The Purple Pileus - format ePub

Obra que se halla en los inicios de la novela de ciencia-ficción, "La máquina del tiempo" (1895) sigue conservando el mismo poder de fascinación y vigor narrativo que le valieron el éxito inmediato en...

En esta novela, paradigma del género de la ciencia ficción, H. G. Wells señaló algunas de las más serias preocupaciones científicas —insólitas si consideramos que se publicó por primera vez en 1895— como...

La máquina del tiempo es una novela de ciencia ficción escrita por H.G.Wells y publicada en 1895. Wells es conocido por el público en general por la popularización del concepto del viaje en el tiempo...

Relata las contradicciones de un joven y brillante científico que se desprende de toda ética en pro de su sed de dominio. Scafati recrea la atmósfera de una sociedad trastornada por un individuo que actúa...

Es la primera novela en la que se narró una invasión marciana. H. G. Wells, es junto con Julio Verne, el padre de la ciencia ficción. Esta edición recupera las ilustraciones de Henrique Alvim Corrêa,...

El primer gran clásico de la ciencia ficción que narró una invasión marciana en el planeta Tierra.El siglo XIX llega a si fin y los marcianos se preparan para invadir y conquistar la Tierra. Los temibles...

La Guerra de los Mundos es una de las obras maestras de Herbert George Wells. Publicada en 1898, constituye la primera descripción conocida de una invasión alienígena. Está narrada en primera persona,...

Publicada en 1895 y fruto de la imaginación de Wells, uno de los padres de la ciencia ficción, “La Máquina del Tiempo” nos cuenta las aventuras de un científico que logra descubrir las claves de la cuarta...

En estos cuentos, los autores que inauguraron la ciencia ficción sorprenden con su capacidad para anticipar un mundo en el que el uso de la ciencia y la tecnología llevan al ser humano a plantearse dilemas...

"The War of the Worlds" is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. The plot has been related to invasion literature of the time. The novel has been variously interpreted as a commentary...

H. G. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His writing career spanned more than sixty years, and his early science fiction novels earned him the title (along with Jules Verne and...

H. G. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His writing career spanned more than sixty years, and his early science fiction novels earned him the title (along with Jules Verne and...

H. G. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His writing career spanned more than sixty years, and his early science fiction novels earned him the title (along with Jules Verne and...

"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 Island of Doctor Moreau" is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat who...

"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...

Discover the thrilling finale to the instant No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller A Fate Inked in Blood. 'I will officially read anything Danielle Jensen writes''If you are looking for the next best romantasy...

The Jedi reluctantly team up with the nefarious Lourna Dee in this full script for the Star Wars audio original Tempest Breaker.Lourna Dee is not a villain. She’s not a hero. She’s a survivor. The former...

The Toad I Want to KissFlora thought she wanted a prince. Turns out, life had other, slightly slimier, plans. Jaded by dating apps and a job that's more soul-crushing than soul-fulfilling, Flora's cynicism...

Lucy became a literary horror celebrity when her trilogy of horror novels about Martian clowns became cult movies. But by the time her agent requested she'd pen a fourth one, she'd lost all inspiration....

In the tranquil coastal town of Honey Bay, where the rhythmic hush of the ocean meets the hushed reverence of the Harbor View Library, two worlds unexpectedly collide in Vera Noire's "Ink & Quiet...

Lydia Crow is back.After the turbulent events of The Magpie Key, Lydia is trying to adjust to life without her home. She is living in Uncle Charlie's house and learning what 'head of the Crow Family'...

Friends make the best lovers…Liam and Hope. Hope and Liam. The two of us go together like chocolate and peanut butter, even though we're complete opposites—I'm a night owl, she's an early bird. I'm a...

First published in The Collective anthologyChance Freeman's Latest Job? Survive.Chance Freeman is a smooth-talking, no-nonsense retrieval consultant—if you lose something valuable, he'll get it back…...

