The Crystal Egg

Overview:

• Title: The Crystal Egg
• Author: H. G. Wells
• Year: 1897
• Type: Short Fiction

Synopsis:

An antiques dealer buys some items, unknowingly picking up crystal egg in a the deal. Upon closet inspection, small lifeforms and structures can be seen inside the egg. The dealer determines from clues that the egg is in fact a viewer, and that he is viewing scenes from Mars.

Notes:

First published: The New Review May, 1897

Editions/Publications:

• 1899. Tales of Space and Time (1899, H. G. Wells Harper & Row, 6/-, 358 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1913. The Country of the Blind (1913, H. G. Wells Thomas Nelson, 7d, 574 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1913. The Country of the Blind (1913, H. G. Wells London: Thomas Nelson, 574 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1926. Amazing Stories, May 1926 (1926, Hugo Gernsback, 96 pages, Magazine)
• 1927. The Short Stories of H. G. Wells (1927, H. G. Wells Ernest Benn, 7/6, 1148 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1927. The Short Stories of H. G. Wells (1927, H. G. Wells London: Ernest Benn, 7/6, 1148 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1948. Strange Ports of Call (1948, August Derleth Pellegrini Cudahy, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1952. Twenty-Eight Science Fiction Stories (1952, H. G. Wells Dover, $3.95, 924 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1954. Tales of the Unexpected (1954, H. G. Wells London: Collins, 252 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1959. Aspects of Science Fiction (1959, G. D. Doherty John Murray, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1960. Best Stories of H. G. Wells (1960, H. G. Wells Ballantine, Catalog ID: #S414K, $0.35, 320 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1962. A Century of Science Fiction (1962, Damon Knight Simon & Schuster, $4.95, 352 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1963. War of the Worlds, the Time Machine and Selected Short Stories (1963, H. G. Wells Platt & Monk, Catalog ID: #63-14325, $3.97, 514 pages, Hardcover, Omnibus)
• 1963. A Century of Science Fiction (February 1963, Damon Knight Dell, Catalog ID: #1157, $0.75, 384 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1965. The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells (1965, H. G. Wells, Collection)
• 1966. Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells (1966, H. G. Wells Dover, $1.50, 303 pages, Trade, Collection)
• 1966. The Valley of the Spiders (1966, H. G. Wells Fontana, 3/6, 191 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1966. A Century of Science Fiction (1966, Damon Knight Pan, ID: T19, 6/-, 446 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1975. In Dreams Awake (1975, Leslie A. Fiedler Dell, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1976. Visions of Tomorrow (1976, Roger Elwood Pocket, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1982. Gernsback Awards 1926 (1982, Forrest J. Ackerman Triton Books, v+309 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1982. The Gernsback Awards Vol. 1, 1926 (1982, Forrest J. Ackerman Triton Books, ISBN-10: 0943958016, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1983. Magic for Sale (1983, Avram Davidson Ace, ISBN-10: 0441515355, $2.75, 210 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 2003. The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus (2003, Peter Haining Bounty Books, ISBN-10: 0753708515, £9.99, 578 pages, Trade, Anthology)

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