H. G Wells
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We had golfed until golfing was invisible; we had dined, and we were in that mood of tranquil kindliness when men will suffer a story. When Clayton began to tell one, we naturally supposed he was lying. It may be that indeed, he was lying-of that, the reader will speedily be able to judge as well as I. He began, it is true, with an air of matter-of-fact anecdote, but that we thought was only the incurable artifice of the man.
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The transitory mental aberration of Sidney Davidson, remarkable enough in itself, is still more remarkable if Wade's explanation is to be credited. It sets one dreaming of the oddest possibilities of intercommunication in the future, of spending an intercalary five minutes on the other side of the world, or being watched in our most secret operations by unsuspected eyes. It happened that I was the immediate witness of Davidson's seizure, and so it...
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This vintage book contains H. G. Wells' 1903 short story, 'The Land Ironclads'. It was first published in the 'Strand Magazine' and features "land ironclads," 100-foot-long war machines that are equipped with remotely controlled guns and are designed to house riflemen, engineers, and a captain. Unsurprisingly, the story was a contributing factor to Wells' reputation as a prophetic writer after tanks first appeared on the battlefield in 1916. "The...
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Scientific and Horrific Stories (2021) is a collection of short fiction by H. G. Wells. Despite his humble beginnings as the son of English servants, H. G. Wells would become one of the most revered writers of his day. His stories of adventure, utopia, and terror inspired such vastly different figures as Vladimir Nabokov, Winston Churchill, Jorge Luis Borges, and Sinclair Lewis. Many of his novels have been adapted for film, theater, radio, and television,...
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The observatory at Avu, in Borneo, stands on the spur of the mountain. To the north rises the old crater, black at night against the unfathomable blue of the sky. From the little circular building, with its mushroom dome, the slopes plunge steeply downward into the black mysteries of the tropical forest beneath. The little house in which the observer and his assistant live is about fifty yards from the observatory, and beyond this are the huts of...
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El hombre invisible de H.G. Wells es una novela clásica de ciencia ficción que sigue la historia del Dr. Griffin, un brillante científico que descubre una forma de hacerse invisible. Mientras Griffin experimenta con su nuevo poder, sucumbe a la locura y utiliza su invisibilidad con fines siniestros. La novela explora temas como el poder, la moralidad y las consecuencias de una ambición científica desmedida. A medida que las acciones de Griffin...
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This story is of a time beyond the memory of man. Before the beginning of history, a time when one might have walked dryshod from France (as we call it now) to England, and when a broad and sluggish Thames flowed through its marshes to meet its father Rhine, flowing through a wide and level country that is under water in these latter days, and which we know by the name of the North Sea. In that remote age the valley which runs along the foot of the...
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Two of the greatest science fiction classics of all time...in one collection! H.G. Wells (1866 -1946) - the master of the genre - created his "scientific romances" and set the standard for futuristic literature that teemed with both social commentary and a prescient view of the world to come. Here, we present "The Island of Doctor Moreau" and "The War of the Worlds," two of the most popular and thrilling science fiction novels ever created...together...
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The World Set Free is a perfect example of H. G. Wells's gift for prophecy. Written on the eve of World War I, the novel predicts a major world war (although in the story the war doesn't start until 1956). The novel also examines the advent of atomic power, both as a bomb and a source of energy.
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Compiled in one book, the essential collection of speculative science fiction books: Looking Backward 2000-1887, Edward Bellamy Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions, Edwin Abbott Abbott Utopia, Thomas More Gulliver of Mars, Edwin L. Arnold ,The Emerald City of Oz, L. Frank Baum, The Time Machine, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells, Anthem, by Ayn Rand, A Voyage to Arcturus, David Lindsay, 20000 Leagues Under the Seas, Jules Verne, All Around the Moon,...
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"When The Sleeper Awakes" is a dystopian science fiction novel about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. The main character awakes to see his dreams realized, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformations.
"Time Machine" is a dystopian story of time traveler who witnesses...
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Auf einer Schiffspassage im Pazifischen Ozean vor der Küste Südamerikas wird Edward Prendick nach einem Streit mit dem Käpt'n in einem Beiboot ausgesetzt. Er kann sich auf eine nahe Insel retten, auf der andere Passagiere des Segelschiffs an Land gehen. Dort findet er eine seltsame, höchst verstörende Welt vor, in der Zwitterwesen aus Mensch und Tier leben. Urheber des Horrors ist der mysteriöse Doktor Moreau, ein aus London stammender Wissenschaftler,...
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La Merveilleuse visite est le deuxième roman de H.G. Wells, publié en 1895. Ayant un ange pour personnage principal, créature née de l'imagination et non figure religieuse, il se déroule dans l'Angleterre contemporaine. Ce roman fantastique, aux tonalités onirique, poétique et philosophique offre dans le même temps une satire cocasse des mœurs et institutions de l'Angleterre victorienne. En effet, lorsqu'un ange fait irruption dans le quotidien...
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When we look at all the main religions, and patriotic, moral and traditional systems in which human beings are sheltering today, they appear to be in a mutually destructive movement, like the houses and palaces of some vast, sprawling city overtaken by a landslide. To the very last moment, despite falling rafters and bulging walls, men and women cling to the houses in which they were born and to the ways to which they have grown accustomed. At the...
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In 1888, while a student, H.G. Wells published "The Chronic Argonauts," a 3-part story serialized in The Science Schools Journal. He would later return to the themes and recreate the story as the classic novel, The Time Machine. (After The Time Machine's publication, Wells tried to suppress "The Chronic Argonauts," going so far as buying all copies he could find and destroying them.) Today, the story is a rarity in its original publication, but it...
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Classic novel, first published in 1896. According to Wikipedia: "The Wheels of Chance is an early comic novel by H. G. Wells about a cycle holiday, somewhat in the style of Three Men in a Boat. This novel was written at the height of the cycling craze (1890-1905) when practical, comfortable bicycles first became widely and cheaply available, and before the rise of the automobile.
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'Crux Ansata' is a fervent attack on the Roman Catholic Church and Pope Pius XII written by H. G. Wells at the height of the Second World War. Within it, Wells uses his position and popularity to bolster British morale, praising the English spirit whilst simultaneously condemning the "spreading octopus" of the Church and its "Shinto alliance." Contents include: 'Why Do We Not Bomb Rome?', 'The Development Of The Idea Of Christendom', 'The Essential...
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Ideal for history buffs and students, author H. G. Wells's insightful study of the origins and ramifications of the first World War is divided into three main sections-The War in Italy, The Western War, and How People Think About the War, each with a number of historically-stimulating subsections.