H.G. Wells
Herbert George Wells was born to a working class family in Kent, England. Young Wells received a spotty education, interrupted by several illnesses and family difficulties, and became a draper's apprentice as a teenager. The headmaster of Midhurst Grammar School, where he had spent a year, arranged for him to return as an "usher," or student teacher. Wells earned a government scholarship in 1884, to study biology under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School of Science. Wells earned his bachelor of science and doctor of science degrees at the University of London. After marrying his cousin, Isabel, Wells began to supplement his teaching salary with short stories and freelance articles, then books, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).Wells created a mild scandal when he divorced his cousin to marry one of his best students, Amy Catherine Robbins. Although his second marriage was lasting and produced two sons, Wells was an unabashed advocate of free (as opposed to "indiscriminate") love. He continued to openly have extra-marital liaisons, most famously with Margaret Sanger, and a ten-year relationship with the author Rebecca West, who had one of his two out-of-wedlock children. A one-time member of the Fabian Society, Wells sought active change. His 100 books included many novels, as well as nonfiction, such as A Modern Utopia (1905), The Outline of History (1920), A Short History of the World (1922), The Shape of Things to Come (1933), and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1932). One of his booklets was Crux Ansata, An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church. Although Wells toyed briefly with the idea of a "divine will" in his book, God the Invisible King (1917), it was a temporary aberration. Wells used his international fame to promote his favorite causes, including the prevention of war, and was received by government officials around the world. He is best-remembered as an early writer of science fiction and futurism.He was also an outspoken socialist. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Fathers of Science Fiction". D. 1946.More: http://philosopedia.org/index.php/H._...http://www.online-literature.com/well...http://www.hgwellsusa.50megs.com/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/t...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells
A bűvös bolt és más elbeszélések
H.G. Wells
Egy kis cseléd meg egy urasági kertész – később szatócs – negyedik gyermekeként látta meg Herbert George Wells 1866-ban Bromley kormos napvilgát. Tizennégy éves kortól volt posztókereskedő-inas, gyógyszerésztanonc, segédtanító, Huxley professzor lelkes biológus-hallgatója a londoni egyetemen, bukott fizika-geológia szakos diák, fábiánus- és szocialista-szimpatizáns, vese- és tüdőbajos nagybeteg, tanár – majd huszonhét esztendősen végleg kikötött az írásnál.
Több, mint félévszázados írói munkássága során tömérdek műfajjal kísérletezett, ő maga legszívesebben „tudományos” szerzőnek tartotta magát, kritikusai Dickenshez és Jules Verne-hez mérték, az utókor elsősorban mint a tudományos-fantasztikus irodalom atyját tiszteli. elbeszéléseinek nagy része fantasztikus-utópisztikus; de van Wellsnek más írói arca is. A sokat próbált, sok nélkülözés, megaláztatás közt íróvá – és jómódú polgárrá – lett Wells életének nagy réme az elszegényedés, a társadalmi süllyedés, a nehezen megszerzett létbiztonság elvesztése. Ez a szorongás fantasztikus novelláiban is fel-felbukkan, de ebből született Wellsnek néhány szinte dickensi figurája is.
Kötetünk huszonegy elbeszélése méltán reprezentálja a közelmúltnak ezt az érdekes íróegyéniségét; a tudományos-fantasztikus irodalom egyik nagy előfutárától, Az időgép-től a kispolgár éles rajzain át Wells humoros novelláiig.
A Dream of Armageddon
H.G. Wells
I woke up, I say, because the girl had stopped fanning me. I was not surprised to find myself there or anything of that sort, you understand. I did not feel I had fallen into it suddenly. I simply took it up at that point. Whatever memory I had of this life, this nineteenth-century life, faded as I woke, vanished like a dream. I knew all about myself, knew that my name was no longer Cooper but Hedon, and all about my position in the world. I've forgotten a lot since I woke--there's a want of connection--but it was all quite clear and matter of fact then. - Alibris
A Guerra dos Mundos
H.G. Wells
When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three-legged machines, incinerating all in their path with a heat ray and spreading noxious toxic gases, the people of the Earth must come to terms with the prospect of the end of human civilization and the beginning of Martian rule.
Inspiring films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, television series and sequels,The War of the Worlds is a prototypical work of science fiction which has influenced every alien story that has come since, and is unsurpassed in its ability to thrill, well over a century since it was first published.
A Ilha do Doutor Moreau
H.G. Wells
«Na minha opinião, a precedência dos primeiros romances de Wells — A Ilha do Doutor Moreau, por exemplo, ou O Homem Invisível — deve-se a uma razão mais profunda. Não só é engenhoso o que referem; é também simbólico de processos que de certo modo são inerentes a todos os destinos humanos. O acossado homem invisível, que tem de dormir como que com os olhos abertos porque as suas pálpebras não excluem a luz, é a nossa solidão e o nosso terror; a seita de monstros sentados que fanhosamente recitam na sua noite um credo servil é o Vaticano e é Lassa. A obra que perdura é sempre capaz de uma infinita e plástica ambiguidade.»
Jorge Luis Borges, em Outras Inquirições
A ilha do dr. Moreau
H.G. Wells
Em 1887, o navio Lady Vain naufraga no Pacífico. À deriva e sem esperanças de sobreviver em alto mar, Charles Prendick é resgatado por um navio, chefiado pelo doutor Montgomery, com uma missão invulgar: levar algumas espécies de animais selvagens para uma pequena ilha do Pacífico. Ainda debilitado, Prendick é obrigado a desembarcar na ilha, onde conhece a estranha figura do dr. Moreau, um cientista que, exilado em consequência de controversas pesquisas em Inglaterra, realiza experiências macabras com animais.
A Máquina do Tempo
H.G. Wells
Publicado pela primeira vez em 1895, A Máquina do Tempo consagrou-se como uma das obras primas da literatura universal e iniciou o período literário em que o homem é capaz de viajar no tempo e, por vezes, alterar o destino da humanidade. E, Wells começou aqui uma fantástica e aclamada produção literária, tantas vezes adaptada ao cinema e televisão, tendo sido a sua Guerra dos Mundos adaptada à rádio por Orson Wells e lançado o pânico nos Estados Unidos pelo seu impressionante realismo.
No final da época vitoriana, um cientista inventa a Máquina do Tempo e viaja até ao ano 802.700, onde encontra tudo mudado.
Nesta época, muito mais utópica, as criaturas que encontra pareciam viver em perfeita harmonia.
O Viajante do Tempo pensa poder estudar estes magníficos seres humanos, desvendar-lhes os segredos e regressar ao seu tempo. Até que descobriu que a sua invenção, o seu passaporte para a fuga, tinha sido roubada…
A Modern Utopia
H.G. Wells
In A Modern Utopia, two travelers fall into a space-warp and suddenly find themselves upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government.
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Ann Veronica
H.G. Wells
Stong-willed, reckless and fiercely independent, Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to be a Person, to work, love and, above all, to live. Walking away from her stifling father and the social conventions of her time, she leaves drab suburbia for Edwardian London and encounters an unknown world of suffragettes, Fabians and free love. But it is only when she meets the charismatic Capes that she truly confronts the meaning of her new found freedom. Ann Veronica caused a sensation, damned in the press and preached against from the pulpits when it was first published due to Wells' ground breaking treatment of female sexuality. A fascinating description of the women's suffrage movement, Ann Veronica offers an optimistic depiction of one woman's sexual awakening and search for independence.
A Porta no Muro
H.G. Wells
Escrito por H. G. Wells, conhecido como pai da ficção científica moderna, e publicado pela primeira vez em 1906, “A porta no muro” nos levará ao mundo de lembranças do nosso protagonista, que certa vez encontrou uma misteriosa porta verde numa parede branca. Cada decisão tomada por ele em diferentes momentos da vida é uma porta que se abre. E cabe a nós confiar no narrador enquanto ele nos guia através dessa jornada cheia de alegorias sobre o conflito da humanidade, entre atender ao chamado dos nossos sonhos ou a expectativa da sociedade.
A Short History of the World
H.G. Wells
Of the more than one hundred books that H. G. Wells published in his lifetime, this is one of the most ambitious. Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of World War I, A Short History of the World is an engrossing account of the evolution of life and the development of the human race. Wells brings his monumental learning and penetrating historical insight to bear on the Neolithic era, the rise of Judaism, the Golden Age of Athens, the life of Christ, the rise of Islam, the discovery of America, the Industrial Revolution, and a host of other subjects. Breathtaking in scope, this thought-provoking masterwork remains one of the most readable and rewarding of its kind.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
A Slip under the Microscope
H.G. Wells
'I will go in, out of this dust and heat, out of this dry glitter of vanity, out of these toilsome futilities. I will go and never return.' Two disturbing, mysterious and moving stories from Wells, science-fiction pioneer.
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H. G. Wells (1866-1946).
Wells's works available in Penguin Classics are Ann Veronica, The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories, The First Men in the Moon, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau, Kipps, Love and Mr Lewisham, A Modern Utopia, The New Machiavelli, The Shape of Things to Come, A Short History of the World, The Sleeper Awakes, The Time Machine, Tono-Bungay, The War in the Air and The War of the Worlds.
