The Star

Overview:

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

Synopsis:

A plantoid crashes into Neptune, causing it to form a new star. Its violent birth causes widespread disaster on Earth, but some live on to start a better Earth.

Notes:

First published: The Graphic Dec, 1897

Editions/Publications:

• 1899. Tales of Space and Time (1899, H. G. Wells Harper & Row, 6/-, 358 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1911. The Door in the Wall (1911, H. G. Wells New York: M. Kennerley, 153 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1911. The Door in the Wall (1911, H. G. Wells Kennerley, 153 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, June 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)
• 1949. The Other Side of the Moon (1949, August Derleth Pellegrini Cudahy, $3.75, 461 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1950. Shot in the Dark (January 1950, Judith Merril Bantam, Catalog ID: #751, $0.25, 310 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1952. Twenty-Eight Science Fiction Stories (1952, H. G. Wells Dover, $3.95, 924 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1954. The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics (1954, Harold W. Kuebler Hanover House, $2.95, 694 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1957. The Earth in Peril (1957, Donald A. Wollheim Ace, Catalog ID: #D-205, $0.35, 158 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1957. Science in Fiction (1957, Alfred E. Bayliss, John C. Bayliss University of London, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1960. Best Stories of H. G. Wells (1960, H. G. Wells Ballantine, Catalog ID: #S414K, $0.35, 320 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1963. The Other Side of the Moon (1963, August Derleth Panther, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1964. PowersGreat Science Fiction Stories (1964, Cordelia Titcomb Smith Dell, Catalog ID: #3160, $0.50, 288 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1965. The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells (1965, H. G. Wells, Collection)
• 1965. The Cone (1965, H. G. Wells Fontana, Catalog ID: #1125, 3/6, 160 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1965. Second Orbit (1965, G. D. Doherty John Murray, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1966. Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells (1966, H. G. Wells Dover, $1.50, 303 pages, Trade, Collection)
• 1966. From Frankenstein to Andromeda (1966, James Goldie Brown MacMillan UK, 7/6, 150 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1970. The Mirror of Infinity (1970, Robert Silverberg Harper & Row, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1970. Mirror of Infinity (1970, Robert Silverberg Canfield Press, xi+324 pages, Anthology)
• 1973. Past, Present, and Future Perfect (1973, Jack C. Wolfe, Gregory Fitz Gerald Fawcett Premier, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1974. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974, Bonnie L. Heintz, Frank Herbert, Donald A. Joos, Jane Agorn McGee Rinehart & Winston, Trade, Anthology)
• 1977. The Best of British SF 1 (1977, Mike Ashley Futura, ISBN-10: 0860079120, 95p, 411 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1977. The Road to Science Fiction #1 (1977, James E. Gunn Mentor, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1978. Approaches to Science Fiction (1978, Donald L. Lawler Houghton Mifflin, ISBN-10: 0395254965, 560 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1979. Science Fiction: Creators and Pioneers (1979, Dr. Arthur Liebman Richards Rosen, ISBN-10: 0823904938, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1979. Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories (1979, Eric S. Rabkin Oxford University Press, ISBN-10: 0195025423, $22.50, 478 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1983. Beyond the Stars: Tales of Adventure in Time and Space (1983, Anonymous London: Octopus, ISBN-10: 0862730945, 286 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1983. Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology (1983, Eric S. Rabkin Oxford University Press 0-19-503290-X, $19.95, 529 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1997. The Country of the Blind and Other Science-Fiction Stories (1997, H. G. Wells Dover, ISBN-10: 0486295699, $1.50, v+90 pages, Trade, Collection)

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