H.G. Wells' original masterpiece now includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on the author, a list of further reading, and detailed notes. Famous for the mistaken panic that ensued from Orson Welles' 1938 radio dramatization, "The War of the Worlds" remains one of the most influential of all science fiction works.

From the Publisher: "An illuminating anthology of World War I fiction by some of England's best-known writers. This new collection of short stories about World War I features works by such famous British authors as Joseph Conrad, W. Somerset Maugham, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Buchan, Rudyard Kipling, D. H. Lawrence, John Galsworthy, Radclyffe Hall, Katherine Mansfield, Robert Graves, Muriel Spark, and Julian Barnes. Written during the war and after,...

Two young companions, Totho and Salma, arrive at Tark to spy on the menacing Wasp army, but are there mistakenly apprehended as enemy agents. By the time they are freed, the city is already under siege. Over in the imperial capital the young emperor, Alvdan, is becoming captivated by a remarkable slave, the vampiric Uctebri, who claims he knows of magic that can grant eternal life. In Collegium, meanwhile, Stenwold is still trying to persuade the...

"The 17 stories collected here follow the title character, a swaggering soldier in Napoleon's army, famous for his bravery on the field of battle and his romantic forays with women."--Amazon.com.

"When Joe Darkie helps a worn-out squad of British soldiers defeat Japanese soldiers in 1942 Burma, the group lets him become their leader, but they start to question Joe's tactics as they fight in increasingly gruesome battles." --