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Books by H. G. Wells mentioned on podcasts
H. G. Wells and his classic science fiction contributions were discussed across multiple podcast platforms. On SmartLess in November 2022, during an advertisement segment for Audible, Sean discussed revisiting foundational literature and specifically highlighted classic works by H. G. Wells, including The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Dr. Moreau. On Timcast IRL in December 2020, Tim humorously referenced the plot of The War of the Worlds while discussing vaccines and COVID-19, noting how the invading aliens in the story were ultimately defeated by ordinary terrestrial illnesses to which humans had built natural immunity. On The Joe Rogan Experience in January 2019, Joe Rogan briefly mentioned H.G. Wells's time machine concept while discussing early scientific predictions and inventions. Stuart Russell discussed Wells on the Lex Fridman Podcast in December 2018, noting that the author wrote a science fiction book predicting powerful explosives around the same era that Nobel Prize winner Frederick Soddy discovered isotopes and lectured on atomic energy equivalents. Finally, Zoltan Istvan referenced H.G. Wells and The Island of Dr. Moreau on The Rubin Report in October 2016 to describe the controversial, extreme nature of modern genetic editing and human physical alterations.
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The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds by H.
Discussed“Goddard, he didn't just believe in the story randomly. He received it as a teenager. He read about it. He read The War of the Worlds and he read the unauthorized sequel to The War of the Worlds called Edison's Conquest of Mars.”
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The Time Machine
The Time Machine by H.
Discussed“There's a book called The Time Machine.”
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The Classic Science Fiction Collection
The Classic Science Fiction Collection compiles some of the most influential speculative fiction stories in literary history by legendary authors H.G.
Recommended“I am listening to H.G Wells the science fiction collection it's really cool he talks it you know part of it is like who are the worlds if the time machine The Invisible Man the island of Dr Moreau like all those classic ones I'm listening to again it's so so cool”
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The Invisible Man
Discussed“you've written a book on invisibility after I read your book I was wondering how much would it be worth today to be you know Wells as the Invisible Man say you're an able-bodied 30-year-old man in the United States or in the UK”
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The Island of Doctor Moreau
Discussed“talking about some island of Dr Maro type stuff Ben more like some Sabertooth stuff you know what I'm saying ideally it would be Sabertooth but you got to go through maroe to get to saber-tooth that's right yeah you got to you got to break a few eggs to make a cheetah omelet did you ever read the uh”
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The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
Discussed“remember the uh island of Dr Maro did you guys ever read that”
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The World Set Free
Discussed“and at the start of his book, Schlloer points out that the first person to conceive directly of an atomic bomb was HG Wells, who wrote a 1914 novel titled The World Set Free.”
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When the Sleeper Wakes
Discussed“in when the sleeper wakes from 1899 the protagonist rouses from two centuries of slumber to a dystopian London in which citizens used wondrous forms of technology like the audiobook airplane and television yet suffer systemic oppression”
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