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Æpyornis Island
Short story by H. G. Wells / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Æpyornis Island", or "Aepyornis Island", is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1894 in the Pall Mall Budget.[1] It was included in The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, the first collection of short stories by Wells, first published in 1895.
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Short story by H. G. Wells | |
![]() The cover of Pearson's Magazine that illustrates "Æpyornis Island", 1905. | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Genre(s) | Science fiction |
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Published in | Pall Mall Budget |
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Publication date | 27 December 1894 |
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In the story, a man looking for eggs of Aepyornis, an extinct flightless bird, passes two years alone on a small island with an Aepyornis that has hatched.