[COMPLETE] Men Like Gods by H. G. Wells - kiki

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Men Like Gods by H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946).

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/men-like-gods-by-h-g-wells/

In the summer of 1921, a disenchanted journalist escapes the rat race for a drive in the country. But Mr. Barnstaple's trip exceeds his expectations when he and other motorists are swept 3,000 years into the future. The inadvertent time travelers arrive in a world that corresponds exactly to Barnstaple's ideals: a utopian state, free of crime, poverty, war, disease, and bigotry. Unfettered by the constraints of government and organized religion, the citizens lead rich, meaningful lives, passed in pursuit of their creative fancies. Barnstaple's traveling companions, however, quickly contrive a scheme to remake the utopia in the image of their twentieth-century world. ( Summery that was published with the book originaly )
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      Genres for the project: General Fiction/Published 1900 onward; Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

      Keywords that describe the book: fiction, sci-fi, science fiction, hg wells

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Okay! We are ready for a MC and DPL! Thank you in advance!
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"We" are not. You'll need another text link since google may block people from countries outside the US to view the book. :?
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Post by annise »

In general, we do not accept PGA is a source, they make no claim as to the edition they use, only that it is public domain in Australia - HG Wells has been PD here since Jan 1st 1997 as we work on the date the author dies not the publication date. And yes, the Google link is blocked for me in spite of that.

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Post by DACSoft »

Hi Luke,

Here are two scansets at The Internet Archive (TIA), either of which should work for LV (ETA: copyright 1923, PD in U.S.).

https://archive.org/details/mengods00hgw (published in New York)

https://archive.org/details/menlikegods00well (published in London)

Take your pick. :)

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Availle wrote: May 22nd, 2019, 3:47 pm "We" are not. You'll need another text link since google may block people from countries outside the US to view the book. :?
Aha! That’s what comes from having to many tabs open at once. You get the wrong link :shock: thanks! I’ll get that changed.
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DACSoft wrote: May 22nd, 2019, 4:21 pm Hi Luke,

Here are two scansets at The Internet Archive (TIA), either of which should work for LV.

https://archive.org/details/mengods00hgw (published in New York)

https://archive.org/details/menlikegods00well (published in London)

Take your pick. :)

Don
Thanks! I’ll pick #1! Appreciate you help!
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Okay. I think that we are now ready for a MC and DPL :thumbs:
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Post by DivMS »

I would like to volunteer as DPL. However, I may not be able to PL before 15 June. Do let me know if I can be of any help :)
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DivMS wrote: May 22nd, 2019, 8:33 pm I would like to volunteer as DPL. However, I may not be able to PL before 15 June. Do let me know if I can be of any help :)
Welcome to the project! Now all we need is a MC
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Post by Kikisaulite »

I will MC this for you and set the MW up shortly.
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Kikisaulite wrote: May 23rd, 2019, 2:57 am I will MC this for you and set the MW up shortly.
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Great thanks! MW is ready.
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Okay! Thank you all so much for your help! It seems like we are ready for readers wanted :thumbs:
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And to Readers Wanted we go!
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