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The Star and Other Stories (Audio Cassette)
The Star and Other Stories - Audio Cassette Author:H. G. Wells With the technical precision of a newspaper reporter, H. G. Wells describes the devastation wrought by the swoop of a blazing star close to the earth. Foreshadowing the scientific debate on the cataclysmic possibilities that a passing comet might bring about, Wells paints a graphic picture of global warming. — The snow on the Himalayas melts, and... more » the resulting floods sweep hundreds of millions to their deaths. Rising sea levels and topsy-turvy gravitational forces change forever life on the planet as we know it. Foreshadowing the frightening realism of The War of the Worlds, The Star is one of Wells's best disaster stories. In the other stories on this tape, we experiment with a drug that could revolutionize the world, discover intelligent ants that may rule the globe, and discover that aliens really have been observing us all along! Includes The Crystal Egg, The New Accelerator, and The Empire of the Ants.« less