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In Der Krieg der Welten von H. G. Wells trifft das viktorianische England auf eine gnadenlose Mars-Invasion. Was als rätselhaftes Himmelsphänomen beginnt, wird schnell zu einem Albtraum aus Hitzestrahlen, dreibeinigen Kampfmaschinen und der völligen Überlegenheit einer außerirdischen Spezies.

In The Time Machine we are thrown 800,000 years forward - into an age where the Earth is slowly dying. There we discover two bizarre peoples—the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks. Published in 1895, Wells' masterpiece captivated listeners on the threshold of a new century.

An English scientist, known only as the Time Traveler, constructs a machine that allows him to move back and forth through different periods of time....

Between 1895 and 1898, H. G. Wells wrote five science fiction novels, which have become among the most celebrated examples of the genre. The first of these was The Time Machine....

La Guerre des mondes est un roman de science-fiction écrit par H. G. Wells. C'est une des premières œuvres d'imagination dont le sujet est l'humanité...

A scientist and gentleman inventor in industrialized Victorian England claims to have irrefutable proof that time is not simply a concept - it's a whole other dimension....

A stranger arrives in a small English town, wreathed in a hat, coat, goggles and bandages....

The host of a dinner party tells an astonishing story of his travels into the future, where, at first, it seems that man has moved on to a higher plane of existence....

One of the world’s most recognisable sci-fi stories, H. G. Wells’ The War of The Worlds established numerous conventions for the genre, including the threat of an invasive extraterrestrial species, space travel and intergalactic conflict....

H.G. Wells’ The Magic Shop is a captivating short story that blends wonder, illusion, and an undercurrent of unease. In this enchanting yet unsettling tale, a father and his young son visit a peculiar magic shop, where the tricks and illusions seem more real than they should be.

Known as ‘The Father of Science Fiction’, Herbert George Wells’ writing career spanned over 60 years. He was a writer of novels, short stories, nonfiction books and articles....

On an uncharted South Pacific island, the mad genius Doctor Moreau has found refuge. It’s here, away from London and the civilized world, that the scientist can conduct his experiments on animals without condemnation....

A metallic cylinder falls to earth, landing in the sands of Horsell Common, Surrey, generating curiosity and awe....

From the origin of our planet, to the great civilizations, to the Great War, follow Wells on this ambitious journey spanning thousands of years....

An impecunious businessman, Bedford, retreats to the Kent coast where he meets the archetypal absent-minded scientist who is on the point of producing a gravity-defying material. His experiments prove successful, making possible one of man’s oldest dreams: a journey to the moon....

In A Short History of the World, H. G. Wells examines the origins of the Earth, and the development of life upon the planet, and then explores the history of human civilization from its earliest beginnings....

Having devoted his studies to optics and refraction, an impulsive scientist named Griffin has rendered himself invisible. Unable to reverse the effects, his struggle to survive grows desperate until he realizes that there are benefits to living out of the public eye....

At a Victorian dinner party in Richmond, London, the Time Traveller tells his extraordinary tale of humankind's future in the year 802,701 AD. It is a dystopian vision of Darwinian evolution, with humans split into an above-ground species of Eloi, and their troglodyte brothers.

Orson Welles' 1938 radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds has done much to obscure the real brilliance of the original work. Written at a time when "science-fiction" did not exist as a genre, The War of the Worlds was a new departure in literature....