The Time Machine and The Invisible Man: Volume 45
Published on 5. October 2017
288 pages
978-0-7603-6142-9 (ISBN)
Description
From the "father of science fiction," H. G. Wells, comes two masterpieces of speculative science fiction storytelling: The Time Machine and The Invisible Man.
The former propels the time traveling protagonist to the distant year of 802,701 AD. To his horror, he find only a decaying Earth that is being gradually swallowed by the Sun, and where two strange species--the delicate Eloi and the fierce, subterranean Morlocks--inhabit an eerie dystopia.
The latter offers the mesmerizing account of a bitter young scientist who discovers the chemical secret of invisibility. After using on himself, he embarks on a terrifying descent into crime, obsession, and insanity. Both of these science fiction classics are as chilling as they are thought-provoking.
Easily required reading for any science fiction or thriller fan, don't wait to enjoy classic stories, especially when they are combined into an elegantly designed, clothbound edition that features an elastic closure and a new introduction.
The former propels the time traveling protagonist to the distant year of 802,701 AD. To his horror, he find only a decaying Earth that is being gradually swallowed by the Sun, and where two strange species--the delicate Eloi and the fierce, subterranean Morlocks--inhabit an eerie dystopia.
The latter offers the mesmerizing account of a bitter young scientist who discovers the chemical secret of invisibility. After using on himself, he embarks on a terrifying descent into crime, obsession, and insanity. Both of these science fiction classics are as chilling as they are thought-provoking.
Easily required reading for any science fiction or thriller fan, don't wait to enjoy classic stories, especially when they are combined into an elegantly designed, clothbound edition that features an elastic closure and a new introduction.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
File size
0,56 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7603-6142-9 (9780760361429)
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Persons
Herbert George "H.G." Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer best known for his timeless science fiction novels, including The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and The War of the Worlds. After winning a scholarship to the prestigious Normal School of Science in London, where he studied biology and helped found The Science School Journal, he became a teacher and embarked on an impressive literary career that resulted in four Nobel Prize nominations. Wells also wrote extensively on politics and social matters and was one of the foremost public intellectuals of his day.
Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- THE TIME MACHINE
- I. THE INVENTOR
- II. THE TIME TRAVELER RETURNS
- III. THE STORY BEGINS
- IV. THE GOLDEN AGE
- V. SUNSET
- VI. THE MACHINE IS LOST
- VII. THE STRANGE ANIMAL
- VIII. THE MORLOCKS
- IX. WHEN THE NIGHT CAME
- X. THE PALACE OF GREEN PORCELAIN
- XI. IN THE DARKNESS OF THE FOREST
- XII. THE TRAP OF THE WHITE SPHINX
- XIII. THE FURTHER VISION
- XIV. AFTER THE TIME TRAVELER'S STORY
- THE INVISIBLE MAN
- I. THE STRANGE MAN'S ARRIVAL
- II. MR. TEDDY HENFREY'S FIRST IMPRESSIONS
- III. THE THOUSAND AND ONE BOTTLES
- IV. MR. CUSS INTERVIEWS THE STRANGER
- V. THE BURGLARY AT THE VICARAGE
- VI. THE FURNITURE THAT WENT MAD
- VII. THE UNVEILING OF THE STRANGER
- VIII. IN TRANSIT
- IX. MR. THOMAS MARVEL
- X. MR. MARVEL'S VISIT TO IPING
- XI. IN THE COACH AND HORSES
- XII. THE INVISIBLE MAN LOSES HIS TEMPER
- XIII. MR. MARVEL DISCUSSES HIS RESIGNATION
- XIV. AT PORT STOWE
- XV. THE MAN WHO WAS RUNNING
- XVI. IN THE JOLLY CRICKETERS
- XVII. DOCTOR KEMP'S VISITOR
- XVIII. THE INVISIBLE MAN SLEEPS
- XIX. CERTAIN FIRST PRINCIPLES
- XX. AT THE HOUSE IN GREAT PORTLAND STREET
- XXI. IN OXFORD STREET
- XXII. IN THE EMPORIUM
- XXIII. IN DRURY LANE
- XXIV. THE PLAN THAT FAILED
- XXV. THE HUNTING OF THE INVISIBLE MAN
- XXVI. THE WICKSTEED MURDER
- XXVII. THE SIEGE OF KEMP'S HOUSE
- XXVIII. THE HUNTER HUNTED
- THE EPILOGUE
- THE LIFE AND TIMES OF H. G. WELLS
- FURTHER READING
