H. G. Wells - Libros y biografía

THE WORLD SET FREE was written in 1913 and published early in 1914, and it is the latest of a series of three fantasias of possibility, stories which all turn on the possible developments in the future...

The Time Machine is a 1895 science fiction novella by H. G. Wells. It is credited with popularizing the idea of time travel and is considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. The...

Não é só de Sci-Fi que se faz H. G. Wells! O autor de A Guerra dos Mundos também teve uma carreira prolífica em histórias fantásticas, mágicas e de suspense em universos diferentes e peculiares. Talvez...

In the Days of the Comet - H. G. Wells - In the Days of the Comet is a 1906 science fiction book written by H. G. Wells, about the effects of a comet entering the earth's atmosphere. This event brings...

The History Of Mr. Polly - H. G. Wells - The History Of Mr. Polly is a comic novel by H. G. Wells about Alfred Polly, a young man living in Edwardian England. The book begins by listing all the things...

Boon - H. G. Wells - Boon is a 1915 satirical novel by H. G. Wells, although it purports to be by the fictional character Reginald Bliss (Wells denied authorship for some time after the book was published)....

The New Machiavelli - H. G. Wells - The New Machiavelli is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1911. The story is told by Richard Remington, an ideological man with dreams of social and political...

The Wheels of Chance - H. G. Wells - Written in the same vein as 'Three Men in a Boat', The Wheels of Chance is a comic novel by H. G. Wells. Written during a cycling craze that swept the nation in the...

First and Last Things - H. G. Wells - First and Last Things is a 1908 work of philosophy by H. G. Wells. In it, he sets forth his beliefs in four parts entitled 'Metaphysics', 'Of Belief', 'Of General...

A Modern Utopia - H. G. Wells - A Modern Utopia is a dystopian book by H. G. Wells. In his preface, Wells says that A Modern Utopia would be the last of a series of volumes on social problems. This book...

The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman - H. G. Wells - The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman is a 1913 novel by H. G. Wells. Lady Harman is in a loveless marriage with Sir Isaac. Despite great wealth and 4 children, the...

The Wonderful Visit - H. G. Wells - Inspired by Victorian art critic John Ruskin's remark that an angel appearing on earth in Victorian England would be shot on sight, The Wonderful Visit tells the story...

The Island of Dr. Moreau - H. G. Wells - The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of Edward Prendick who, after becoming shipwrecked, is rescued...

Kipps - H. G. Wells - Kipps is a H. G. Wells novel, originally published in 1905. It's the rags to riches story of Arthur Kipps, whose life takes him on a journey from a little shop in Kent and childhood...

Love and Mr Lewisham - H. G. Wells - Love and Mr Lewisham: The Story of a Very Young Couple, is a book written by H. G. Wells and published in 1900. The character and events in the novel appear to be...

The Invisible Man - H. G. Wells - 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...

The Time Machine - H. G. Wells - The sci-fi novel that actually gave us the term: 'time machine'. The story starts with a narrator telling his dinner guests about the Time Traveller's machine and how...

Men Like Gods - H. G. Wells - Men Like Gods is a book by English author H. G. Wells, first published in 1923. Set in the summer of 1921, the story involves Mr. Barnstaple, a journalist who, becoming tired...

The Passionate Friends: A Novel - H. G. Wells - The Passionate Friends: A Novel is a 1913 book by H. G. Wells. Written as a narration by the novel's protagonist Stephen Stratton, and addressed to his...

Bealby - H. G. Wells - Bealby: A Holiday is a comic novel written by H. G. Wells, first published in 1915. Bealby is a 13 year old boy who rebels against his job of a domestic servant in a 'great house'...

The Sleeper Awakes - H. G. Wells - The Sleeper Awakes, a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, is the story of a man who wakes up after sleeping for 203 years. The London he knows has been completely...

A Short History of the World - H. G. Wells - A Short History of the World by H. G. Wells was first published in 1922 and was intended as a shorter version of his earlier book The Outline of History....

The First Men In The Moon - H. G. Wells - The First Men In The Moon is a 1901 book by British author H. G. Wells. It tells the story of Mr Bedford and Mr Cavor, who take a journey to the moon, only to...

The War in the Air - H. G. Wells - The War in the Air: And Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted is a military science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells. The novel was written in...

Em obra de 1908, um dos pais da ficção científica, o escritor inglês H. G. Wells antecipa o cenário de um bombardeio aéreo e vislumbra um futuro sombrio e distópico. H. G. Wells (1866-1946) foi uma celebridade...

Com sua prodigiosa imaginação, o escritor inglês H. G. Wells (1866-1946) cria, em obra de 1910, um futuro sombrio e distópico, muito diferente da era vitoriana em que viveu, considerada por ele mesmo...

O cientista Griffin descobre o poder da invisibilidade por meio de experimentações rebuscadas em óptica e refração de luz. Ele é um avatar tanto de Frankenstein quanto de seu monstro: faz a descoberta...

Prendick é salvo de um naufrágio por um navio que está transportando animais selvagens para uma ilha no Pacífico. Obrigado a seguir o mesmo destino, desembarca na ilha e conhece o Dr. Moreau, um cientista...

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