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    <body><![CDATA[Long descriptive writing style but so much imagination.  There were so many stories in this rather thick book but some of my favorites were The Time Machine, The Country of the Blind, The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic and A Dream of Armageddon.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Although most of hg's settings were either 19th century England or Brazil, he never failed in bringing vivid imagination to his stories.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As a young man, I loved Wells. As a disaffected kid who thought he could find truth hidden somewhere inside a book, Wells' novels and stories were some of my favorite places to look.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm using &quot;A Story of the Stone Age&quot; for my thesis and would like to finish &quot;The Crystal Egg&quot; soon. These stories simply don't get enough credit!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm using one story, &quot;The Man Who Could Work Miracles,&quot; for philosophy class. It was made into a fascinating old b&amp;w movie. Do read it! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Love these short stories. They are perfect for reading during break time at work. ]]></body>
    
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