The Collected Short Stories of H. G. Wells

By: H. G. Wells

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

A spine-tingling collection of the greatest short stories by the father of science fiction, H. G. Wells.

• 'The Time Machine'
• 'The Empire of the Ants'
• 'The Crystal Egg'
• 'The Sea-Raiders'
• 'The Door in the Wall'
• 'A Dream of Armageddon'
• 'The Country of the Blind'
• 'Under the Knife'
• 'The Stolen Body'
• 'The Plattner Story'
• 'The Stolen Bacillus'
• 'The Magic Shop'
• 'The Inexperienced Ghost'
• 'The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes'
• 'The Argonauts of the Air'
• 'The Flowering of the Strange Orchid'
• 'Aepyornis Island'
• 'The Diamond Maker'
• 'The Temptation of Haringay'
• 'The Star'
• 'The Treasure in the Forest'
• 'The Red Room'
• 'The Valley of Spiders'
• 'Through a Window'
• 'The Lord of the Dynamos'
• 'The Moth'
• 'A Deal in Ostriches'
• 'The Flying Man'
• 'In the Avu Observatory'
• 'The Lost Inheritance'

Plus many more short fiction masterpieces by H. G. Wells.

Public Domain (P)2016 Red Door Audiobooks

no titles for stories - call called chapter ##

stories are good but chapter titles are useless, who is the editor for that?!? or can I just edit the chapter names? stories are similar to his other works and enjoyable but reader isn’t clear - automated?

Narrator not make these treasures come alive

I was so looking forward to hearing these H. G. Wells Stories. I have 9 of them on old tapes I found in a thrift store. Narrator unknown in multiple story set, Clifton Chase in the other one. Both narrations were very pleasant to listen to and I've worn out my old tapes. The wonderful experiences I had with these narrators is the reason I was so excited to listen to The Collected Short Stories of H. G. Wells. Sadly Cathy Dobson's style made it very unpleasant to listen to these wonderful stories. Her style is quite morose, monotone with a similar long drawn out drawl of the word ending each sentence making it very irritating . I have listened to 58 of the 68 stories to see if I could get used to her narration style. So far it is not working for me and it is disappointing that she was not able to make these H. G. Wells stories come alive. At this point, I cannot recall or mentally relive the stories I have listened to due to my mind rejecting her narration style and tone.

Nails on a chalkboard

The voice of the reader had a rhythm that was painful to listen to . I could not get through the book it was money wasted

Great Stories Terrible Narration

I will personally create a new audio version let me know who wants it and we will make it happen

Needs a table of contents

My main complaint is that there is no listing on stories in the collection and which chapters go with which stories.