A Slip Under the Microscope
By H. G. Wells
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H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells (1866-1946) is best remembered for his science fiction novels, which are considered classics of the genre, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). He was born in Bromley, Kent, and worked as a teacher, before studying biology under Thomas Huxley in London.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Two short story form Wells. A mystic one about missed opportunities and a maybe a bit too didactic moraliy story. Not his bests of course, but still an interesting read.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I enjoyed the first story more than the second. A mystery door that appears to tempt a man only when he absolutely must be elsewhere. The second story really was not what I expected from Wells. It was very firmly "real world". But what did surprise me was how modern the class room interactions where between the male and female characters. The fact that there were female characters studying science at a university also surprised me given the story was originally published in 1896.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5These two short stories are by H.G. Wells, so of course I was expecting science fiction. But they were not. The first, "The Door in the Wall," contains some magical, fantastic elements, but they are in a story told to the narrator who never quite decides whether or not he believes them. The second is the title story, and is about class and distinguishing oneself at a prestigious university. Both feature "but what do you really want in life?" kind of decisions. Both feel very true in their understanding of human nature. I'm not normally fond of short stories, but for some reason I ended up fond of both of these.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An interesting pair of stories. I've seen people complain about how they aren't science fiction (and they're not) but authors often write beyond their core genre, and it's unfair to be disappointed when they do. The first story might be classed as fantasy, the second is a real world character study. I enjoyed the first more, but both are interesting.
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A Slip Under the Microscope - H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells
A Slip Under the Microscope
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A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
Outside the laboratory windows was a watery-grey fog, and within a close warmth and the yellow light of the green-shaded gas lamps that stood two to each table down its narrow length. On each table stood a couple of glass jars containing the mangled vestiges of the crayfish, mussels, frogs, and guinea-pigs upon which the students had been working, and down the side of the room, facing the windows, were shelves bearing bleached dissections in spirits, surmounted by a row of beautifully executed anatomical drawings in white-wood frames and overhanging a row of cubical lockers. All the doors of the laboratory were panelled with blackboard, and on these were the half-erased diagrams of the previous day’s work. The laboratory was empty, save for the demonstrator, who sat near the preparation-room door, and silent, save for a low, continuous murmur and the clicking of the rocker microtome at which he was working. But scattered about the room were traces of numerous students: hand-bags, polished boxes of instruments, in one place a large drawing covered by newspaper, and in another a prettily bound copy of News from Nowhere, a book oddly at variance with its surroundings. These things had been put down hastily as the students had arrived and hurried at once to secure their seats in the adjacent lecture theatre. Deadened by the closed door, the measured accents of the professor sounded as a featureless muttering.
Presently, faint through the closed windows came the sound of the Oratory clock striking the hour of eleven. The clicking of the microtome ceased, and the demonstrator looked at his watch, rose, thrust his hands into his pockets, and walked slowly down the laboratory towards