Chris Mould's War of the Worlds: A Graphic Novel
H.G. Wells
In 1894, across space, this earth was being watched by envious eyes, and plans were being drawn up for an attack. What seems to be a meteorite falls to earth, but from the debris, unfolds terrifying alien life... A young man called Leon records his observations and sketches. 'Those who have never seen Martian life can scarcely imagine the horror' - he tells us. 'Even at this first glimpse, I was overcome with fear and dread. The earth stood still as we watched, almost unable to move ...' In a full colour, graphic novel retelling of the classic, Chris Mould depicts the arrival of these giant martians that tower over woods and cities, seemingly ungainly at first, but then horrifyingly efficient when they begin to attack... As war descends, Leon and his scientist wife race against the clock to discover the science behind these martians in the hopes of ending this war of all worlds.
Der Unsichtbare
H.G. Wells
Entsetzen springt den Leser an: Hinter dem grotesk bandagierten Gesicht und der dunklen Brille des unheimlichen Fremden, der da im Gasthof eines englischen Dorfes absteigt, verbirgt sich ein schwarzes Nichts. Selbst sehen, ohne gesehen zu werden, das bedeutet Macht über andere. Der Chemiker Griffin hat diesen Menschheitstraum verwirklicht. Doch alles hat seinen Preis: Gnadenlose Einsamkeit und hemmungslose Destruktivität sind die Folge. Die Angst geht um.
Wells' phantastisch-utopischer Roman von 1897 ist ein Klassiker. Reich an Gruseleffekten und packend erzählt, lotet diese subtile psychologische Studie schon am Ausgang des 19. Jahrhunderts die Abgründe aus, in die hybrider Forschergeist die Menschheit zu stürzen vermag. Ein Problem, das erst im atomaren Zeitalter brennend aktuell wurde und bleibt.
Die Zeitmaschine
H.G. Wells
"Die Zeitmaschine" (engl. Originaltitel "The Time Machine") ist ein Science-Fiction-Roman von H. G. Wells. Dieser 1895 erschienene Klassiker der Science-Fiction-Literatur ist die erste literarische Beschreibung einer Zeitreise in die Zukunft, die mittels einer Zeitmaschine bewerkstelligt wird. Der Roman wurde mehrmals verfilmt und gilt außerdem als ein Schlüsselwerk zur Entstehung des Steampunk.
Doktor Moreau'nun Adası
H.G. Wells
"...İnsanlara bakıyorum ve dehşete düşüyorum... Sanki içlerindeki hayvan sürekli dalgalanıp kabarıyormuş gibi geliyor."
Edward Prendick, geçirdiği bir gemi kazası sonucunda kendisini Büyük Okyanus'un ortasında, kimselerin uğramadığı volkanik bir adada bulur. Ama şansına, ada pek ıssız sayılmaz: Kendisini deneylerine adamış bir bilim adamı olan Dr. Moreau, alkolik asistanı Montgomery, onun tuhaf hizmetkârı M'ling ve Moreau'nun korkunç deneylerinin ürünü tuhaf yaratıklar.
Prendick, adanın içindeki ormanlarda pusu kuran tehlikelerin arasında çıktığı yolculuklarda garip ayinlerle, Kanun'la karşılaşacak, yeni ve tuhaf arkadaşlar edinecektir.
Dünyalar Savaşı
H.G. Wells
“Bu bir savaş değil. Hiçbir zaman savaş olmadı; İnsanlarla karıncalar arasındaki bir savaştan daha fazlası değil bu.”
H. G. Wells, bilimkurgunun atası, türe adını altın harflerle yazdırmış en büyük yazarlardan. Zaman Makinesi, Görünmez Adam, Doktor Moreau’nun Adası gibi eserleri ve düşünceleriyle âdeta zamanın ötesinden gelen bir yazar olan Wells, Dünyalar Savaşı’nda istila altındaki umutsuz ve çaresiz bir gezegenin hikâyesini anlatıyor: Dünya’nın.
Gökyüzünden İngiltere’nin güneyine düşen silindirlerin yarattığı merak hemen sonra yerini korkuya bırakmıştır. Dünya, Mars’tan gelen canlıların istilası altındadır. Henüz ne olduğunu anlayamadan Marslılar tarafından katledilmeye başlayan insanlar, var güçleriyle karşılık vermeye ve direnmeye çalışırlar.
Uzaylıların kontrolü altındaki İngiltere’de adsız anlatıcının tanıklıkları, insanlığın kaygı verici ümitsizliğinin ve hayatta kalma mücadelesinin karanlık bir portresini çizer. İnsanlığın Dünya üzerindeki binlerce yıllık hükümdarlığı son mu bulacaktır, yoksa bir kurtuluş ihtimali var mıdır?
Eclissi. Storie all'ombra della luna
H.G. Wells
La Luna è sicuramente una presenza ingombrante nei racconti e nella fantasia di ogni cultura, sin dall'alba dei Tempi. Danza con ogni materia, è simbolo di fertilità e benessere tanto quanto sa essere veicolo motore di stregoneria e occulto, da sempre è fulcro intorno a cui si plasmano le più dolci poesie, attorno a cui ribollono racconti di paura e superstizione; gli scheletri che qualcuno ha visto sulla sua superficie sono forse i resti di un campo di battaglia per i grandi scontri tra scienza, religione e politica? Con questo volume cerchiamo di accorciare la distanza con il nostro splendido satellite, avvicinandoci a Lei e viaggiandole accanto per ammirarla nelle sue differenti pose, da quelle più poetiche che ispirano i canti più deliziosi, a quelle più tremende, che riempiono di angoscia i cuori degli uomini che si sono persi nella sua attrazione ipnotica. Omaggiamo allora questa compagna fedele di artisti e scienziati, alchimisti e pensatori, dotti e ciarlatani, che sotto l'influenza dei suoi raggi illuminanti hanno saputo scrivere pagine di storie che altrimenti sarebbero state destinate all'oblio della tenebra notturna
El hombre invisible
H.G. Wells
Un día de nieve cerrada llega a una pequeña posada de un pueblo inglés un extraño individuo que cubre su rostro con vendas, sombrero y gafas. Pronto recibe un cargamento de tubos de ensayo y extraños productos y se encierra a trabajar en un misterioso experimento. Todo indica que ha sufrido un terrible accidente, sin embargo, la curiosidad de los vecinos puede más que la compasión y poco a poco conseguirá arrancar al forastero su terrible secreto.
Publicada originalmente en 1897 por entregas, H. G. Wells, continuando la estela de Victor Frankenstein, relata las contradicciones de un joven y brillante científico, que, absorto por los resultados de sus investigaciones, se desprende de toda ética en pro de su sed de dominio y lucro personal.
Las ilustraciones de Luis Scafati recrean admirablemente la aciaga atmósfera de una sociedad trastornada por la conducta de quien actúa con total impunidad cuando no es visto.
Experiment in Autobiography
H.G. Wells
The British author recounts his childhood, education, and career as a journalist and writer, and shares his views on education, religion, marriage, and literature
Görünmez Adam
H.G. Wells
H. G. Wells, bilimkurgunun atası, türe adını altın harflerle yazdırmış en büyük yazarlardan. Yazdığı bilim fantazileri nesiller boyu yazarları etkilemiş, onlara yol göstermiş; ilk basıldıkları dönemden itibaren etkilerini yitirmeden okurların gönlünde taht kurmaya devam etmiştir. Görünmez Adam da Wells’in eserleri içinde en akılda kalıcı olanlardan biri.
Tuhaf görünüşlü yabancı, bir tipi sırasında Iping Köyü’ne gelir. Garip hareketleri, giyinişi, suratının tamamının bandajlar içinde olması ve gözlüklerini bir an olsun gözünden çıkarmaması köy sakinleri tarafından kimi zaman şüpheyle, kimi zaman düşmanca karşılanır. Kısa süre içerisinde hakkındaki dedikodular giderek yoldan çıkan bir dizi olaya neden olacaktır.
H.G. Wells: Seven Novels
H.G. Wells
Immensely popular during his lifetime, H. G. Wells, along with Jules Verne, is credited with inventing science fiction. This new volume collects Wells' best-loved and most critically acclaimed works. In each, the author grounds his fantastical imagination in scientific fact and conjecture while lacing his narrative with vibrant action, not merely to tell a “ripping yarn,” but to offer a biting critique on the world around him. “The strength of Mr. Wells,” wrote Arnold Bennett, “lies in the fact that he is not only a scientist, but a most talented student of character, especially quaint character. He will not only ingeniously describe for you a scientific miracle, but he will set down that miracle in the midst of a country village, sketching with excellent humor the inn-landlady, the blacksmith, the chemist’s apprentice, the doctor, and all the other persons whom the miracle affects.”
H.G. Wells Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells, one of the founding fathers of science fiction created a rich universe of short stories, many of which are collected here in this special deluxe edition. The Star, The Time Machine, The Land Ironclads and A Dream of Armageddon are amongst the many gems which have inspired generations of writers (including those who contribute to our own Gothic Fantasy short story editions) to explore the world around us, its pasts, its complicated present, and its many futures.
H.G. Wells: The Science Fiction Collection
H.G. Wells
Listening time: 27 hrs 16 mins
He’s often been called the father of science fiction. Now, listen to H. G. Wells’ five science fiction novels in one definitive collection. Introduced by film director and H. G. Wells fanboy Eli Roth, the collection features unabridged recordings of the novels performed by Hugh Bonneville, Jason Isaacs, Sophie Okonedo, David Tennant and Alexander Vlahos.
The War of the Worlds narrated by David Tennant
When Earth is invaded by Martians in great mechanical tripods, terror ensues. They are equipped with heat rays and poisonous black gas, intent on wiping out the human race. During the destruction, one man’s story details the monstrous invasion and his struggle to find his wife in the devastation.
