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A shop owner buys the contents of a bankrupt antiques shop, and in the contents he finds a crystal ball. He thinks nothing of the ball, until one day he notices it emitting a glow. When he looks into the ball, he gets a fleeting view of a landscape. As time passes, the views become more defined, and strange beings appear. The ball becomes a secret part of his rather dull and unhappy life until a customer attempts to buy the ball. Now what? And can those strange beings also see our world through the ball?

H. G. Wells' novel of 1895 popularised the idea of vehicular time travel in this classic sci-fi tale. The eponymous hero finds himself in the land of the Eloi and the Morlocks. In some ways these encounters foreshadow another, less remote future which George Orwell conjures in Nineteen Eighty-Four: that of the nascent rift between the proles and the Party elite.

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.

Earth was being watched from afar...by creatures far greater than man...and which coveted what man possessed. The War of the Worlds is invasion literature at its finest. H.G. Wells' popular classic has never been out of print, and is presented here in a stunning new, modern edition. Bonnem's insightful narration runs the gamut of emotions, simultaneously communicating both the horror of events and the innate humanity of this timeless tale.

"Ann Veronica" is a New Woman novel by H. G. Wells published in 1909. "Ann Veronica" describes the rebellion of Ann Veronica Stanley, "a young lady of nearly two-and-twenty", against her middle-class father's stern patriarchal rule. The novel dramatizes the contemporary problem of the New Woman. It is set in Victorian era London and environs, except for an Alpine excursion. Ann Veronica offers vignettes of the women's suffrage movement in Great Britain and features a chapter inspired by the 1908 attempt of suffragettes to storm Parliament.

This extensive collection features stories of comedy, horror, monsters, strange worlds, guilt, enmity, whimsy, and avarice in some of the best of H. G. Wells' short fiction.

Certain Personal Matters is a selection by the author from among his vast output of humorous and insightful short essays and ephemeral pieces written during the 1890s. Many are whimsical and domestic, adopting the persona of an aspiring young writer, living in modest gentility with wife Euphemia. Others explore scientific themes that Wells would later develop as one of the acknowledged fathers of the science fiction genre.

L'Homme invisible est un roman de science-fiction de H. G. Wells. L'histoire : après quinze ans de recherches ruineuses, le chercheur Griffin invente une formule scientifique permettant de devenir invisible. Ayant réussi une expérience sur le chat de sa voisine, le savant décide d'expérimenter la formule sur lui-même, notamment pour fuir ses créanciers, avant de déclencher un incendie visant à effacer ses traces.

L'Île du docteur Moreau est un roman de science-fiction écrit par H. G. Wells. Unique survivant d'un naufrage, Edward Prendick est secouru par Montgomery et son équipe, passagers d'un navire faisant route vers une île tropicale avec une cargaison d'animaux. Montgomery est l'assistant du docteur Moreau, un scientifique obsédé par la vivisection et la transfusion sanguine.

"The Time Machine" is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. Wells is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposely and selectively forwards or backwards in time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle. The book's protagonist is an English scientist and inventor, identified by a narrator simply as the Time Traveller.

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 la terre !

Die Marsianer greifen mit dreibeinigen Kampfmaschinen Großbritannien an, um von hier aus die rohstoff- und wasserreiche Erde zu erobern. Das irdische Militär kann den außerirdischen Invasoren nichts entgegensetzen und muss der Zerstörung der Städte tatenlos zusehen. Nur wenige Menschen überleben den Überfall und können sich im Untergrund verstecken. Hilfe bekommen sie schließlich von unerwarteten Verbündeten.

"On this machine, I intend to explore time..." The time traveller has invented a time machine. Its capabilities are beyond even his fertile imagination. Hundreds of thousand of years in the future, the beautiful Eloi people live in a Garden of Eden. But why are they so fearful of the dark? What horrors lurk beneath the surface of their world? What will the time traveller learn about the future? Will he survive the evil he encounters? Even if he can find his stolen machine, will it return him safely home?

Un precursor de la ficcion cientifica. La ficcion cientifica esta basada en adaptar los adelantos de la ciencia e imaginar que se puede lograr con ellos.

En Doce historias y un sueño, el oyente se encontrará con un Wells sorprendente que extiende su búsqueda hacia la recreación fantástica y humorística de personajes variopintos a los que une un lazo común.

NBC University Theater initially started in Chicago with a remit to bring adaptations of classic novels, usually Anglo-American, to a radio audience. In its later years, it also included short stories and plays and went on to win the distinguished Peabody award. University Theater relied on excellent distillations of the novels and first-class acting alongside high production values.

Em uma noite gelada, surge numa cidade isolada na Inglaterra um desconhecido à procura de abrigo. Com o rosto coberto de bandagens, enluvado e de óculos escuros, esse homem distante e misterioso não quer ser incomodado... Mas esse homem esconde um estranho segredo: após fazer experiências, ele obteve o poder da invisibilidade, mas não consegue voltar ao normal! Ele será capaz de conviver entre os outros humanos sem ser descoberto?

The War of the Worlds (1898), by H.G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films, radio dramas, comic book adaptations, and a television series based on the story. The 1938 radio broadcast caused public outcry against the episode, as many listeners believed that an actual Martian invasion was in progress, a notable example of mass hysteria.

In The Invisible Man, an unexpected guest at the Coach and Horses in Iping arouses the local's interest with his short temper and his completely covered face. Griffin is seeking solitude and quiet, but is soon forced from the village and finds temporary shelter in the home of an old university friend, Kemp. In The Time Machine, a Victorian scientist travels into the far future and discovers the descendants of humanity, the Eloi, living in apparent peace. However, after his time machine goes missing, he discovers that humanity has in fact split into two distinct species.

In Tales of the Unknown, Wells' series of 15 stories investigate "the other side"; that is, a fourth dimension where human beings enter into a world outside or parallel to our own. In the otherworld that Wells describes, it seems we can see others, observe their actions, yet be unable to speak, hear, or touch them.