The Door in the Wall and Other Stories:

I remember having read the story of the king of the valley of the blind men in Reader's Digest once upon a time... I didn't know it was by H.G.Wells. It made a huge impact on me. I suppose I was a teenager, I don't remember where on the scale :-DI can't help thinking about [b:Atlas Shrugged 662 Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405868167l/662.SY75.jpg 817219] when I read The Cone. :-DThe Door reminds me a little about Starless Sea. :-DThe Star is interesting, ecological catastrophe story... one of the earliest of that kind, I can imagine :-D[b:The White People and Other Weird Stories 11226926 The White People and Other Weird Stories Arthur Machen https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1311702486l/11226926.SY75.jpg 16152817] and [b:The Hound of Death 450779 The Hound of Death Agatha Christie https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1374713913l/450779.SY75.jpg 2785408] also come to mind. Very nice stories.