One of the most loved science fiction novels of all time, H.G. Wells' 'The Time Machine' is a novel that crafts a vivid and haunting picture of an earth some 800,000 years into the future. First published in 1895, it was one of the first novels to deal with the concept of time travel and due to its popularity has come to be regarded as one of the most impactful works on the development of the science fiction genre. In his work 'The Time Machine', Wells Time Traveller, a gentleman inventor living in England, traverses first thousands of years and then millions into the future, before bringing back the knowledge of the grave degeneration of the human race and the planet. One wonders if Wells could truly see into the future, as over 100 years after its publication date his visions seem timelier than ever. The Time Machine has since been adapted into many feature films and television series and has inspired many more works of fiction. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: HG Wells (Herbert George, 1866) was born to a working class family in Kent, England. Young Wells received a spotty education, interrupted by several illnesses and family difficulties, and became a draper's apprentice as a teenager. The headmaster of Midhurst Grammar School, where he had spent a year, arranged for him to return as an 'usher', or student teacher. Wells earned a government scholarship in 1884, to study biology under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School of Science. Wells earned his bachelor of science and doctor of science degrees at the University of London. After marrying his cousin, Isabel, Wells began to supplement his teaching salary with short stories and freelance articles, then books, including 'The Time Machine' (1895), 'The Island of Dr. Moreau' (1896), 'The Invisible Man' (1897), and 'The War of the Worlds' (1898). Wells created a mild scandal when he divorced his cousin to marry one of his best students, Amy Catherine Robbins. Although his second marriage was lasting and produced two sons. His 100 books included many novels, as well as non-fiction, such as 'A Modern Utopia' (1905), 'The Outline of History' (1920), 'A Short History of the World' (1922), 'The Shape of Things to Come' (1933), and 'The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind' (1932). Wells used his international fame to promote his favorite causes, including the prevention of war, and was received by government officials around the world. He is best remembered as an early writer of science fiction and futurism.

- At the end of the 19th century, the author narrates the incidents of the arrival of shooting stars that turns out to be alien cylinders. - He guesses the cylinders to be belonging to Mars. - On personal investigation, he finds out the cylinders to be hollow and harmless - Little did he know, the Martian structures could turn out to be the end of the world for humans. The book is a paperback book with well-arranged illustrations and optimized for a relaxed and enjoyable reading experience. Happy Reading!

These lost works of Wells, written near his death, deal with the apocalypse and the afterlife.

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extra-terrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. The story has been related to invasion literature of the time. The novel has been variously interpreted as a commentary on evolutionary theory, British imperialism, and generally Victorian superstitions, fears, and prejudices.

The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and who invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light. He carries out this procedure on himself and renders himself invisible, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. A practitioner of random and irresponsible violence, Griffin has become an iconic character in horror fiction.

Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure A Modern Utopia has been called not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia. The novel is best known for its notion that a voluntary order of nobility known as the Samurai could effectively rule a kinetic and not static world state so as to solve the problem of combining progress with political stability. In his preface, Wells forecasts (incorrectly) that A Modern Utopia would be the last of a series of volumes on social problems that began in 1901 with Anticipations and included Mankind in the Making (1903). But unlike those non-fictional works, A Modern Utopia is presented as a tale told by a sketchily described character known only as the Owner of the Voice. This character is not to be taken as the Voice of the ostensible author who fathers these pages, Wells warns. He is accompanied by another character known as the botanist. Interspersed in the narrative are discursive remarks on various matters, creating what Wells called in his preface a sort of shot-silk texture between philosophical discussion on the one hand and imaginative narrative on the other. In addition, there are frequent comparisons to and discussions of previous utopian literature. In terms of Northrop Frye's classification of literary genres, A Modern Utopia is not a novel but an anatomy.

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When Edward Prendick is shipwrecked on a tropical island, he is surprised to find he has company in the form of Dr Moreau.

Driven out of Britain in disgrace, Dr Moreau has decided to explore his science in peace and isolation.

It isn't long before Prendick discovers the horrors it involves . . .

Considered widely to be one of the fathers of science fiction, H.G. Wells' story of a mad scientist pushing the boundaries of humanity sits alongside Frankenstein and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in the annals of British classics. The novel has been adapted multiple times, and is referenced in many different media.

'The most important of all nineteenth-century sf writers in the UK and in America' - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
'Short, cold, economic and totally unrelenting. An utterly terrifying book' - China Miéville
'One of our bravest and most stimulating writers' - Telegraph

Tales of Space and Time is a collection of 5 incredible stories by H.G.Wells. The collection of stories consists of three short stories and two novellas that are based on Victorian era sci-fi keeping the readers on their toes the whole time. All the five stories have an exciting approach towards astro-physics with a mind-blowing climax keeping the reader engaged till the end of the stories.

