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A stranger arrives in a small English town, wreathed in a hat, coat, goggles and bandages. It's not just his identity he's hiding, though; he has discovered the secret of invisibility, and believes it will lead him to ultimate power. But he needs to be able to control the process, and when the terrified villagers refuse to help him, he decides on bloody revenge.

Die Marsianer greifen mit dreibeinigen Kampfmaschinen Großbritannien an, um von hier aus die rohstoff- und wasserreiche Erde zu erobern. Das irdische Militär kann den außerirdischen Invasoren nichts entgegensetzen und muss der Zerstörung der Städte tatenlos zusehen. Nur wenige Menschen überleben den Überfall und können sich im Untergrund verstecken. Hilfe bekommen sie schließlich von unerwarteten Verbündeten.

The first Spoken Ink collection of 15 superb short stories by H. G. Wells, who was a master of the form. Humour and wit abound in his writing, as does sharp social observation. A scientist shows an unusually interested stranger a deadly cholera bacillus he is developing in The Stolen Bacillus, The owner of five ostriches being transported on a ship to Europe (one of which has swallowed a valuable diamond) holds an auction of four of them in A Deal in Ostriches.

The second Spoken Ink collection of superb short stories by H. G. Wells, who was a master of the form. Humour and wit abound in his writing, as does sharp social observation. Among the 17 stories in this collection, The Plattner Story tells of a chemistry teacher who analyses a most unusual powder one of the boys brings to class, in The Cone a woman married to a bullying industrialist is having an affair with his young friend.

Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre’s production of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, the timeless masterpiece made famous by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre On The Air on October 30, 1938, comes to life again in this engaging audio theatre performance featuring a stellar cast of voice actors, original music, sound effects, and background ambiences.

El robo de un bacilo capaz de exterminar a gran parte de la población, un huevo de cristal que pone en comunicación dos mundos distantes, un taxidermista que plantea la momificación humana para paliar la desdicha de la muerte, un salvaje que ve en una dinamo un dios a quien ofrecer sacrificios, el huevo de un ave prehistórica encontrado por un náufrago en una isla desierta, una disputa científica que continúa más allá de la muerte de uno de los contendientes, un fabricante de diamantes, un hacedor de milagros, la Edad de Piedra, los tiempos futuros...

כשתפתחו את הספר הזה, נצא למסע בחללית הדיו והנייר שה"ג׳ ולס המציא לטובת אושרה ורווחתה של האנושות. היכונו לשתי יצירות נפלאות! "הדלת שבקיר" הוא אחד הסיפורים המופתיים...

ספק רב אם מחברי היצירות המקובצות בספר הזה היו נהנים לשבת יחדיו לשיחה. אפשר לשער שאף סביב בקבוק ויסקי, גלוני בירה, ספלי תה וכוסות יין היה פורץ ביניהם ויכוח ספרותי...

In this gripping tale from science fiction master H.G. Wells, three relentless pursuers chase a fleeing girl and her companion across a desolate wilderness—only to enter a remote valley shrouded in silence, stillness...and something far worse. As drifting globes of cobweb descend like ghostly invaders, the hunters become the hunted in a surreal battle against monstrous, skyborne spiders.

Artie Kipps is destined at the tender age of fourteen for a life of drudgery in the drapery trade … until he unexpectedly inherits a fortune from a grandfather he never knew existed! Enter: A whisky-drinking actor and playwright who persuades Kipps to invest in his play! A down-on-their-luck mother and daughter who promptly see Kipps as a means to escape their (comparative) poverty! Plenty of patronizing, unthinking social snobs!

The HG Wells Collection includes 4 of Wells' most beloved novels: The Time Machine, The Island of Dr Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds. All read by the new voice of H.G. Wells, Malk Williams, this collection is the perfect opportunity to delve into some of Wells' most formative and iconic writings.

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. Benjamin Werner liest diesen Meilenstein der Zukunftsliteratur mit Gespür für Tempo und Atmosphäre.

İngiliz bilim kurgu yazarı H. G. Wells'in 1888'de yazdığı kısa hikayesi Zaman Argonotları, bundan yedi yıl sonra yazacağı ünlü eseri Zaman Makinesi'nin de temelini oluşturuyor. Zaman Makinesi'nden önce mutlaka dinlenmesi gereken bir Wells klasiği. Dr. Nebogipfel'in Llyddwdd'deki Geçici İkametinin Hikayesi, Ezoterik Bir Öykü Nasıl Mümkün Hale Geldi, Anakronik Adam ve Zaman Argosu bölümlerinden oluşan bu bir saatlik öykü sizi zamanda kısa bir yolculuğa davet ediyor.

H. G. Wells was an insider with a British group tasked with the revival of their once great empire—this time in conjunction with Venetian Black Nobility Khazar bankers (not mentioned this explicitly in the book). Wells evidently grew less sympathetic to their aims as time went on, and published a version of the plans for public consumption in this and other books.

In a sprawling London of the 22nd century, the future isn’t a gleaming utopia—it’s a mechanized maze of conformity, class division, and mind control. H.G. Wells’ A Story of the Days to Come imagines a distant tomorrow shaped by technology and ruled by corporate trusts, where the human spirit struggles to endure beneath the weight of progress.

'Os contos que compõem esta coletânea foram selecionados dentre os mais populares, incluídos alguns pouco conhecidos do público brasileiro, como Joseph Sheridan le Fanu, M.r. James e W.W. Jacobs. esperamos que nossas escolhas dêem tanto prazer ao leitor quanto o que nos proporcionou a...

A cosmic harbinger streaks into our solar system, disrupting the very fabric of life on Earth in H.G. Wells’ haunting tale The Star. First dismissed by scientists and the public alike, a mysterious celestial body appears in the night sky and begins a relentless approach. As it grows brighter and nearer, awe gives way to terror. Natural disasters erupt. Seas rise. Cities fall. And humanity faces its own insignificance beneath the cold blaze of this alien sun.

Ein Vater, ein neugieriger Junge – und ein seltsamer kleiner Laden voller Magie mitten in London. In Der Zauberladen von H. G. Wells geraten Wirklichkeit und Illusion aus dem Gleichgewicht: Spielzeuge werden lebendig, Spiegel zeigen Unmögliches, und plötzlich ist nicht mehr klar, was Traum ist – und was Wahrheit. Diese fein gesponnene Kurzgeschichte überrascht mit Fantasie, leiser Ironie und einem Hauch Melancholie. Alexander Wohnhaas verleiht dem Text die passende Stimmung – mal verspielt, mal unheimlich – und macht dieses Hörbuch zu einem kleinen literarischen Zauberstück.

El Hombre Invisible, escrito por H. G. Wells, es una novela de ciencia ficción que va más allá de lo fantástico para convertirse en una metáfora profunda sobre el ego, la soledad y el poder destructivo del aislamiento emocional. Griffin, el protagonista, es un científico brillante que descubre la fórmula de la invisibilidad, pero en su intento por controlar y manipular el mundo, termina perdiéndose a sí mismo.

La Máquina del Tiempo, escrita por H. G. Wells, es considerada una de las primeras novelas de ciencia ficción que plantearon el viaje en el tiempo como un hecho científico y filosófico. Pero más allá de su apariencia futurista, esta obra es una metáfora potente sobre el uso del tiempo, el destino de la humanidad y nuestras decisiones personales.