The First Men in the Moon narrated by Alexander Vlahos
A chance meeting between penniless businessman Mr Bedford and absentminded scientist Dr Cavor leads the two on a fantastical journey to the moon. However, they are unprepared for what they find: freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life. Will they be trapped forever?
The Time Machine narrated by Hugh Bonneville
Transported to the year AD 802,701, the Time Traveller encounters the peaceful Eloi, a beautiful elfin race of childlike adults afraid of the dark, and with good reason. Beneath the earth’s surface live the Morlocks, apish troglodytes who torment the Eloi. When the time machine is stolen, the Time Traveller must enter Morlock territory if he ever hopes to return home.
The Invisible Man narrated by Sophie Okonedo
When a strange man takes shelter at an inn, his skin covered from head to toe in bandages, he causes distrust. Griffin, a scientist, reveals that he has successfully managed to turn himself invisible, but alas without a way of undoing it. Desperate for a cure, his ailment drives him to many sinister actions, including murder.
The Island of Dr Moreau narrated by Jason Isaacs
Edward Prendick, the single survivor of a shipwreck, is rescued by Montgomery in a vessel carrying a menagerie of savage animals. Taken to an uncharted island, he meets Dr Moreau - a brilliant scientist whose notorious experiments have caused him to abandon the civilised world. It soon becomes clear he has been developing these experiments - with truly horrific results.
Known as ‘The Father of Science Fiction’, Herbert George Wells’ writing career spanned over 60 years. He was a writer of novels, short stories, nonfiction books and articles. As a young man, Wells won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in London, sparking his infamous vocation as a science fiction writer.
História Essencial do Mundo
H.G. Wells
Of the more than one hundred books that H. G. Wells published in his lifetime, this is one of the most ambitious. Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of World War I, A Short History of the World is an engrossing account of the evolution of life and the development of the human race. Wells brings his monumental learning and penetrating historical insight to bear on the Neolithic era, the rise of Judaism, the Golden Age of Athens, the life of Christ, the rise of Islam, the discovery of America, the Industrial Revolution, and a host of other subjects. Breathtaking in scope, this thought-provoking masterwork remains one of the most readable and rewarding of its kind.
In the Days of the Comet
H.G. Wells
A comet rushes toward the earth, a deadly, glowing orb that soon fills the sky and promises doom. But mankind is too busy hating, stealing, scheming, and killing to care. As luminous green trails of cosmic dust and vapor stream across the heavens, blood flows beneath: nations wage all-out war, bitter strikes erupt, and jealous lovers plot revenge and murder. The earth slips past the comet by the narrowest of margins, but all succumb to the gases in its tail. When mankind wakes up, everyone is completely and profoundly different. An ill-fated romance between Willie Leadford and Nettie Stuart unfolds in a world buried in misery and bent on its own destruction. After the earth passes through the comet's tail, suffering, pettiness, and injustice melt away. Willie, Nettie, and everyone around them are reborn. They now see themselves and their world in a dramatically new and wonderful way.
Kipps
H.G. Wells
Orphaned at an early age, raised by his aunt and uncle, and apprenticed for seven years to a draper, Artie Kipps is stunned to discover upon reading a newspaper advertisement that he is the grandson of a wealthy gentleman - and the inheritor of his fortune. Thrown dramatically into the upper classes, he struggles desperately to learn the etiquette and rules of polite society. But as he soon discovers, becoming a 'true gentleman' is neither as easy nor as desirable as it at first appears.
Krieg der Welten
H.G. Wells
H. G. Wells schuf 1898 mit dem Krieg der Welten den ersten Roman einer interplanetarischen Invasion, der das Vorbild zahlloser Marsmenschen-Märchen wurde. Orson Welles produzierte 1938 nach diesem SF-Klassiker das berühmteste Hörspiel aller Zeiten: obwohl als Hörspiel angekündigt, brach Panik aus, die Menschen verließen fluchtartig die Städte, weinten, beteten und glaubten an das Ende der Welt.
La guerra de los mundos
H.G. Wells
Han llegado del espacio exterior. De Marte, para ser exactos. Equipados con terribles máquinas, los invasores aterrizan en nuestro planeta y empiezan a sembrar el terror y la destrucción. Su único objetivo es conquistar la Tierra y convertir a los humanos en sus esclavos, y parece que nada ni nadie podrá detenerlos. Éste es el inicio de una de las guerras más importantes en la historia de la humanidad cuyas repercusiones harán que la Tierra nunca más vuelva a ser la misma.
La Guerra de los Mundos / The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells
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La guerre des mondes
H.G. Wells
«Je voyais maintenant que c'étaient les créatures les moins terrestres qu'il soit possible de concevoir. Ils étaient formés d'un grand corps rond, ou plutôt d'une grande tête ronde d'environ quatre pieds de diamètre et pourvue d'une figure. Cette face n'avait pas de narines - à vrai dire les Martiens ne semblent pas avoir été doués d'un odorat - mais possédait deux grands yeux sombres, au-dessous desquels se trouvait immédiatement une sorte de bec cartilagineux. [...] En groupe autour de la bouche, seize tentacules minces, presque des lanières, étaient disposés en deux faisceaux de huit chacun. Depuis lors, avec assez de justesse, le professeur Stowes, le distingué anatomiste, a nommé ces deux faisceaux des mains.»
La isla del doctor Moreau
H.G. Wells
LA ISLA DEL DOCTOR MOREAU (1896) es una de las novelas más inquietantes de la literatura moderna, inscribiéndose de lleno en la critica y ominosa intuición que HERBERT GEORGE WELLS (1866-1946), desde muy pronto, albergó respecto a los derroteros de la sociedad en la que le tocó vivir. La isla que da nombre al relato y los siniestros hechos de los que es escenario son, en efecto, una desasosegante parábola sobre el lado oscuro de la ciencia y también una sombria exploración de la esencia y los límites de la naturaleza humana. Cuando la novela fue escrita a fines del siglo XIX, la comunidad científica de Reino Unido estaba sumida en los debates sobre la vivisección de animales. Incluso, ciertos grupos de interés formaron, para abordar la cuestión, la "Unión Británica para la Abolición de la Vivisección," constituída dos años después de la publicación de la novela. La novela recibió duras críticas por el periodismo de la época, siendo calificada de "morbosa" y "sensacionalista", acusada de ofender a la "decencia" y el "sentido común" de la sociedad, o de faltar a la verosimilitud científica por considerar posible en biología la "manufacturación de monstruos," lo que lo relaciona con el tema de la "ingeniería genética".
La macchina del tempo
H.G. Wells
«Era orribile sentire nel buio tutte quelle creature viscide ammucchiate su di me, come essere in una mostruosa ragnatela.»
"'La macchina del tempo' è del 1895, l'edizione definitiva dell'uomo delinquente di Lombroso è del 1897: a Darwin, rapidamente divulgato, era già subentrato il darwinismo, tanto che Wells, che pure aveva fatto un discreto tirocinio prima come studente e poi come docente di biologia, arriva a concepire la regressione per una via tutta formale: se dalla scimmia è derivato l'uomo, si chiede, perché non immaginare un'ulteriore evoluzione non in avanti ma all'indietro ? Perché escludere «l'idea opposta», cioè una «regressione zoologica»? Per questa via Wells giunse a ipotizzare la totale estinzione del genere umano, come inscenato appunto nella parte finale (la cosiddetta «visione ulteriore») della Macchina del Tempo. Dipendendo dal raffreddamento del sole, la visione finale - un mondo senza esseri umani né mammiferi - ha comunque una sua pace; la cupezza della profezia wellsiana è invece tutta nel complementare destino dei ricchi e dei poveri rispettivamente come vegetali e come bruti, secondo la logica di un dissidio tutto interno all'evoluzionismo: da una parte Huxley e Wells, dall'altra un evoluzionista della prim'ora come Herbert Spencer, convinto che l'uomo avrebbe indefinitamente migliorato se stesso." (Dalla prefazione di Michele Mari)
La Machine à explorer le temps
H.G. Wells
«Je vis des arbres croître et changer comme des bouffées de vapeur ; tantôt roux, tantôt verts ; ils croissaient, s’étendaient, se brisaient et disparaissaient. Je vis d’immenses édifices s’élever, vagues et splendides, et passer comme des rêves. Toute la surface de la terre semblait changée – ondoyant et s’évanouissant sous mes yeux. Les petites aiguilles, sur les cadrans qui enregistraient ma vitesse, couraient de plus en plus vite. Bientôt je remarquai que le cercle lumineux du soleil montait et descendait, d’un solstice à l’autre, en moins d’une minute, et que par conséquent j’allais à une vitesse de plus d’une année par minute ; et de minute en minute la neige blanche apparaissait sur le monde et s’évanouissait pour être suivie par la verdure brillante et courte du printemps.»
La máquina del tiempo
H.G. Wells
¿A quién no le tentaría darse una vuelta por el futuro si creyera tener el regreso asegurado? El viajero se traslada al año 802701 gracias a la máquina del tiempo. Cuando vuelve, asombra a todos por el relato de su encuentro con los Eloi y los Morlock, una raza degenerada y en regresión. El autor reflexiona sobre el paso del hombre por la Tierra y su responsabilidad con respecto al porvenir.
La puerta en el muro
H.G. Wells
Para el protagonista de esta historia, la puerta en el muro es auténtica, y permite, a través de un mundo tan real y verdadero como el ladrillo y la madera, acceder a una realidad inmortal. El aire, allí, resulta extrañamente estimulante, la juventud está siempre presente, la belleza aparece por todas partes y la alegría arropa al visitante. ¿Existe, realmente, este jardín encantado capaz de enfrentarse a la tediosa existencia diaria?
