (1974); La Venere d'Ille (1981); Let's Make a Musical (1977); Love and Mr Lewisham (1959 / 1972); Marriage (1927); Matinee Theatre (1957); Miss Winchelsea's Heart (2023); Mr. Paracelsus, Who Are You? (1966); Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland (2023); Mutant League Football (1993); NASA's Unexplained Files (2019); Night of the Invisible Man (2009); Nová metoda malíre Smithe (1973); O Contador de Histórias (1955); Out of Place Podcast (2020); Overlap (2006); Parlez-moi de Vous (2023); Post Tenebras Lux (2017); Prophets of Science Fiction (2006); Riding with Death (1976); Siesta Z (2017); Spine Chillers (1980); Suspense (1963); Tales of Tomorrow (1951); Television Theater (1957); Terror Is a Man (1959); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Battle of Grovers Mill (2024); The Beautiful Suit by H.G. Wells (2022); The Button (1982); The Complete Citizen Kane (1991); The Door (2011); The Door in the Wall (1956 / 1990); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Empire Strikes Door (2019); The Erotic Time Machine (2002); The Final Redpill (2022); The First Men in the Moon (1919 / 1997 / 2010); The Food of the Gods (1976); The Golden Twenties (1950); The Greatest Canadian (2004); The History of Mr Polly (2007 / 1949 / 1959 / 1980); The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001); The Invisible Man (1933 / 1975 / 1984 / 1985 / 1998 / 2000 / 2015 / 2020); The Invisible Man / TV Series (1958–1959); The Invisible Man Returns (1940); The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944); The Invisible Thief (1909); The Island of Doctor Agor (1971); The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 / 1996); The Island of the Lost (1921); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003); The Magic Shop (1980 / 1982); The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells (2022); The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936); The Man Who Knew How to Work Miracles (1969); The New Adventures of the Time Machine (2000); The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells (2016); The Passionate Friends (1922); The Passionate Friends (1949); The Red Room / Podcast Series (2024); The Red Room: A H.G. Wells Adaptation (2023); The Remarkable Mr. Kipps (1941); The Shape of Things to Come (1979); The Stolen Body by H.G. Wells (2022); The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost (2023); The Time Machine (1949 / 1960 / 1978 / 1997 / 2002); The Tonic (1928); The Truth About Pyecraft (1959); The Twentieth Century (1961); The Twilight People (1972); The Unforeseen (1959); The UnXplained (2021); The War of the Worlds (1953 / 1967 / 2005 / 2014 / 2019); The War of the Worlds 2021 (2021); The War of the Worlds: Great Books (1994); The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981); The Wheels of Chance (1922); Theatre Fantastique (2017); They Forgot to Read the Directions (1924); Things to Come (1936); Time Machine: Rise of the Morlocks (2011); Time Machine: The Journey Back (1993); Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (2004); Village of the Giants (1965); War of the Servers (2007); War of the Worlds (2005 / 2013 / 2019 / 2020); War of the Worlds (Is What It Is Theatre) (2001); War of the Worlds / TV Series (1988–1990); War of the Worlds / Video Game (1981); War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008); War of the Worlds the True Story (2012); War of the Worlds: Goliath (2012); We're All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel) (2022); What Lies Beneath (2008); Wishbone (1995); World War Weird (2018); Your Favorite Story (1954).

Born on this day – Beatrix Potter:

Beatrix Potter

Writer

Illustrator

July 28, 1866 – December 22, 1943

Credits:

Books:

Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes (1917); By a Woman's Hand (2010); Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes (1922); Fairy Tales for Adults (2018); Little Red Riding Hood: The Ultimate Collection (1697); Peter Rabbit and Eleven Other Favorite Tales (1993); Round the Christmas Tree (1983); The Christmas Present Hunt (2021); The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit (1906); The Story of Miss Moppet (1906); The Tailor of Gloucester (1903); The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904); The Tale of Ginger & Pickles (1909); The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908); The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918); The Tale of Kitty In Boots (2016); The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930); The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1906); The Tale of Mr. Tod (1912); The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905); The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910); The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901); The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913); The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or the Roly-Poly Pudding (1908); The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903); The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909); The Tale of The Pie and The Patty-Pan (1905); The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911); The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907); The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904).

