The Man Who Could Work Miracles

Overview:

• Title: The Man Who Could Work Miracles
• Author: H. G. Wells
• Year: 1898
• Type: Short Fiction

Synopsis:

Fotheringay discovers that he has the ability to think miracles into existence. After receiving encouragement from his clergyman, he begins to exercise his powers to help people, until he inadvertantly thinks of Joshua, promptly stopping the Earth's rotation. A major catastrophy ensues, only to be undone by Fotheringay.

Notes:

First published: The Illustrated London News Jul, 1898

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, July 1926 (1926, Hugo Gernsback, 96 pages, Magazine)
• 1927. The Short Stories of H. G. Wells (1927, H. G. Wells London: Ernest Benn, 7/6, 1148 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1927. The Short Stories of H. G. Wells (1927, H. G. Wells Ernest Benn, 7/6, 1148 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1943. The Moonlight Traveler (1943, Philip Van Doren Stern New York: Doubleday, $3.00, xx+487 pages, 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)
• 1960. Best Stories of H. G. Wells (1960, H. G. Wells Ballantine, Catalog ID: #S414K, $0.35, 320 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1963. The Time Machine and Other Stories (1963, H. G. Wells Scholastic, Catalog ID: #T530, $0.45, vi+217 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1963. The Time Machine and Other Stories (1963, H. G. Wells Scholastic, vi+217 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1965. The Inexperienced Ghost and Nine Other Stories (1965, H. G. Wells Bantam, Catalog ID: #FP81, $0.50, 167 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 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)
• 1968. One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968, Damon Knight Simon & Schuster, Catalog ID: #LCC# 6828913, $7.95, 384 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1973. The Oddballs (1973, Vic Ghidalia Manor, Catalog ID: #95266, $0.95, 190 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1973. The Oddballs (1973, Vic Ghidalia Manor, Catalog ID: #95266, $0.95, 190 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1974. Strange Adventures in Time (1974, Roger Lancelyn Green J.M. Dent, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1974. Science Fact/Fiction (1974, Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage, John Pfordresher, Raymond J. Rodrigues Foresman, ISBN-10: 0673034070, 394 pages, Trade, Anthology)
• 1975. Is There Life on Earth? (1975, Peter D. Moss Australia: Rigby, ISBN-10: 0851799957, 116 pages, Trade, Anthology)
• 1976. The Time Machine (1976, H. G. Wells Pan, ISBN-10: 0330016970, £0.50, 123 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1977. Fantasy Tales (1977, Barbara Ireson London: Faber, ISBN-10: 0571109225, L3.50, 218 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1978. The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H. G. Wells (1978, H. G. Wells Castle Books, Hardcover, Omnibus)
• 1981. Fantasy Tales (1981, Barbara Ireson London: Beaver Books, Catalog ID: #20056, L1.10, 190 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1982. Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Fantasy of the 19th Century (1982, Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Beaufort, ISBN-10: 0825300991, $15.95, 368 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1993. Alfred Hitchcock's Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic (1993, Cathleen Jordan Smithmark, ISBN-10: 0831704373, 471 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)

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