LA SIRENA
H.G. Wells
L'île du docteur Moreau
H.G. Wells
"Il me revint en tête - par quel procédé mental inconscient -, une phrase qui fit retourner ma mémoire de dix ans en arrière. Elle flotta imprécise en mon esprit pendant un moment, puis je revis un titre en lettres rouges : LE DOCTEUR MOREAU, sur la couverture chamois d'une brochure révélant des expériences qui vous donnaient, à les lire, la chair de poule. Ensuite mes souvenirs se précisèrent, et cette brochure depuis longtemps oubliée me revint en mémoire, avec une surprenante netteté. J'étais encore bien jeune à cette époque, et Moreau devait avoir au moins la cinquantaine. C'était un physiologiste fameux et de première force, bien connu dans les cercles scientifiques pour son extraordinaire imagination et la brutale franchise avec laquelle il exposait ses opinions."
L'uomo invisibile
H.G. Wells
Capolavoro indiscusso dello scientific romance ma anche grottesca tragedia della «diversità», The invisible man è - insieme a The time machine e The Island of Dr. Moreau - uno dei capolavori di H. G. Wells: Griffin, il protagonista del libro, diviene un allarmante, chiaroveggente simbolo degli eccessivi ottimismi e dei fatali errori del xx secolo; nel suo patetico tentativo di «ricostruirsi» per tornare a essere un uomo come tutti gli altri (un cappello al posto della testa, occhiali neri al posto degli occhi...) c'è, con un anticipo di quasi cento anni, tutta la nostra solitudine e il nostro terrore.
Nel paese dei ciechi
H.G. Wells
Sperduto nelle Ande, Nuñez viene accolto da una comunità i cui membri sono tutti ciechi. Confuso dalla vita laboriosa e dai sensi finissimi dei suoi ospiti, dovrà destreggiarsi fra il proprio senso di superiorità e la loro remota saggezza: anche perché i ciechi si sono prefissi di guarirlo a tutti i costi dalla sua inspiegabile, perversa ossessione per la vista.
O Fantasma Inexperiente
H.G. Wells
Uma casa estranha, antiga e banhada por sombras é o cenário perfeito para uma história de terror. Em um sábado como outro qualquer entre amigos, Clayton decide narrar a visita de um fantasma um tanto quanto peculiar. Perdido e assustado, o fantasma vagava em busca de companhia. Entretanto, a conversa despretensiosa — e quase cômica — toma rumos arrepiantes.
Escrito em diálogo, O Fantasma Inexperiente levará o leitor por uma aventura inesperada por um mundo que se encontra ao mesmo tempo tão próximo e tão distante do nosso, com o melhor da narrativa de H.G. Wells.
O Homem Invisível (Coleção H.G. Wells)
H.G. Wells
Neste terceiro volume da coleção H.G. Wells você conhecerá mais um de seus grandes clássicos: "O Homem Invisível". Trata-se de uma leitura agradabilíssima, daquelas que realizamos avidamente, aguardando uma nova e surpreendente emoção que invariavelmente chega. O romance " O Homem Invisível" foi publicado por H.G.Wells en 1897 e logo se tornou um grande sucesso. É um livro divertido, para você "ler de uma sentada". Não carrega grandes pretensões filosóficas sobre o bem e o mal, mas trata-se de uma história que desafiou a imaginação das pessoas de seu tempo e que consegue mexer com nossas cabeças ainda hoje. Para quem gosta de ficção científica e de boa literatura é imperdível.
Omul invizibil. Războiul lumilor
H.G. Wells
Omul Invizibil
Omul Invizibil este un roman SF publicat de Wells în 1897. Personajul principal este Griffin, un om de ştiinţa care dezvoltă o teorie potrivit căreia orice om poate deveni invizibil dacă indicele de reflexie îi este modificat. El încearcă chiar pe pielea lui această teorie, însă îşi dă seama că fenomenul este ireversibil. Astfel, înnebuneşte de furie căci nu mai poate deveni un om normal şi e condamnat să rămână invizibil. Pentru a-si ascunde "handicapul", Griffin, devenit omul invizibil, îşi înveleşte corpul cu feşe, se îmbracă cu haine lungi şi poartă mereu ceva pe cap. Cartea a inspirat mai mulţi regizori de film, dar pelicula recentă semnată de Paul Verhoeven, cu Kevin Bacon în rolul principal,
este cea mai bine primită de spectatori şi critică, fiind nominalizată la Oscar.
Războiul lumilor
Războiul lumilor, un alt roman SF de succes semnat de Wells, are în centrul atenţiei un bărbat ce străbate Londra în timp ce Pământul este cotropit de marţieni. Se pare că acesta este primul roman în care este descris un posibil conflict între pământeni şi locuitori ai altei planete. Cartea urmăreşte două fire epice: unul - despre venirea marţienilor, celălalt - despre Pământul sub stăpânirea forţelor extraterestre. Când un "meteorit" aterizează în Sud-Vestul Londrei aproape de casa povestitorului, el este primul care descoperă că obiectul este de fapt un aparat extraterestru, de forma unui cilindru. Când aparatul se deschide, din el ies fiinţele extraterestre, descrise ca fiind de dimensiunea unor urşi, dar având opt membre. La scurt timp după aterizarea cilindrului pe Pământ, pentru a se proteja, naratorul se refugiază într-un buncăr.
O Ovo de Cristal
H.G. Wells
Nesta história de 1897, uma das pioneiras da Ficção Científica, o Sr. Cave, um comerciante de antiguidades, se depara com um misterioso cristal. Nele, é possível notar uma estranha luminescência e, afinal, um cenário exótico, com planícies, prédios, e criaturas desconhecidas. Então, aparecem dois interessados no objeto. O que estaria o Sr. Cave assistindo no ovo de cristal? Como evitar a venda do precioso item?
O Ovo de Cristal é um conto de Ficção Científica do renomado autor H. G. Wells. Escrito no mesmo ano do clássico "A Guerra dos Mundos", é considerado seu precursor, por apresentar criaturas e máquinas com as mesmas características da obra seguinte.
As narrativas de Wells, patriarca da literatura de investigação espacial, viriam a inspirar diversos autores, como Jorge Luis Borges, Isaac Asimov, Margaret Atwood, Vladimir Nabokov e Ursula K. Leguin. "O Ovo de Cristal" é uma de suas primeiras publicações, seguida por "A Guerra dos Mundos", "A Máquina do Tempo", "O Homem Invisível" e outros clássicos da literatura.
Selve oscure
H.G. Wells
Da sempre foreste e boschi esercitano un fascino particolare sugli amanti del gotico, siano essi scrittori o semplici lettori: scenari fantastici di mitologici racconti, rappresentano l'ambientazione ideale per riunire tutti quegli elementi dal tocco sufficientemente macabro che contraddistinguono le storie più note dei grandi autori del passato (e del presente). Alberi che prendono vita per animare un luogo già pregno di mistero e infestato da creature e spiriti che intrecciano le loro esistenze a quelle di poveri malcapitati sono solo alcuni dei protagonisti della raccolta di racconti dal titolo Selve Oscure, che raccoglie e lega perfettamente la sapiente maestria di autori del calibro di Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, Alphonse Daudet, Béquer e tanti altri.
Tales of Space and Time
H.G. Wells
A collection of three short stories and two novellas written between 1897 and 1898. All the stories had first been published in various monthly periodicals and this was the first volume to collect these stories.
contains
"The Crystal Egg"
"The Star"
"A Story of the Stone Age"
"A Story of the Days To Come"
"The Man Who Could Work Miracles"
Tanrıların Tohumu
H.G. Wells
“Eğer Wells olmasaydı, çağdaş bilimkurgu da olmazdı.” –Kingsley Amis
“Geleceğin, insanların hayal ettiği gibi parlak olmayacağını öngören Wells’i okumak, yaptığım en iyi keşiflerden biriydi.” –George Orwell
H. G. Wells, bilimkurgunun atası, türe adını altın harflerle yazdırmış en büyük yazarlardan. Zaman Makinesi, Görünmez Adam, Doktor Moreau’nun Adası ve Dünyalar Savaşı gibi eserleri ve düşünceleriyle âdeta zamanın ötesinden gelen bir yazar olan Wells, Tanrıların Tohumu’nda ters giden bilimsel gelişmelerin, kırılgan bir ırk olan insanlığı nasıl yıkıma sürükleyeceğini anlatıyor.
Sevimsiz oldukları söylenebilecek iki biliminsanı Profesör Redwood ve Bay Bensington gözden uzakta çalışmalarını sürdürüyorlardı. Bu sırada keşfettikleri Herakleophorbia, namı diğer Devtohumu ile insan evrimindeki en büyük gelişmenin altına imza attılar. Bu tohum sayesinde daha zeki, daha güçlü süper insanlar geliştirilebilecekti.
Ancak göz ardı ettikleri bir şey vardı: Bilim, insanlığa boyun eğmeyecekti. Bu icat sayesinde insanlar ve hayvanlar kontrolün ötesinde büyüyecek, bu besini tüketen devler ile normal toplum arasına sınırlar çekilecek ve bu farklılığın getirdiği kaos, insanlığı yavaş yavaş ele geçirecekti.
Wells’in 1904 yılında, yani genetiği değiştirilmiş besinlerin tüketilmeye başlamasından uzun yıllar önce yazdığı Tanrıların Tohumu, bilimkurgunun günümüz biliminin dahi kafa yorduğu konulara değinen gizli hazinelerinden biri.
