"The Crystal Egg" is a science fiction short story written by H. G. Wells in 1897. - The story tells of a shop owner, named Mr. Cave, who finds a strange crystal egg that serves as a window into the planet Mars. - The story was written the same year in which Wells was serializing "The War of the Worlds" in Pearson's Magazine, a year before it was published as a novel. Because of the vaguely similar descriptions of the Martians and their machines, "The Crystal Egg" is often considered a precursor to "The War of the Worlds", though there is no clear foreshadowing of the events that transpire in the novel.
Twelve Stories and a Dream (Unabridged)
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The So-Called Science of Sociology (Unabridged)
H. G. Wells
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The Art of Being Photographed (Unabridged)
H. G. Wells
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In the Days of the Comet (Unabridged)
H. G. Wells
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Concerning Chess (Unabridged)
H. G. Wells
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On the Art of Staying at the Seaside : A Meditation at Eastbourne (Unabridged)
H. G. Wells
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The Star (Unabridged)
H. G. Wells
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The Coming of the Martians - The War of the Worlds, Book 1 (Unabridged)
H. G. Wells
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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (Unabridged)
H. G. Wells
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An Englishman Looks at the World (Unabridged)
H. G. Wells
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What is Coming? - A Forecast of Things After the War (Unabridged)
H. G. Wells
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The World Set Free (Unabridged)
H. G. Wells
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