{"product_id":"the-country-of-the-blind-and-other-stories-9780141441986","title":"The Country of the Blind and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe early short stories of an essential 20th century literary personage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHerbert George Wells was perhaps best known as the author of such classic works of science fiction as \u003ci\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWar of the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e. But it was in his short stories, written when he was a young man embarking on a literary career, that he first explored the enormous potential of the scientific discoveries of the day. He described his stories as a miscellany of inventions, yet his enthusiasm for science was tempered by an awareness of its horrifying destructive powers and the threat it could pose to the human race. A consummate storyteller, he made fantastic creatures and machines entirely believable; and, by placing ordinary men and women in extraordinary situations, he explored, with humor, what it means to be alive in a century of rapid scientific progress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking w","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732494037335,"sku":"9780141441986","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-country-of-the-blind-and-other-stories-9780141441986","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}