The Collected Novels of H.G. Wells: 33 Books in One Volume (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics)
H.G. Wells
THE COLLECTED NOVELS OF H.G. WELLS includes 33 novels and novellas by British "father of science fiction" H.G. Wells. Several of Wells' books have become classics of science fiction, including THE TIME MACHINE, THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU, THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, and THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON. Wells was also an accomplished writer in other genres, with works like KIPPS and TONO-BUNGAY often considered among his finest as well. This collection also includes several of Wells' lesser-known novellas and novels, including his first time-travel story, THE CHRONIC ARGONAUTS. • The Chronic Argonauts • The Time Machine • The Wonderful Visit • The Island of Doctor Moreau • The Wheels of Chance • The Invisible Man • The War of the Worlds • When the Sleeper Wakes • Love and Mr. Lewisham • The First Men in the Moon • The Sea Lady • The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth • A Modern Utopia • Kipps • In the Days of the Comet • The War in the Air • Ann Veronica • Tono-Bungay • The History of Mr. Polly • The Sleeper Awakes • The New Machiavelli • Marriage • The Passionate Friends • The Wife of Sir Isaac Harmon • The World Set Free • Bealby • Boon • The Research Magnificent • Mr. Britling Sees it Through • The Soul of a Bishop • Joan and Peter • The Undying Fire • The Secret Places of the Heart Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific 19th- and 20th century British science fiction writer. Together with French author Jules Verne, Wells has been called "The Father of Science Fiction." Wells was an outspoken socialist and sympathetic to pacifist views. Best known for his early works of science fiction, his later works became increasingly political in nature. This expanded Third Edition includes additional works as well as a number of editorial corrections.
The Complete Novels of H. G. Wells (Over 55 Works: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, The History ... Polly, The War in the Air and many more!)
H.G. Wells
This ebook compiles H. G. Wells' complete novels, including "The Invisible Man", "The Time Machine", "The Island of Doctor Moreau" and "The War of the Worlds". This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.
The Complete Short Stories of H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells
Herbert George Wells was perhaps best known as the author of such classic works of science fiction as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds. But it was in his short stories, written when he was a young man embarking on a literary career, that he first explored the enormous potential of the scientific discoveries of the day. He described his stories as "a miscellany of inventions," yet his enthusiasm for science was tempered by an awareness of its horrifying destructive powers and the threat it could pose to the human race. A consummate storyteller, he made fantastic creatures and machines entirely believable, and by placing ordinary men and women in extraordinary situations, he explored, with humor, what it means to be alive in a century of rapid scientific progress. At the dawn of a new millennium, Wells' singular vision is more compelling than ever.
The Country of the Blind
H.G. Wells
"In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." Or is he? In H. G. Wells' acclaimed tale, a stranded mountaineer encounters an isolated society in which his apparent advantage, sight, since all the people are blind, proves less than valuable.
The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories
H.G. Wells
The early short stories of an essential 20th century literary personage
Herbert George Wells was perhaps best known as the author of such classic works of science fiction as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds . But it was in his short stories, written when he was a young man embarking on a literary career, that he first explored the enormous potential of the scientific discoveries of the day. He described his stories as "a miscellany of inventions," yet his enthusiasm for science was tempered by an awareness of its horrifying destructive powers and the threat it could pose to the human race. A consummate storyteller, he made fantastic creatures and machines entirely believable; and, by placing ordinary men and women in extraordinary situations, he explored, with humor, what it means to be alive in a century of rapid scientific progress.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The Country of the Blind: Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 1, Simplified Chinese Edition
H.G. Wells
“In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king” repeats in Chen Fangyuan’s mind after he finds himself trapped in a valley holding a community of people for whom a disease eliminated their vision many generations before and no longer have a concept of sight. Chen Fangyuan quickly finds that these people have developed their other senses to compensate for their lack of sight. His insistence that he can see causes the entire community to believe he is crazy. With no way out, Chen Fangyuan begins to accept his fate until one day the village doctors believe they now understand what is the cause of his insanity… those useless round objects in his eye sockets. Mandarin Companion is a series of easy-to-read novels in Chinese that are fun to read and proven to accelerate language learning. Every book in the Mandarin Companion series is carefully written to use characters, words, and grammar that a learner is likely to know. Level 1 is written using approximately 300 unique Chinese characters and intended for Chinese learners at an upper-elementary level. Most learners will be able to approach this book after one to two years of formal study, depending on the learner and program. This series is designed to combine simplicity of characters with an easy-to-understand storyline that helps beginners grow their vocabulary and language comprehension abilities. Visit www.MandarinCompanion.com for the latest updates on new titles.
The Door in the Wall
H.G. Wells
'And so, in a trice, he came into the garden that has haunted all his life.'
H.G. Wells was a pioneer of science fiction, its first and greatest influence. Here his boundless invention creates three very stories: a poignant parable of a mysterious door, a thrilling account of be-tentacled sea creatures and the darkly comic chronicle of an academic rivalry taken too far . . .
This book includes The Door in the Wall (1906), The Sea Raiders (1896) and The Moth(1895).
The First Men in the Moon
H.G. Wells
When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever.
The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
H.G. Wells
The buying of orchids always has in it a certain speculative flavour. You have before you the brown shrivelled lump of tissue, and for the rest you must trust your judgment, or the auctioneer, or your good luck, as your taste may incline. The plant may be moribund or dead, or it may be just a respectable purchase, fair value for your money, or perhaps—for the thing has happened again and again—there slowly unfolds before the delighted eyes of the happy purchaser, day after day, some new variety, some novel richness, a strange twist of the labellum, or some subtler colouration or unexpected mimicry. Pride, beauty, and profit blossom together on one delicate green spike, and, it may be, even immortality. For the new miracle of nature may stand in need of a new specific name, and what so convenient as that of its discoverer? "John-smithia"! There have been worse names.
The Food of the Gods
H.G. Wells
Published in 1904 The Food of the Gods is a forgotten H.G. Wells classic; it is sci-fi and dystopia at its best written by the creator and master of the genre. Following extensive research in the field of �growth’, Mr Bensington and Professor Redwood light upon a new mysterious element, a food that causes greatly accelerated development. Initially christening their discovery �The Food of the Gods’, the two scientists are overwhelmed by the possible ramifications of their creation. With Aunt Jane refusing to give house room to their experiments, Mr Besington is forced to take his laboratory out into the wide world, and chooses a farm at Hickleybrow in Kent that offers him the chance to test his new substance on chickens, which duly grow monstrous, six or seven times their usual size. With the farmer, Mr Skinner, failing to contain the spread of the Food, chaos soon reigns as reports come in of the local population’s encounter with monstrous wasps, earwigs and rats. When the chickens escape, they leave carnage in their wake. Keen not to be outdone, the Skinners and Redwoods have both been feeding their children the compound illicitly � their eventual offspring will constitute a new age of giants. Public opinion rapidly turns against the scientists and society as a whole rebels against the world’s new flora and fauna. Daily life has changed shockingly and now politicians are involved, trying to stamp out the Food of the Gods and the giant race. Comic and at times surprisingly touching and tragic, Wells’ story is a cautionary tale warning against the rampant advances of science but also of the dangers of greed and political infighting and shameless vote-seeking.
The Great Science Fiction
H.G. Wells
'No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's' Exploring the primordial nightmares that lurk within humanity's dreams of progress and technology, H. G. Wells was a science fiction pioneer. This new omnibus edition brings together four of his hugely original and influential science-fiction novels - The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds - with his most unsettling and strange short stories. Containing monstrous experiments, terrifying journeys, alien occupiers and grotesque creatures, these visionary tales discomfit and disturb, and retain the power to trouble our sense of who we are. With an introduction by Matthew Beaumont
The History of Mr. Polly
H.G. Wells
Mr Polly is an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife's nagging and his dreary job as the owner of a regional gentleman's outfitters. Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, he concludes that the only way to escape his frustrating existence is by burning his shop to the ground, and killing himself. Unexpected events, however, conspire at the last moment to lead the bewildered Mr Polly to a bright new future - after he saves a life, fakes his death, and escapes to a life of heroism, hope and ultimate happiness.
The Invisble Man
H.G. Wells
This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a serum to render himself invisible, and his descent into madness that follows.
The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells
This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a serum to render himself invisible, and his descent into madness that follows.
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H.G. Wells
'That black figure, with its eyes of fire, struck down through all my adult thoughts and feelings, and for a moment the forgotten horrors of childhood came back to my mind'
Adrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single survivor from the good ship Lady Vain, is rescued by a vessel carrying a profoundly unusual cargo - a menagerie of savage animals. Tended to recovery by their keeper Montgomery, who gives him dark medicine that tastes of blood, Prendick soon finds himself stranded upon an uncharted island in the Pacific with his rescuer and the beasts. Here, he meets Montgomery's master, the sinister Dr. Moreau - a brilliant scientist whose notorious experiments in vivisection have caused him to abandon the civilised world. It soon becomes clear he has been developing these experiments - with truly horrific results.
The Island of Doctor Moreau & Other Stories
H.G. Wells
Scientist Edward Prendick is shipwrecked in the Pacific and alights on an island owned by a certain Doctor Moreau. Prendick recalls the public outcry in London occasioned by Moreau’s experiments in vivisection, and soon discovers the island is populated by humans with marked bestial characteristics. He attempts to flee, but Moreau apprehends him and explains his mission is to humanize animals, not the reverse, and that his efforts were marred by an unfortunate tendency of the subjects to revert to animal form. Eventually a subject breaks free and attempts to kill the good doctor. Both are killed in the conflict and the compound is destroyed. The animals revert to nature, and Prendick escapes and returns home. His account of the story is greeted as the ravings of a lunatic. Upon his return to civilization he sees many of his fellow men reverting to an animal state and retires to a reclusive life in the country.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
H.G. Wells
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Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror. In The Island of Dr. Moreau, a shipwrecked gentleman named Edward Prendick, stranded on a Pacific island lorded over by the notorious Dr. Moreau, confronts dark secrets, strange creatures, and a reason to run for his life.
