Bøker av H. G. Wells

Novel set in WWI Britain; Mr Britling as a writer whose family is caught up in events of the war, and he must re-examine his beliefs and world view.

A Victorian gentleman arrives late to a party and reveals he used a machine of his own invention to travel time and has returned from a journey that took him 100,000 years into the future and beyond to the fading of the sun. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells endures as a work of unprecedented imaginative power.

This elegantly designed, hardback edition is the perfect gift for any literature lover.

This story by the renowned author and one of the fathers of Science Fiction, H.G. Wells, is one of his less well-known scientific romances. Even though it was published in 1904, it deals with issues that are just as relevant, if not more so, today: first and foremost it deals with what is possible scientifically and what can happen when no thought is given to the consequences of putting these possibilities into practice. This edition contains some line drawings at the beginning of the book.

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells first serialised in 1897 in the UK. It is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race.

Dystopian Science Fiction, Alternate History "Is it true indeed, that I have been asleep two hundred-?" asked Graham. "They have told you that, have they? Two hundred and three, as a matter of fact." Graham accepted the indisputable now with raised eyebrows and depressed mouth. He sat silent for a moment, and then asked a question, "Is there a mill or dynamo near here?" He did not wait for an answer. "Things have changed tremendously, I suppose?" he said. "What is that shouting?" he asked abruptly... The man with the flaxen beard came back towards them, turned suddenly, listened for a moment, lifted his eyebrows at the older man, and hurried off through the archway towards the balcony. The tumult of shouting grew louder, and the thickset man turned and listened also. He cursed suddenly under his breath, and turned his eyes upon Graham with an unfriendly expression...

An edition of H.G. Wells' famous novel, The Time Machine.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English author best known for his science fiction, including War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man. (The History of Mr. Polly is one of his middle-period novels that covered lower-middle class life.

H. G. Wells is regarded as one of the greatest science-fiction writers of all time. In this carefully selected collection is contained 'The Father of Science Fiction's greatest science fiction and fantasy writings, including stories such as 'The Invasion from Mars' and 'The Valley of the Spiders'.

H. G. Wells is regarded as one of the greatest science-fiction writers of all time. First published in 1888, 'The Chronic Argonauts' features the first properly developed 'time machine' in all of science fiction. Many of the finest stories of magic and fantasy, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied."

"ARE WE NOT MEN?" Edward Prendick survives a shipwreck and winds up on a remote Pacific island, where a mad scientist is vivisecting animals to create hybrid beast people. Will Prendick survive and recover from the horrors he has seen? Will anyone believe him? In this classic early science-fiction novel, H.G. Wells exposes the anxieties of the Victorian Age: fearing the implications of evolutionary theory, disturbed by the godlike power of science over nature, & doubtful about the inevitability of human progress. Might humans be capable of degeneration? The Island of Dr. Moreau raises vital questions about bioethics, animal rights, & the nature of humanity. Published by Spruce Alley Press