H .G. Wells - Libros y biografía

"LITTLE WARS" is the game of kings—for players in an inferior social position. It can be played by boys of every age from twelve to one hundred and fifty—and even later if the limbs remain sufficiently...

"The Invisible Man" is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946), usually referred to as H. G. Wells, was an English writer.  

The Time Machine was the first of a number of these imaginative literary inventions. First published in 1895, the novel follows the adventures of a hypothetical Time Traveller who journeys into the future...

The book's protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends using a miniature model that...

Herbert George "H. G." Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules...

Herbert George Wells, meglio conosciuto come H. G. Wells (Bromley, 21 settembre 1866 – Londra, 13 agosto 1946), è stato uno scrittore britannico tra i più popolari della sua epoca; autore di alcune delle...

The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella and tells the story of Griffin. He’s a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body’s refractive index to...

La visita meravigliosa è un romanzo fantastico con elementi satirici del 1895 di H. G. Wells che ha come protagonista un creatura angelica che misteriosamente si ritrova nell'Inghilterra di fine Ottocento.

Kaleidoscope Classics presents H G Wells’ ‘The War of the Worlds’. Presented as a fantastic edition with a fully interactive table of contents. The War of the Worlds is a military science fiction novel...

"[Wells] contrives to give over humanity into the clutches of the Impossible and yet manages to keep it down (or up) to its humanity, to its flesh, blood, sorrow, folly." —Joseph Conrad "The most important...

The Invisible Man is an 1897 science fiction novella by H.G. Wells. Wells' novel was originally serialised in Pearson's Magazine in 1897, and published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the...

The book's protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends using a miniature model that...

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...

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946[3])—known as H. G. Wells—was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks...

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...

"Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland" is a story about Mr. Skelmersdale, a mundane man who finds himself in an extraordinary situation when he is transported to Fairyland. There, he encounters a Fairy Lady...

The Wonderful Visit is an 1895 novel by H. G. Wells. With an angel—a creature of fantasy unlike a religious angel—as protagonist and taking place in contemporary England, the book could be classified...

When a mysterious stranger arrives at a local inn with his face hidden behind bandages, he soon becomes the talk of the village. Locking himself in his room, he spends most of his time mixing chemicals,...

In the Days of the Comet (1906) is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells in which humanity is "exalted" when a comet causes "the nitrogen of the air, the old azote," to "change out of itself" and become...

"The Chronic Argonauts" is a short story written by H. G. Wells. First published by the Royal College of Science in 1888, it predates Wells's more famous time travelling novel, The Time Machine, by seven...

The Time Machine was the first of a number of these imaginative literary inventions. First published in 1895, the novel follows the adventures of a hypothetical Time Traveller who journeys into the future...

Edward Prendick finds himself adrift at sea, a lone survivor of a ship wreck. He spends more than a week drifting without food or water. Fendrick consigns himself to death, but fate intervenes and delivers...

"Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation" tells the story of a schoolmaster, Mr. Ledbetter, who, while on vacation, decides to commit a burglary after drinking too much. His impulsive crime leads to unexpected adventures,...

Herbert George Wells, meglio conosciuto come H. G. Wells (Bromley, 21 settembre 1866 – Londra, 13 agosto 1946), è stato uno scrittore britannico tra i più popolari della sua epoca; autore di alcune delle...

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells first serialised in 1897 in the UK by Pearson's Magazine and in the US by Cosmopolitan magazine. The novel's first appearance...

"The Magic Shop" tells the story of a father and his son, Gip, who visit a mysterious shop filled with real magic. They encounter a shopkeeper who demonstrates various magical items, blurring the lines...

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...

"A door, another world. Imagine for a moment that behind a simple door hides a parallel universe, full of wonders and mysteries. This is what an ordinary man discovers, faced with a heartbreaking choice:...

Enquanto caminhavam pelos alpes suíços, dois viajantes ingleses caem em uma dobra espacial e de repente se encontram em outro mundo. Em muitos aspectos igual ao nosso, mas ainda assim radicalmente diferente,...

Um cavalheiro vitoriano cai em um profundo sono, do qual ninguém consegue acordá-lo. Durante os dois séculos em que dorme, ele se torna o Dorminhoco, a pessoa mais conhecida e poderosa do mundo. Todas...