While this riveting tale was intended to be a commentary on evolution, divine creation, and the tension between human nature and culture, modern readers familiar with genetic engineering will marvel at Wells’s prediction of the ethical issues raised by producing “smarter” human beings or bringing back extinct species. These levels of interpretation add a richness to Prendick’s adventures on Dr. Moreau’s island of lost souls without distracting from what is still a rip-roaring good read.
The Magic Shop
H.G. Wells
Out for a walk in London one day, a father and his son, Gip, happen upon a magic shop. At Gip's urging, the two go in — and things grow more and more curious by the minute. Counters, store fixtures, and mirrors seem to move around the room, and the shopkeeper is mysterious himself. Gip is thrilled by all he sees, and his father is at first amused. But then things become stranger, even sinister, and the father is no longer sure where reality ends and illusion begins. Fantastical illustrations underscore the macabre atmosphere of the tale, making this a perfect read-aloud book for Halloween.
The Novels of H. G. Wells Volume One: The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, and The First Men in the Moon
H.G. Wells
Three classics from the science fiction master in one volume.
From the incomparable H. G. Wells, this volume includes three novels of imagination, wit, and terror.
The Island of Doctor Moreau: The classic tale of a man's nightmarish experience trapped on an island where a doctor conducts gruesome experiments.The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth: A science fiction tale with satirical undertones about scientists who create a race of giants, both human and animal, and the world's attempt to cope with them.
The First Men in the Moon: A London businessman accompanies a scientist on a journey to the lunar surface--and beneath it, when they are captured by a sophisticated society of insectoid creatures.
The Red Room
H.G. Wells
"It's your own choosing," said the man with the withered arm once more. I heard the faint sound of a stick and a shambling step on the flags in the passage outside. The door creaked on its hinges as a second old man entered, more bent, more wrinkled, more aged even than the first. He supported himself by the help of a crutch, his eyes were covered by a shade, and his lower lip, half averted, hung pale and pink from his decaying yellow teeth. He made straight for an armchair on the opposite side of the table, sat down clumsily, and began to cough.
The Shape of Things to Come
H.G. Wells
When Dr Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy - an unpublished 'dream book'. Inspired by visions he has experienced for many years, it appears to be a book written far into the future: a history of humanity from the date of his death up to 2105. The Shape of Things to Come provides this 'history of the future', an account that was in some ways remarkably prescient - predicting climatic disaster and sweeping cultural changes, including a Second World War, the rise of chemical warfare, and political instabilities in the Middle East.
The Sleeper Awakes (Penguin Classics)
H.G. Wells
A troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly into a sleep-like trance, from which he does not awake for over two hundred years. During his centuries of slumber, however, investments are made that make him the richest and most powerful man on earth. But when he comes out of his trance he is horrified to discover that the money accumulated in his name is being used to maintain a hierarchical society in which most people are poor and enslaved. Oppressed and uneducated, the masses cling desperately to one dream - that the sleeper will awake, and lead them all to freedom.
Wildly imaginative and compelling, The Sleeper Awakes is a fascinating and prescient account of a future dominated by capitalist greed and mechanical force. Part of a brand-new Penguin series of H. G. Wells's works, this edition includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, a further reading list and detailed notes. The introduction, by Patrick Parrinder, outlines the development of Wells's political philosophy.
The Star
H.G. Wells
A gennaio (circa 1900, presumibilmente), la gente della Terra si è svegliata alla notizia che uno strano oggetto luminoso è esploso, nel Sistema Solare , dopo aver disturbato la normale orbita del pianeta Nettuno . L'oggetto è un corpo celeste la cui luminosità è distinguibile nel cielo attorno alla costellazione del Leone . Sebbene inizialmente interessi solo gli astronomi, alla fine i media mondiali annunciano che si tratta di una stella intera , diretta in rotta di collisione verso il centro del nostro sistema stellare. La stella ha già consumato Nettuno. Molte persone sono preoccupate per questo, ma nel complesso si tratta di poco più di una moda passeggera. La stella canaglia continua il suo percorso, influenzando ora il pianeta Giove e tutte le sue lune . A questo punto, gli studi di un matematico vengono pubblicati in tutto il mondo. Spiega che la stella intrusa e il nostro Sole esercitano un'attrazione gravitazionale reciproca e, di conseguenza, vengono trascinati più in profondità nel Sistema Solare. In base al suo orientamento, è determinato che la stella o colpirà la Terra o passerà vicino, il che porterebbe a conseguenze ecologiche apocalittiche . Mentre la luminosità sconvolge le notti sulla Terra, molte persone iniziano a preoccuparsi, ma i cinici citano l'anno 1000, in cui anche l'umanità ha anticipato la fine del mondo . L'inverno inglese si addolcisce progressivamente in un disgelo , mentre la stella che si intromette cresce rapidamente nel cielo. La sua alta velocità è evidente durante le ore peggiori dell'evento. Quel giorno, nel cielo sopra l'Inghilterra, la dimensione apparente della stella era equivalente a un terzo della dimensione della Luna . Dopo aver raggiunto i cieli degli Stati Uniti, la dimensione apparente è già aumentata fino a raggiungere le dimensioni della Luna. Presto tutto il ghiaccio sulla superficie terrestre inizia a sciogliersi, causando inondazioni diffuse. La stella inizia quindi a mettere in ombra il Sole, le cui ore sembrano più buie. Anche la crosta planetaria è interessata, con enormi crepe che si formano e rilasciano lava sulla superficie della Terra. Le ondate di marea si sono abbattute, in particolare nell'area del Pacifico , portando alla devastazione in tutto il mondo. La maggior parte della popolazione umana muore e le sue opere sono rese inutilizzabili: città, fattorie, ecc. I pochi sopravvissuti testimoniano l'interposizione della Luna davanti alla stella viaggiante, creando una debole eclissi, poiché viene permanentemente rimossa dalla sua orbita costante intorno alla Terra in una nuova, più distante orbita. La stella riprende quindi il suo percorso e finalmente incontra il sole. La Terra riesce a sopravvivere nonostante la massiccia devastazione provocata sulla sua superficie. Vaste aree della Groenlandia e di altre isole settentrionali si sono sciolte e ora sono verdi e piacevoli per l'abitazione. Gli esseri umani si stabiliscono in nuove aree vicine ai poli , dove il clima è più temperato . Nel frattempo, gli astronomi marziani hanno assistito all'evento, concludendo che non molto è cambiato sul lontano pianeta a parte lo scioglimento del ghiaccio ai poli.
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
“I’ve had a most amazing time....”
So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes...and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine’s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth. There he discovers two bizarre races—the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks—who not only symbolize the duality of human nature, but offer a terrifying portrait of the men of tomorrow as well. Published in 1895, this masterpiece of invention captivated readers on the threshold of a new century. Thanks to Wells’s expert storytelling and provocative insight, The Time Machine will continue to enthrall readers for generations to come.
The Time Machine and Other Stories
H.G. Wells
Includes the stories: The Time Machine, The Empire of the Ants, The Country of the Blind, The Man Who Could Work Miracles.
The Time Machine and The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells
From the "father of science fiction," H. G. Wells, comes two masterpieces of speculative The Time Machine and The Invisible Man. The former propels the reader into the distant future, where a decaying Earth is being gradually swallowed by the Sun and where two strange species--the delicate Eloi and the fierce, subterranean Morlocks--inhabit an eerie dystopia. The latter offers the mesmerizing account of a bitter young scientist who discovers the chemical secret of invisibility, uses it on himself, and embarks on a terrifying descent into crime, obsession, and insanity. Both horrifying and thought-provoking, these cautionary tales are combined into an elegantly designed edition that features a new introduction.
The Time Machine & Other Stories
H.G. Wells
Includes the stories: The Time Machine, The Empire of the Ants, The Country of the Blind, The Man Who Could Work Miracles.
The Time Machine & Other Works
H.G. Wells
Contains: The Time Machine, When the Sleeper Awakes and The Chronic Argonauts.
With an Introduction and Notes by Laurence Davies, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow
In these 'scientific romances' H. G. Wells sees the present reflected in the future and the future in the present. His aim is to provoke rather than predict. The Sleeper falls into a trance, waking up two centuries later as the richest man in a world of new technologies, power-greedy leaders, sensual elites, and brutalised industrial slaves. Arriving in the year 802,701, the Time-Traveller finds that humanity has evolved into two drastically different species; going farther still, he witnesses the ultimate fate of the solar system. The Chronic Argonauts, the original version of The Time Machine, pits a scientist with daring views of time and space against superstitious villagers. In all three works Wells laces vivid adventure stories with the latest ideas in biology and physics.