Amid a literal fog of war on a disputed planet, a woman is thrust into battle, forced to fight in her captors' war. With an empire at her back, ready to kill her at the slightest hesitation, this slaveturned-...

Jet set away for a weekend romp in these five short and steamy standalone reads from Liz Alden. Happily-ever-afters guaranteed!This collection includes:Rosé with My Fake Fiancé: A Mature Woman Younger...

Brewmaster Annie Mooney is weeks away from realizing her dreams when the bottom drops out of her world. Her father's heart attack sends her spinning. While she's trying to come to grips with almost losing...

They took her partner — grabbed him right off the streets of AnchoragePrivate investigator (and secret werewolf) Sara Flores has made a life out of rescuing people from men who think they can get away...

At eighteen, Scout Swift ran away from home with a charming swindler. Now, twelve years later, she's ready to return to Maine to fulfill her late mother's dream of visiting all the lighthouses in New...

He was her late husband's best friend, but for him she'd always been the one.Mia Jonathon Franklin has been living a nightmare for the last two years—ever since her husband and high school sweetheart...

The cabin is heating up in this romantic comedy as a pro-athlete and corporate marketer dodge the tabloids and save a ski lodge.Professional athlete Juniper Hart was forced into retirement after a devastating...

An assassin plagued by her past, a boy forced to become a king, and the fate that binds them together. Seven years ago Wren Everhart spared a life she was meant to steal, and the decision has haunted...

Return to The Five Queendoms series with the final book in this “ambitious and engaging” (Rebecca Roanhorse) epic fantasy trilogy, in which a centuries-long peace is shattered in a matriarchal society...

A Dystopian Thriller of Deception, Faith, and the Fight for Truth The Order has been betrayed. The hunters have been loosed.Father Curtis has forsaken his vows. He has left the Order and joined the Seekers,...

Language is not for God, but for man to get beyond his primitive feelings…"In Frederick Mark Kramer's They Shall Not Pass: A Novel of Manhattan and Madrid, the interior ruminations of disembodied, anonymous...

RESCUE. DANGER. DEVOTION.THIS TIME, THEIR HEARTS ARE ON THE LINE.She came to Alaska searching for her troubled brother...and found herself kidnapped by a dangerous militia.Jamie Winters will risk anything...

He refused to fall in love…Maia is excited to score a rugby contract to play for a women's team, and when it places her in the same small country town as her childhood crush, she isn't sure what reaction...

Secrets age like wine… and this one is ready to be uncorked.Elko, Nevada, 1955Seventy-six-year-old Meg Bruno has spent decades in quiet exile, keeping the past buried where it belongs. Once known as the...

Sent away to her family's countryside estate following a mortifying divorce, Beatrice reluctantly leaves London for more rural pastures and to see if the angel boy she once played with as a child is still...

Two-Gun Witch (n) – pejorative term for the few elven women who can use magical devices with both hands, most typically, spell irons.Spell Iron (n) – magical revolvers that hold components in their cylinders...

"How come goblins never live happily ever after?"–Jig DragonslayerAll Jig wants to do was worship his forgotten god, hang out with his pet fire-spider, and heal the seemingly-endless parade of goblin...

A hidden lineage, a found family, an impossible quest, and a forbidden love that might save the worlds. This is the Raven Daughter trilogy altogether in one book with added chapters, expanded scenes,...

Jane Hawkins bakes cookies for the church fundraiser, compliments your new curtains, and knows exactly how long it takes to dissolve a body in lye.She's your friendly neighborhood widow — charming, chatty,...

In the history of heroic quests, noble battles, and grand adventures, goblinkind has never been more than a footnote. That's about to change…Jig the goblin was the weakest of an admittedly weak race....

Their paths have crossed before, but not like this. Will one night together in an unlikely destination be enough?What begins as an inconvenience becomes an opportunity when Seth Weston, en route to his...

Eden expected to attend her first Mirror Academy Ball with her best friend, raising money for the animal sanctuary. She didn't expect to spend the night searching for her missing friend…or to wind up...