The Plattner Story
by H. G. Wells
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While assigned to teach chemistry in a small private school in southern England, Gottfried Plattner experiments with an unnamed green powder provided by one of his students. The subsequent explosion sends him into what he believes is the fourth dimension, or the afterlife, where disembodied heads watch over the affairs of the living in our world. Plattner also discovers that he still has a small amount of the green powder left on him. A subsequent explosion sends him back to our dimension nine days later but with one difference—his internal organs have shifted to the opposite side of his body and his asymmetrical facial features have likewise swapped sides so as to be a mirror image of his former countenance.
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H. G. Wells was born in Bromley, England on September 21, 1866. After a limited education, he was apprenticed to a draper, but soon found he wanted something more out of life. He read widely and got a position as a student assistant in a secondary school, eventually winning a scholarship to the Royal College of Science in South Kensington, where show more he studied biology. He graduated from London University in 1888 and became a science teacher. He also wrote for magazines. When his stories began to sell, he left teaching to write full time. He became an author best known for science fiction novels and comic novels. His science fiction novels include The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Wonderful Visit, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon, and The Food of the Gods. His comic novels include Love and Mr. Lewisham, Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul, The History of Mr. Polly, and Tono-Bungay. He also wrote several short story collections including The Stolen Bacillus, The Plattner Story, and Tales of Space and Time. He died on August 13, 1946 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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