The Time Machine / The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells
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The Time Machine, H. G. Wells’s first novel, is a tale of Darwinian evolution taken to its extreme. Its hero, a young scientist, travels 800,000 years into the future and discovers a dying earth populated by two strange humanoid species: the brutal Morlocks and the gentle but nearly helpless Eloi.The Invisible Man mixes chilling terror, suspense, and acute psychological understanding into a tale of an equally adventurous scientist who discovers the formula for invisibility—a secret that drives him mad.Immensely popular during his lifetime, H. G. Wells, along with Jules Verne, is credited with inventing science fiction. This new volume offers two of Wells’s best-loved and most critically acclaimed “scientific romances.” In each, the author grounds his fantastical imagination in scientific fact and conjecture while lacing his narrative with vibrant action, not merely to tell a “ripping yarn,” but to offer a biting critique on the world around him. “The strength of Mr. Wells,” wrote Arnold Bennett, “lies in the fact that he is not only a scientist, but a most talented student of character, especially quaint character. He will not only ingeniously describe for you a scientific miracle, but he will set down that miracle in the midst of a country village, sketching with excellent humour the inn-landlady, the blacksmith, the chemist’s apprentice, the doctor, and all the other persons whom the miracle affects.”
Alfred Mac Adam teaches literature at Barnard College-Columbia University. He is a translator and art critic.
The Time Machine/The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells
Together in one indispensable volume, The Time Machine and The Invisible Man are masterpieces of irony and imaginative vision from H. G. Wells, the father of science fiction.
The Time Machine conveys the Time Traveller into the distant future and an extraordinary world. There, stranded on a slowly dying Earth, he discovers two bizarre the effete Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks—a haunting portrayal of Darwin’s evolutionary theory carried to a terrible conclusion.
The Invisible Man is the fascinating tale of a brash young scientist who, experimenting on himself, becomes invisible and then criminally insane, trapped in the terror of his own creation.
Convincing and unforgettably real, these two classics are consummate representations of the stories that defined science fiction—and inspired generations of readers and writers.
With an Introduction by John Calvin Batchelor
and an Afterword by Paul Youngquist
The Time Machine / The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells
The Time Machine
When the Time Traveller courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700--and everything had changed. In this unfamiliar, utopian age creatures seemed to dwell together in perfect harmony. The Time Traveller thought he could study these marvelous beings--unearth their secret and then return to his own time--until he discovered that his invention, his only avenue of escape, had been stolen.
H. G. Wells's famous novel of one man's astonishing journey beyond the conventional limits of the imagination first appeared in 1895. It won him immediate recognition and has been regarded ever since as one of the great masterpieces in the literature of science fiction.
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells's science fiction classic, the first novel to explore the possibilities of intelligent life from other planets, is still startling and vivid nearly a century after its appearance, and a half century after Orson Welles's infamous 1938 radio adaptation.
This daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil, with its themes of interplanetary imperialism, technological holocaust, and chaos, is central to the career of H. G. Wells, who died at the dawn of the atomic age. The survival of mankind in the face of "vast and cool and unsympathetic" scientific powers spinning out of control was a crucial theme throughout his work. Visionary, shocking, and chilling, The War of the Worlds has lost none of its impact since its first publication in 1898.
The War in the Air
H.G. Wells
* Illustrated (This title belongs to the STEAMPUNK ADVENTURES series. The STEAMPUNK ADVENTURES comprise an illustrated selection of classic Victorian speculative fiction, with each title being chosen for its quality, modern appeal and resonance with the steampunk movement of retro-futurism.) OUR AIRSHIP ESCAPADES into “a Dystopian Retro-Future which never was” continue in the epic Zeppelin war novel by H. G. Wells, THE WAR IN THE AIR. Young Bert Smallways, a brilliant mechanist and accidental aeronaut, finds himself as a reluctant stowaway upon the very same airship which begins the Great War. This is “dieselpunk” at its finest, featuring petrol-powered war machines, ironclads, bombardments, espionage, intrigue and daring adventures in the wild skies of the earliest 1900s. Smallways is swept away aboard the Vaterland, the flagship piloted by a belligerent German Prince, whose mastery of technology shall herald in a new age of war. How long can Smallways keep his identity a secret from the Prince? Will Bert survive THE WAR IN THE AIR? (Astute readers may notice that this novel served as the inspiration for a certain steampunk trilogy with titles such as LEVIATHAN, BEHEMOTH and GOLIATH.) Enriching and supplementing Wonderland Imprints’ well-received series of classic Illustrated Master Editions, the STEAMPUNK ADVENTURES series is devoted to reviving the very finest forgotten rarities which were originally published during the golden age of technology. The series explores the origins of retro-futurist elements, such as airships, mechanical men, goggled gentlemen of war, sophisticated adventuresses, gadgetry and weaponry, and global cataclysm. These are the tales of the Age of Steam, the lore of the ornate technology which reigned in a golden future that never was. Above all, this series is focused on telling great Victorian stories you’ve probably never heard of! Episode 3, THE WAR IN THE AIR (inspired by the George Griffith works featured in Episodes 1 and 2, THE ANGEL OF THE REVOLUTION and THE SYREN OF THE SKIES), is considered to be one of H. G. Wells’s greatest novels. This Wonderland Imprints edition features over 30 illustrations, an active table of contents, 11 chapters, 98,000 words and 310 pages of mayhem, secret agents and aerial adventure. Come aboard, and sail the crimson skies of war once again!
The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells
When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three-legged machines, incinerating all in their path with a heat ray and spreading noxious toxic gases, the people of the Earth must come to terms with the prospect of the end of human civilization and the beginning of Martian rule.
Inspiring films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, television series and sequels,The War of the Worlds is a prototypical work of science fiction which has influenced every alien story that has come since, and is unsurpassed in its ability to thrill, well over a century since it was first published.
The War of the Worlds: 2022 Edition (A H.G. Classic Science Fiction Novel)
H.G. Wells
A collection of stories and artwork inspired by H G Wells' classic, including the original The War of the Worlds, The Crystal Egg, The War of the Worlds: Aftermath, The Martian and the Raven and beautiful original artwork throughout.
The War of the Worlds: (H G Wells Masterpiece Collection)
H.G. Wells
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.
The War of the Worlds / The War in the Air
H.G. Wells
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Andrew Frayn, Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University.
In these two compelling novels H.G. Wells imagines terrifying futures in which civilisation itself is threatened.
The narrator of The War of the Worlds is quick to discover that what appeared to be a falling star was, in fact, a metallic cylinder landing from Mars. Six million people begin to flee London in panic as tentacled invaders emerge and overpower the city. With their heat-ray, killing machines, black gas, and a taste for fresh human blood, is there anything that can be done to stop the Martians?
In The War in the Air, naive but resourceful Bert Smallways is thrilled by speed and fascinated by the new flying machines. His curiosity sweeps him away by accident into a German plan to conquer America, beginning with the destruction of New York. The ease of movement in aerial warfare means that nothing and nobody is safe as Total War erupts, civilisation crumbles, and Bert's hopes of getting back to London to marry his love seem impossibly distant.
The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll
H.G. Wells
A humorous account of a young man's cycling holiday in the south of England. By the author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds.
The Wheels of Chance Annotated
H.G. Wells
The Wheels of Chance is an early comic novel by H. G. Wells about an August 1895 cycling holiday's.The Wheels of Chance 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.The advent of the bicycle stirred sudden and profound changes in the social life of England. Even the working class could travel substantial distances, quickly and cheaply, and the very idea of travelling for pleasure became a possibility for thousands of people for the first time. This new freedom affected many. It began to weaken the rigid English class structure and it gave an especially powerful boost to the existing movement toward female emancipation. Wells explored these social changes in his story.
Time Machine and The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells
The Time Machine, H. G. Wells's first novel, is a tale of Darwinian evolution taken to its extreme. Its hero, a young scientist, travels 800,000 years into the future and discovers a dying earth populated by two strange humanoid species: the brutal Morlocks and the gentle but nearly helpless Eloi.
The Invisible Man mixes chilling terror, suspense, and acute psychological understanding into a tale of an equally adventurous scientist who discovers the formula for invisibility: secret that drives him mad.
Immensely popular during his lifetime, H. G. Wells, along with Jules Verne, is credited with inventing science fiction. This new volume offers two of Wells's best-loved and most critically acclaimed "scientific romances." In each, the author grounds his fantastical imagination in scientific fact and conjecture while lacing his narrative with vibrant action, not merely to tell a "ripping yarn," but to offer a biting critique on the world around him. "The strength of Mr. Wells," wrote Arnold Bennett, "lies in the fact that he is not only a scientist, but a most talented student of character, especially quaint character. He will not only ingeniously describe for you a scientific miracle, but he will set down that miracle in the midst of a country village, sketching with excellent humour the inn-landlady, the blacksmith, the chemist's apprentice, the doctor, and all the other persons whom the miracle affects."
Tono-Bungay
H.G. Wells
Presented as a miraculous cure-all, Tono-Bungay is in fact nothing other than a pleasant-tasting liquid with no positive effects. Nonetheless, when the young George Ponderevo is employed by his uncle Edward to help market this ineffective medicine, he finds his life overwhelmed by its sudden success. Soon the worthless substance is turned into a formidable fortune as society becomes convinced of the merits of Tono-Bungay through a combination of skilled advertising and public credulity. -Includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, a list of further reading, and detailed notes -Edward Mendelson's introduction explores the many ways in which Tono-Bungay satirizes the fictions and delusions that shape modern life
Under the Knife
H.G. Wells
Under the Knife is a short story by H. G. Wells. Herbert George "H. G." Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre.
