The Door in the Wall, considered by both readers and critics, to be Wells's finest tale, examines an issue to which Wells returned repeatedly in his writing: the contrast between aesthetics and science and the difficulty of choosing between them. This collection also includes The Star, A Dream of Armageddon, The Cone, A Moonlight Fable, The DiamondMaker, The Lord of the Dynamos, and The Country of the Blind. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 5.5-by-8.5-inch format by Waking Lion Press.

Short story by H. G. Wells.

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"Человек-невидимка" Герберта Уэллса - одно из самых экранизируемых и самых современных как в сюжетном, так и философском отношении романов великого английского фантаста, в котором увлекательные приключения главного героя - безумного и гениального молодого физика, наивно возмечтавшего о высшей власти над миром, но затравленного и раздавленного обществом, лишь обрамление для основной мысли Уэллса - мысли о глубокой ответственности ученого за свои открытия, способные принести миру как блага, так и бесчисленные беды.

The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. The fire burned brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.

"...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.

Хърбърт Уелс (1866–1946) е един от основоположниците на научнофантастичната литература. За разлика от Жул Верн, той я превръща в „приключение на мисълта“, първи я насища със социално съдържание, нравствени анализи и прогнози. Същевременно проявява афинитет към големите естественонаучни и физически открития на своето време, като свързва с тях и най-необузданите свои хрумвания. „Машината на времето“ е първият роман на Уелс (1895), който веднага налага името на своя създател. В предлаганата от нас книга е включен и още един ранен роман на писателя „Островът на д-р Моро“.

Машината на времето
The Time Machine, 1895

Островът на доктор Моро
The Island of Dr. Moreau, 1896

“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.

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.

“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.

A metallic cylinder falls to earth, landing in the sands of Horsell Common, Surrey, generating curiosity and awe. But what’s inside soon induces only terror. The story that unfolds is a breathless first-person account of an inconceivable reality: an extraterrestrial war has been waged on the planet.

In a twist on cautionary turn-of-the-century invasion literature, H. G. Wells posits the Martian attack as an insurmountable apocalyptic event. The first of its kind and a foundational work, The War of the Worlds inspired a radio broadcast, television shows, graphic novels, and countless films; roused the imagination and stirred anxieties; and changed the landscape of science fiction for generations.

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Having devoted his studies to optics and refraction, an impulsive scientist named Griffin has rendered himself invisible. Unable to reverse the effects, his struggle to survive grows desperate until he realizes that there are benefits to living out of the public eye. Increasingly isolated, he soon spirals into a life of crime and degenerates into madness. He can’t see that he has become his own worst enemy.

Exploring the loss of identity and the willful disappearance of conscience and morality, H. G. Wells crafted one of his most suspenseful and cautionary tales, which continues to intrigue to this day.

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Revised edition: Previously published as The Invisible Man , this edition of The Invisible Man (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Herbert George "H. G." Wells (1866 – 1946) was an English writer.
He was prolific in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in
Literature four times.

This chilling, futuristic novel, written in 1913 and first published the following year, was incredibly prophetic on a major scale. Wells was a genius and visionary, as demonstrated by many of his other works, but this book is clearly one of his best. He predicts nuclear warfare years before research began and describes the chain reactions involved and the resulting radiation. He describes a weapon of enormous destructive power, used from the air that would wipe out everything for miles, and actually used the term "atomic bombs." This book may have been at least part of the original inspiration for the development of atomic weapons, as well as presenting many other ideas that would ultimately come to pass. Some ideas may still be coming, including a one-world government referred to as The World Republic, that will attempt to end all wars.

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?

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.

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