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Herbert George Wells (meist abgekürzt H. G. Wells; geboren 21. September 1866 in Bromley; gestorben 13. August 1946 in London) war ein englischer Schriftsteller und Pionier der Science-Fiction-Literatur. Wells, der auch Historiker und Soziologe war, hatte seine größten Erfolge mit den beiden Science-Fiction-Romanen (von ihm selbst als "scientific romances" bezeichnet) "Der Krieg der Welten" und "Die Zeitmaschine". Wells ist in Deutschland vor allem für seine Science-Fiction-Bücher bekannt, hat aber auch zahlreiche realistische Romane verfasst, die im englischen Sprachraum nach wie vor populär sind.

Die Rettung der Zivilisation

"Die Insel des Dr. Moreau", englischer Originaltitel "The Island of Dr. Moreau", ist ein 1896 erschienener phantastischer Roman des englischen Schriftstellers H. G. Wells. Er enthält Elemente der Science Fiction-, der Horror- und der Abenteuerliteratur.

Die Insel des Dr. Moreau

« L'étranger arriva en février, par une matinée brumeuse, dans un tourbillon de vent et de neige. Il venait, à pied, par la dune, de la station de Bramblehurst, portant de sa main couverte d'un gant épais, une petite valise noire. Il était bien enveloppé des pieds à la tête, et le bord d'un chapeau de feutre mou ne laissait apercevoir de sa figure que le bout luisant de son nez. La neige s'était amoncelée sur ses épaules, sur sa poitrine ; elle ajoutait aussi une crête blanche au sac dont il était chargé. ».

Mondialement connu, ce roman a été mainte fois adapté au cinéma, et pour cause, il aborde des sujets tels que la moralité, la science, le pouvoir, le terrorisme. Bien qu'il y ait une dimension philosophique et morale, ce livre est un réel plaisir de science-fiction, dont tout un chacun s'en amusera.

L'Homme Invisible

Histoire de feu M. Evelsham

“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.

La Machine a Explorer le Temps

The Time MachineWhen a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year a.d. 802,701, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment, and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he soon realizes that these beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture--now weak and childishly afraid of the dark. They have every reason to be afraid: in deep tunnels beneath their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity--the sinister Morlocks. And when the scientist's time machine vanishes, it becomes clear he must search these tunnels if he is ever to return to his own era.The War of the WorldsThe night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat, as powerful Martians build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays, and feast on the warm blood of trapped, still-living human prey. The forces of the Earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear.The Island of Dr MoreauA shipwreck in the South Seas, a palm-tree paradise where a mad doctor conducts vile experiments, animals that become human and then "beastly" in ways they never were before -- it's the stuff of high adventure. It's also a parable about Darwinian theory, a social satire in the vein of Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), and a bloody tale of horror.As H. G. Wells himself wrote about this story, "The Island of Dr. Moreau is an exercise in youthful blasphemy. Now and then, though I rarely admit it, the universe projects itself towards me in a hideous grimace. It grimaced that time, and I did my best to express my vision of the aimless torture in creation."

Les chefs-d'oeuvres: guerre des mondes, la / la machine a explorer le temps / l'île du docteur moreau

The Sea-Lady concerns a mermaid who comes to shore, ostensibly with the intention of joining genteel society but who really desires to seduce Chatteris, a man she once encountered near Tonga.

The Sea-Lady

With H.G. Wells’ other novels, The War of the Worlds was one of the first and greatest works of science fiction ever to be written. Even long before man had learned to fly, H.G. Wells wrote this story of the Martian attack on England. These unearthly creatures arrive in huge cylinders, from which they escape as soon as the metal is cool. The first falls near Woking and is regarded as a curiosity rather than a danger until the Martians climb out of it and kill many of the gaping crowd with a Heat-Ray. These unearthly creatures have heads four feet in diameter and colossal round bodies, and by manipulating two terrifying machines – the Handling Machine and the Fighting Machine – they are as versatile as humans and at the same time insuperable. They cause boundless destruction. The inhabitants of the Earth are powerless against them, and it looks as if the end of the World has come. But there is one factor which the Martians, in spite of their superior intelligence, have not reckoned on. It is this which brings about a miraculous conclusion to this famous work of the imagination.

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