Universos Peculiares: Contos surpreendentes de fantasia e suspense (Portuguese Edition)
H.G. Wells
Não é só de Sci-Fi que se faz H. G. Wells! O autor de A Guerra dos Mundos também teve uma carreira prolífica em histórias fantásticas, mágicas e de suspense em universos diferentes e peculiares. Talvez seja justamente essa natureza múltipla que tenha tornado Wells uma figura tão interessante de seu tempo, e um autor de ficção científica tão celebrado. Mais do que uma das maiores referências da literatura de sci-fi, Wells também se arriscou pelo território da magia, do fantasmagórico e do horror. Várias de suas primeiras histórias ficaram à sombra de suas obras mais famosas e escondem um universo inteiro para ser explorado pelos leitores. Universos Peculiares reúne os melhores contos de Wells fora do universo de ficção científica e revela um lado menos conhecido, mas igualmente fascinante de sua obra. De uma loja mágica de brinquedos, a uma porta que leva ao passado, percorrendo por fantasmas, viajantes e um traje sobrenatural que guiará um jovem para o mais inesquecível luar de sua vida. Suas melhores ficções e fantasias mostram a versatilidade e a profundidade da imaginação de H.G. Wells, oferecendo ao leitor uma viagem encantadora e surpreendente pelo universo fantástico deste mestre literário.
Universos Peculiares: melhores ficções e fantasias
H.G. Wells
Universos Peculiares: melhores ficções e fantasias, por H.G. Wells
Conheça um outro lado do "pai da ficção científica" e mergulhe nas histórias mais raras e surpreendentes de H.G. Wells
Não é só de Sci-Fi que se faz H. G. Wells! O autor de A Guerra dos Mundos também teve uma carreira prolífica em histórias fantásticas, mágicas e de suspense em universos diferentes e peculiares. Talvez seja justamente essa natureza múltipla que tenha tornado Wells uma figura tão interessante de seu tempo, e um autor de ficção científica tão celebrado.
Mais do que uma das maiores referências da literatura de sci-fi, Wells também se arriscou pelo território da magia, do fantasmagórico e do horror. Várias de suas primeiras histórias ficaram à sombra de suas obras mais famosas e escondem um universo inteiro para ser explorado pelos leitores.
Universos Peculiares reúne os melhores contos de Wells fora do universo de ficção científica e revela um lado menos conhecido, mas igualmente fascinante de sua obra. De uma loja mágica de brinquedos, a uma porta que leva ao passado, percorrendo por fantasmas, viajantes e um traje sobrenatural que guiará um jovem para o mais inesquecível luar de sua vida.
Suas melhores ficções e fantasias mostram a versatilidade e a profundidade da imaginação de H.G. Wells, oferecendo ao leitor uma viagem encantadora e surpreendente pelo universo fantástico deste mestre literário.
“Nesses contos, o britânico se arrisca pelo território da magia, do fantasmagórico e do horror, fazendo coro a vozes do século XIX como Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe e o próprio Verne.” Cláudia Fusco
H.G. Wells (1866-1946)
Poucos autores evocam um gênero literário inteiro apenas com a menção de seu nome, como no caso de Herbert George Wells, mais conhecido como H.G. Wells. A ficção científica é um gênero que explora os limites entre a realidade e as possibilidades tecnológicas, e as obras de Wells moldaram o sci-fi de forma irrevogável. H.G. Wells foi um dos primeiros escritores a mergulhar no gênero, além de ter sido um pioneiro das narrativas distópicas. Ao contrário de outros autores, Wells via o progresso acelerado de seu tempo e as inovações tecnológicas de forma mais sombria. A máquina do tempo, O homem invisível e A guerra dos mundos, suas obras-primas, continuam sendo impressas e rendendo adaptações para o cinema e a TV, e suas histórias alcançam gerações de leitores anos depois de publicadas.
War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells
“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own.” Thus begins one of the most terrifying and morally prescient science fiction novels ever penned. Beginning with a series of strange flashes in the distant night sky, the Martian attack initially causes little concern on Earth. Then the destruction erupts—ten massive aliens roam England and destroy with heat rays everything in their path. Very soon mankind finds itself on the brink of extinction. Wells raises questions of mortality, man’s place in nature, and the evil lurking in the technological future—questions that remain urgently relevant in the twenty-first century.
Wehikuł czasu
H.G. Wells
Wehikuł czasu, wydany po raz pierwszy w 1895 roku, to jedna z najważniejszych powieści w historii światowej literatury science fiction. Fabuła skupia się na losach naukowca, Podróżnika w Czasie, który za pomocą własnoręcznie skonstruowanego urządzenia udaje się w odległą przyszłość, gdzie spotyka dwie odmienne rasy ludzkie – Elojów i Morloków. Autor, podobnie jak w większości swoich powieści, stawia w niej pytanie o wizję rozwoju ludzkości i to nie tylko w kontekście naukowo-technicznym, ale przede wszystkim społecznym. Zagadnienia teorii ewolucji łączy z wizją walki klas, nierówności społecznych, feminizmu. Debiutancka, a zarazem niezwykle wizjonerska, niepokojąca, ponadczasowa – jedna z najbardziej znanych powieści Herberta George’a Wellsa.
When the Sleeper Wakes
H.G. Wells
Graham, an 1890s radical pamphleteer who is eagerly awaiting the twentieth century and all the advances it will bring, is stricken with insomnia. Finally resorting to medication, he instantly falls into a deep sleep that lasts two hundred years. Upon waking in the twenty-second century to a strange and nightmarish place, he slowly discovers he is master of the world, revered by an adoring populace who consider him their leader. Terrified, he escapes from his chamber seeking solace—only to realize that not everyone adores him, some even wish to harm him.
Wojna światów
H.G. Wells
Klasyczna powieść science fiction, pierwotnie wydana pod koniec XIX wieku, tutaj we współczesnym tłumaczeniu i z licznymi ilustracjami Alvima Corrêa.
Kilkakrotnie ekranizowana (m.in. przez Stevena Spielberga), a w roku 1938 przerobiona przez Orsona Wellesa na słuchowisko radiowe, którego emisja przeszła do historii. Czytana po latach okazuje się dziełem profetycznym, stanowiącym swoistą zapowiedź XX-wiecznych wojen światowych.
Jak zachowują się ludzie – zarówno jednostki, jak i całe społeczności – w obliczu inwazji, która grozi masową zagładą? Kim jesteśmy dla najeźdźców i kim oni są dla nas? Jaką rolę odgrywają w tym nowe technologie? I co może nas uratować? Na te pytania próbuje odpowiedzieć Herbert George Wells w sposób wciąż atrakcyjny dla współczesnego czytelnika, a powszechne już chyba poczucie niepokoju, niepewności i zagrożenia sprawia, że „Wojnę światów” odbieramy jako powieść ciekawą i aktualną również w XXI wieku.
„»Wojna światów«, najświetniejsze dzieło H.G. Wellsa, jest zarazem jedną z nielicznych powieści, które, wykraczając poza fantastyczność swych założeń, weszły do skarbca literatury światowej”.
– Stanisław Lem
Wyspa doktora Moreau
H.G. Wells
Edward Pendrick, jedyny ocalały z katastrofy statku rozbitek, trafia na tajemniczą wyspę, którą zamieszkuje ekscentryczny, genialny naukowiec doktor Moreau oraz jego pomocnik Montgomery. Pasją doktora Moreau jest fizjologia – nieustannie pracuje nad krzyżowaniem rozmaitych gatunków zwierząt, wzbogacając je jednocześnie o ludzkie cechy. Te przerażające i makabryczne eksperymenty wkrótce wymykają się spod kontroli i na wyspie zaczyna się prawdziwy horror.
„Wyspa doktora Moreau” to nie tylko komentarz do teorii ewolucji, boskiej kreacji czy dychotomii natura–kultura. Współcześni czytelnicy bez trudu odkryją, że książka Herberta George’a Wellsa, mimo ponad 120 lat od czasu jej wydania, wciąż wydaje się niezwykle aktualna. W obliczu nowych odkryć z zakresu biotechnologii, technik klonowania i genetycznego modyfikowania organizmów, nabiera wręcz profetycznego charakteru. Wells po raz kolejny udowadnia, że rozwój nauki nie tylko daje ludzkości nadzieję na lepszą przyszłość, ale może wieść nasz gatunek na krawędź zagłady.
Zaman Makinesi: Bir Buluş
H.G. Wells
Victoria dönemi Londra’sında yaşayan bir bilim insanı zamanda yolculuk yapmak üzere icat ettiği makineyle geleceğin İngiltere’sini ziyaret eder. Sekiz Yüz İki Bin Yedi Yüz Bir yılında yaşadığı macerayı bir dost meclisinde anlatır. Geleceğin dünyası ayrıcalıklı insanların; güzel, narin ve tembel Eloi’ların rahat ve kaygısız bir yaşam sürdükleri bir yerdir. Ancak Zaman Gezgini bu macera sırasında çok geçmeden yeraltı dünyasına ait hortlaksı Morlock’ları da keşfetmiştir.
Wells, Victoria dönemi İngiltere’sinde varsıllarla yoksullar arasında giderek büyüyen uçuruma yönelik keskin eleştirisinde, tarihin ve gelişmenin anlamını sorgular. Toplumsal adaletsizliğin sürüp gitmesi halinde yol açabileceği felaketlere dair uyarıda bulunur. 1895’te yayımlanan Zaman Makinesi, bilimkurgu edebiyatının köşe taşlarından biri olarak, kuşaklar boyu yazarları etkiledi. 21. yüzyılda yaklaşan çevre felaketlerine ve gezegenimizin yazgısına ilişkin kaygılara dair bir öngörü barındıran eskatolojik boyutuyla güncelliğini bugün de koruyor.
جزيرة الدكتور مورو
H.G. Wells
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