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Wells' new vision for the world. A comet causes "the nitrogen of the air" to "change out of itself". The result: "The great Change has come for evermore, happiness and beauty are our atmosphere, there is peace on earth and good will to all men."

It is a story told many times in the century since the Great Martian Invasion - of a devastating and irresistible assault, of mankind in panicked flight, and of humanity's miraculous salvation. Every man and woman, girl, and boy across the globe knows the tale and hears it with reverence and gratitude. And yet - is that the whole story? Did the invaders have all the advantages? All the technology? Not all the brains were on their side. Not all the guile. Certainly not all the ruthless determination.

Griffin is a scientist who theorizes that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air, and his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will be invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself but cannot become visible again, becoming mentally unstable as a result.

En esta novela un viajero logra avanzar cientos de siglos en el tiempo y se encuentra con el estado final de la evolucion humana, en que las clases trabajadoras acaban siendo esclavas de las privilegiadas, en una forma tan sutil que ni ellos mismos se dan cuenta.

Zehn Meisterwerke von weltberühmten Autoren versammeln sich in dieser Hörbuch-Box! Mit dabei: "In der Strafkolonie" (Kafka), "Die Marquise von O." (Kleist), "Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift" (Werfel), "Der arme Spielmann" (Grillparzer), "In den Chambregarnies" (Tschechow), "Wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch?" (Tolstoi), "Die Zeitmaschine" (H.G. Wells), "Triumph der Schönheit" (Roth), "Die schwarze Spinne" (Gotthelf), "Jugend" (Conrad).

Audiolibro producido con sonido 3D. El mismo está diseñado para ser escuchado con auriculares. La máquina del tiempo fue la primera novela de uno de los considerados como padres de la ciencia ficción y, con su mezcla de aventuras y doctrina social y política, alcanzó un notable éxito, contribuyendo así a la estabilidad de Wells, que a partir de ese momento pudo dedicarse plenamente a la escritura. Una parte del libro, la que versa sobre la explicación del invento y en la que se discute sobre la cuarta dimensión, fue publicada en el año 1893 en el Henley's National Observer.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction. The Time Machine, first published in 1895, is possibly Wells' most famous work. It tells the story of the inventor of a vehicle which allows him to travel in time and his firsthand account of his adventures as he travels millions of years into the future, where mankind has evolved into something very different from the humans of the 19th century.

Having tasted human flesh while far out at sea, a shoal of giant killer squids ravage the waters and shore of an oceanic town feasting on the delicacy.

The first Spoken Ink collection of 15 superb short stories by H. G. Wells, who was a master of the form. Humour and wit abound in his writing, as does sharp social observation. A scientist shows an unusually interested stranger a deadly cholera bacillus he is developing in The Stolen Bacillus, The owner of five ostriches being transported on a ship to Europe (one of which has swallowed a valuable diamond) holds an auction of four of them in A Deal in Ostriches.

H. G. Wells' science fiction novel of an alien invasion was the first of its kind and remains his most popular book. It has influenced both literature and other media, including several films, and a famous radio drama.

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Ralph Richardson, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Robert Morley and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Laurence Olivier. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction. 'The Star' is the story of a shooting star which is discovered hurtling towards our solar system. It is on a collision course with Neptune. When the celestial crash occurs, the two planets combine into a gigantic burning star which is being drawn rapidly and irresistibly towards our sun. But on what trajectory? Will it hit any other planets on its way?

El valle de las arañas, quizás uno de los cuentos de H.G. Wells más conocidos, relata la invasión de una horda de arañas venenosas que amenaza con eliminar por completo a la humanidad. En este sentido, El valle de las arañas de H.G. Wells es, sin lugar a dudas, un verdadero clásico del relato fantástico, y posiblemente el mejor relato de terror de arañas de la época.

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. THE ENDOWMENT OF MOTHERHOOD: Some few years ago the Fabian Society, which has been so efficient in keeping English Socialism to the lines of "artfulness and the 'eighties," refused to have anything to do with the Endowment of Motherhood.

An 1895 short story from H. G. Wells in which an entomologist is haunted by the ghost of his rival; a ghost that takes the form of a unique and uncatchable moth.

'... slowly uncoiling their tentacles... and making a soft purring sound to each other' A disgusting account of a school of giant squid attacking a seaside resort, and two other examples of Wells' extraordinary imagination at work - 'The Magic Shop' and 'The Land Ironclads'.

The eight stories here show Wells in various moods and foreshadow his celebrity. These are uncanny tales, resonating strangely, despite arising from ordinary thoughts, interactions, and memories. Wells shows just how fantastic the everyday can be, if one only pauses to reflect on missed chances, suggestions of what might have been, bleak premonitions of blessed futures whose utopian promise is destroyed by new forms of war.

Enjoy stories of the past and the future by the author of The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. This collection includes The Star, The Crystal Egg, Stories of the Stone Age, A Story of the Days to Come and The Man Who Could Work Miracles.

This classic 19th Century science fiction novel by H.G. Wells tells the story of a scientist who builds a machine that can travel through time. The scientist details his travels into a radically changed and surprisingly dystopian future for humanity. When he appears to find himself stranded in this unfamiliar place and time among the gentle Eloi, will he be able to find his way back, or rather will he fall victim to the disturbing Morlocks?

In this story two men strike up a conversation and one reveals that he is, in fact, dead as the result of titanic war in the future. In this bold premise Wells once more reveals a startling and empathetic story.