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The Door in the Wall

H.G. Wells

Start date: September 1, 2019

Finish date: September 30, 2019

Discussion: Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Sep 01, 2024 Sara rated it really liked it

Shelves: short-stories-novellas, sci-fi, mystery, classics

Apparently considered Wells best short-story, this one gave me pause, because I was at odds as to what the door might represent and the reasons why Wallace resisted going in. I think there are many explanations, all of them almost allegorical. I am excited to see what The Short Story group will say about this one.

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Jan 01, 2016 Laura rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction-20th-century, read-2016, audio-books, short-stories, british-literature, science-fiction, fantasy

From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
A mountaineer gets lost in a strange valley in The Andes and finds himself surrounded by a race of sightless people, another is transported to Fairyland - and a third spends his life searching for a lost world behind a door in a white wall in London.

Three mysterious stories of different Utopias by the master of the genre, HG Wells brought together in a single play by Kelvin Segger. A mix of adventure, comedy and suspense.

Stars Paul Webster as Nunez, Christian Rodska as Red ...more

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