H.G. Wells was a virtuoso and visionary, as shown by numerous of his other works, however, this book is unmistakably one of his best.

He predicts atomic fighting a long time before the research starts and depicts the chain responses and subsequent radiation. He depicts a weapon of colossal damaging force, utilized from the air that would clear out everything for a significant distance, and utilized the expression atomic bombs.

A Short History of the World summarises the scientific knowledge of the time regarding the history of Earth and life. It starts with its origins, goes on to explain the development of the Earth and life on Earth, reaching primitive thought and the development of humankind from the Cradle of Civilisation. The book ends with the outcome of the First World War, the Russian famine of 1921, and the League of Nations in 1922.

Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought, generally known as Anticipations, was written by H.G. Wells at the age of 34. He later called the book, which became a bestseller, the keystone to the main arch of my work.

The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively forward or backward through time. The term time machine, coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle or device. The story reflects Wells's own socialist political views, his view on life and abundance, and the contemporary angst about industrial relations. Based on Wells's personal experiences and childhood, the working class literally spent a lot of their time underground. His own family would spend most of their time in a dark basement kitchen when not being occupied in their father's shop. This work is an early example of the Dying Earth subgenre. The portion of the novella that sees the Time Traveller in a distant future where the sun is huge and red also places The Time Machine within the realm of eschatology, i.e. the study of the end times, the end of the world, and the ultimate destiny of humankind.

- A stranger enters the town of Ipsing in the west of Sussex and strange things begin to happen. - The owner of the local Inn, Mrs. Hall complains about the weird voices coming from the stranger's room. - Soon 'The Stranger' becomes the hot topic of the town. - With failed attempts at the experiments and no money, Griffin- the stranger is thrown out of the Inn and wanders in the woods. - His ability or inability to become invisible gets into his head. He needs to undo the disaster of an experiment he performed and get back to his original state. The book is a paperback book with well-arranged illustrations and optimized for a relaxed and enjoyable reading experience. Happy Reading!

A mysterious male, Griffin, referred to as' the stranger', arrives at the nearby inn owned by Mr. and Mrs. Hall of the English village of Iping, West Sussex, during a snowstorm. The stranger wears a long sleeved, heavy coat and gloves; his face is actually hidden entirely by bandages except for a prosthetic nose, and he wears a wide brimmed hat. He's excessively reclusive, unfriendly, irascible, and introverted.

What's the primary message of Invisible Man?

Invisible Man by Ralph EllisonSummary, Analysis and Plot...

The message of Invisible Man is the fact that a person's self identification should depend on himself and not on society's views of him. He's genuine even in case he feels that no one sees him.

What are 2 themes in Invisible Man?

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Racism as an Obstacle to Individual Identity....

The Limitations of Ideology....

The Danger of Fighting Stereotype with Stereotype....

The Illusory Promise of Freedom....

The Self interested Nature of Power.

What's The Invisible Man metaphor?

The metaphors of invisibility and blindness allow for an examination of the effects of racism on the perpetrator as well as the victim. Because the narrator is actually black, whites refuse to see him as an actual, three dimensional person; hence, he portrays himself as invisible and describes them as blind.

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Je suis un pacifiste extreme, je hais jouer au soldat. En aout 1916, a 50 ans, Herbert George Wells part pourtant faire le tour du Front. Comme la majorite des grands ecrivains britanniques - Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ford Madox Ford -, il a repondu a l'appel du War Propaganda Bureau cree dans les premieres semaines de la guerre et charge de la manipulation de l'opinion. Ainsi nous passons, la plupart du temps en automobiles qui bondissent sur les routes de la guerre, comme un nuage de temoins, chacun temoignant a sa propre maniere , ecrit-il dans La Guerre et l'Avenir, livre qui n'avait pas ete reedite depuis sa premiere publication a la fin de 1916. Le periple guerrier du grand ecrivain britannique debute par l'Italie et le terrible front de l'Isonzo avec ses apres combats de montagnes. Puis c'est la France, devastee, avec ses villages qui ne sont plus que des deserts de trous d'obus. Ecrivain politique fascine par le progres technique, inventeur de la science fiction (La machine a remonter le temps, La Guerre des Mondes, L'homme invisible), H. G. Wells livre un recit de reporter de guerre ou se melent portraits de guerriers, ravages des batailles, mais aussi armes futuristes et visions d'avenir sur l'organisation du monde, quand le fracas des armes aura cesse. Mais de ces peregrinations sur les barrieres de feu, de ce tour du front, Wells rapporte aussi des digressions etonnamment premonitoires. Entre les lignes, c'est le siecle des genocides que cet auteur prolifique annonce.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.