H. G Wells
61) Adventures, #10
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A ton of reading adventure is here, in our thickest issue yet. Read Classics from H.G. Wells, Jack London, and forgotten author Jane Margaret Hooper's "Bring Me a Light!". What holiday is complete without a detective story... this one by Lawrence L. Lynch.
Read an original by K.R. Moore, poetry in Dark Corners, and much more.
ALL INSIDE!
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H. G. Wells's sobering, thought-provoking novel is one of the greatest works of science fiction ever created-and as powerful today as when it was written. After inventing a machine that moves through time, the Traveler leaves Victorian London and goes far, far into the future. At first, the world he discovers seems peaceful and prosperous. But as he looks below the surface he realizes that things are not exactly as they first appeared.
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The first comprehensive history of the world, The Outline of History is a vibrant synthesis of real history, told in a sweeping, panoramic style, as if it were fiction. H. G. Wells removes nationalism from the equation, creating the premier worldview of history, told from a global rather than a local point of view.
With The Outline of History Wells started a craze that lasted throughout the 1920s for copycat "outlines" on every conceivable subject....
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The Martians Are Coming! Together in one volume for the first time-H.G. Wells's seminal science fiction classic The War of the Worlds, with the contemporaneous, unauthorized, but extremely popular sequel Edison's Conquest of Mars, as well as Wells's own, much later conceptual sequel, Star Begotten. How often do you watch the sky at night? Ever see bright streaks of light exploding from the red planet? Get ready for adventurous reading as you embark...
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Musaicum Books presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
Contents:
H. G. Wells:
The Time Machine
Ayn Rand:
Anthem
Mark Twain:
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
H. Beam Piper:
Flight from Tomorrow
Philip K. Dick:
The Skull
The Variable Man
Fritz Leiber:
The Big Time
Andre Norton:
Key Out of Time
The Time Traders
The Defiant Agents
Lester...
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Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer most famous today for his science fiction novels The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Island of Dr Moreau. He was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary.
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This is an audio-enhanced audiobook - with music and sound effects - of two of the greatest science fiction classics of all time - "The Island of Doctor Moreau" and "The Invisible Man"...in one collection!
H.G. Wells (1866 -1946) - the master of the genre - created his "scientific romances" and set the standard for futuristic literature that also teemed with both social commentary and a prescient view of the world to come.
Enjoy these two...
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Un inventeur génial de l'époque victorienne construit une machine à voyager dans le temps et s'élance dans le futur jusqu'à l'an 802801. Il découvre un monde qui a les apparences d'un paradis. Les terriens du futur sont des petits êtres gracieux, doux et naïfs. Ils s'appellent les Éloïs et vivent dans une oisiveté uniquement troublée de terreur par l'obscurité. Car la nuit tombée, les terrifiants Morlocks surgissent des profondeurs de...
69) The Fate of Man
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In the design of this book three primary themes interlace and pursue and develop each other.There is first, that invention and science have completely altered the material environment ofhuman life. Next, that the disruptive driving force of an excess of bored and unemployed young men., which must in some manner find relief, will probably shatter human life altogether under the new conditions. And thirdly, that the existing mental organisation of our...
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H. G. Wells sets forth an intriguing, first-hand observation of Italy, France, and Britain under severe duress during the "War to End All Wars," World War I. He examines the technological effects of modern warfare on human nature, particularly the introduction of the tank and aerial bombing. Two prophetic visions of his philosophy to truly end all war are revealed: the control of war weapons and the creation of a world state.
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Two of the greatest science fiction classics of all time...in one collection!
H.G. Wells (1866 -1946) - the master of the genre - created his "scientific romances" and set the standard for futuristic literature that teemed with both social commentary and a prescient view of the world to come. Here, we present "The Time Machine" and "The War of the Worlds," two of the most popular and thrilling science fiction novels ever created...together in...
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This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production. An audio-enhanced version (with music and sound effects) of three of the greatest science fiction classics of all time - in one collection!
H.G. Wells (1866 -1946) - the master of the genre - created his "scientific romances" and set the standard for prophetic and prescient scientific literature that also teemed with social commentary and even glimpses of horror.
Enjoy these three classics by the "Father...
75) Floor Games
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This short work describes two games of imagination played out upon the floor of H G Wells home
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The world of young Mr. Lewisham is one day turned upside down when he meets and falls in love with Ethel Henderson, a young woman from London who is visiting relatives in Sussex. Their brief and innocent rendezvous has significant implications when Lewisham's job is threatened. Some time later, Lewisham moves to London, where he decides to go search of Ethel, but finding her proves to be more complicated than expected...
This book is said to closely...
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H.G. Wells, one of the world's earliest and most celebrated science-fiction authors, created a number of unforgettable classics of the genre, including The Invisible Man, War of the Worlds, The First Men on the Moon, and many more.
Here, we present a two-volume collection of Wells' most celebrated classics of science-fiction and horror: The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau. This audio-enhanced version - with sound effects and musical...
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Two of the greatest science fiction classics of all time...in one collection!
H.G. Wells (1866 -1946) - the master of the genre - created his "scientific romances" and set the standard for futuristic literature that teemed with both social commentary and a prescient view of the world to come. Here, we present "The Island of Doctor Moreau" and "The War of the Worlds," two of the most popular and thrilling science fiction novels ever created...together...
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H. G. Wells fue un gran escritor prolífico de ficción y no ficción. Su carrera literaria se extendió por más de sesenta años y sus primeras novelas de ciencia ficción le concedieron el título (junto con Julio Verne y Hugo Gernsback) de «Padre de la ciencia ficción». cuentos incluidos: 1.- El nuevo acelerador. 2.- La floracion de la extraña orquidea. 3.-En el observatorio astronomico de Avu. 4.-Los triunfos de un taxidermista. 5.-Un negocio...
80) El bacilo robado
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El robo de un bacilo capaz de exterminar a gran parte de la población, un huevo de cristal que pone en comunicación dos mundos distantes, un taxidermista que plantea la momificación humana para paliar la desdicha de la muerte, un salvaje que ve en una dinamo un dios a quien ofrecer sacrificios,