Movies and television:

Abel Classics (2022); Beatrix Potter Collection (2020); Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge (2016); Blue Peter (1959); Country Boy (1935); Flopsy Turvy (2018); Jackanory (1966–1980); MC Grammar: Reading Is Amazing (2022); My Green Fedora (1935); Mysteries at the Museum (2018); Peter Rabbit (2018); Peter Rabbit / TV series (2012–2015); Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021); Small Time (1962); The Adventures of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny (1996); The Beatrix Potter Collection (1985); The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit (1994); The Tailor of Gloucester (1989); The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990); The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1985 / 1991); The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (2022); The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971); The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992–1995).

Born on this day – George Barr McCutcheon:

George Barr McCutcheon

Writer

July 26, 1866 – October 23, 1928

Credits:

Books:

A Fool and His Money (1913); Anderson Crow Detective (1920); Beverly of Graustark (1904); Black Is White (1914); Blades (1928); Books Once Were Men (1931); Brewster’s Millions (1902); Castle Craneycrow (1902); Day of the Dog / Flyers / Purple Parasol / Her Weight in Gold (1916); East of the Setting Sun (1924); From the Housetops (1916); Graustark (1901); Green Fancy (1917); Her Weight In Gold (1914); Jane Cable (1906); Kindling and Ashes (1926); Mary Midthorne (1911); Mr. Bingle (1915); Nedra (1905); Oliver October (1923); Quiddlers Three (2004); Quill’s Window (1921); Romeo in Moon Village (1925); The Alternative (1909); The Butterfly Man (1910); The City of Masks (1918); The Daughter of Anderson Crow (1907); The Day of the Dog (1904); The Flyers (1907); The Hollow of Her Hand (1912); The Husbands of Edith (1908); The Inn of the Hawk and Raven (1927); The Light That Lies (1916); The Man From Brodney’s (1908); The Merivales (1929); The Prince Of Graustark (1914); The Purple Parasol (1905); The Rose in the Ring (1910); The Sherrods (1902); Truxton King (1909); Viola Gwyn (1922); West Wind Drift (1920); What’s-His-Name (1911); Yollop (1922).

Movies and television:

A Fool and His Money (1920 / 1925); An Opal Ring (1915); Beverly of Graustark (1914 / 1926); Black Is White (1920); Brewster’s Millions (1914 / 1921 / 1935 / 1945 / 1985); Cowardice Court (1919); Graustark (1915 / 1925); Hands of Mystery (1951); Hello Mr. Billionaire (2018); In the Hollow of Her Hand (1918); Miss Brewster’s Millions (1926); Mr. Bingle (1922); Nedra (1915); Our Mutual Girl, No. 49 (1914); Saved by Parcel Post (1913); Sherry (1920); The Butterfly Man (1920); The Circus Man (1914); The City of Masks (1920); The Fast Worker (1924); The Man from Brodney’s (1923); The Mystery Girl (1918); The Prince of Graustark (1916); The Prisoner (1923); Three on a Spree (1961); Truxton King (1923); What’s His Name (1914).

Born on this day – Edmund Vance Cooke:

Edmund Vance Cooke

Writer

June 5, 1866 – December 18, 1932

Books:

A Morning's Mail (1907); A Patch of Pansies (1894); Basebology (1912); Brass Tacks Ballads (1924); Cheerful Children (1923); Chronicles of the Little Tot (1905); Companionable Poems (1924); From the Book of Extenuations (1926); I Rule the House (1910); Impertinent Poems (1903); Just Then Something Happened (1914); Little Songs for Two (1909); Rimes to be Read (1897); The Story Club (1912); The Uncommon Commoner (1913); Told to the Little Tot (1906).

Sunset in the Rockies, by Albert Bierstadt (1866):