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Laurence Olivier plays Nunez, a mountaineer in Ecuador, in the adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic short story The Country of the Blind, first published in 1904 in The Strand Magazine. One day, Nunez falls into a lost land where all of the inhabitants are blind. This is one of the episodes of "Theater Royal", the only radio series in which Olivier starred and was first broadcast in 1952.

Surviving the Trojan War was just the beginning of the adventure for Odysseus. What lay ahead was a journey home that would last for years as he encountered gods and monsters before finally returning home - only to face the greatest threat to his happiness of all. This translation of Homer's classic tale captures all the timeless excitement and gripping drama that have made it a favorite for centuries.

A mysterious stranger arrives in a small Sussex village, covered up from head to toes with a coat, gloves, bandages, goggles and hat. The stranger demands to be left alone, spending most of his time in his room working with chemicals and laboratory apparatus. He quickly becomes the talk of the village as he unnerves the locals. Eventually, though, after a burglary (in which the thief was unseen) the stranger's secret comes out.

C'est l'histoire de Griffin, un savant qui, après 15 ans de recherches et des dépenses qui l'ont ruiné, invente une formule pour devenir invisible. Après avoir fait l'expérience sur le chat de sa voisine, il décide d'expérimenter la formule sur lui-même, notamment pour fuir ses créanciers. Il devient alors totalement invisible. Savant déchu, son orgueil démesuré le pousse dans le désir de pouvoir et de domination. Renié par tous, et surtout par ses semblables, il meurt poursuivi par la peur et la haine.

Londres, les Martiens débarquent. Afin de préserver leur espèce, ils envahissent la Terre et sèment terreur et désolation. Le roman décrit l'aventure du point de vue d'un seul personnage qui seul (ou presque) tente de rejoindre sa femme. Le roman est très bien mené et le parti pris de ne décrire qu'un point de vue ponctuel est réellement intéressant. La multiplicité des détails et des anecdotes renforcent l'angoisse du lecteur.

John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, Thomas Carew, and Henry Vaughan: these were some of the 17th-century writers who devised a new form of poetry full of wit, intellect and grace, which we now call Metaphysical poetry. They wrote about their deepest religious feelings and their carnal pleasures in a way that was radically new and challenging to their readers. Their work was largely misunderstood or ignored for two centuries, until 20th-century critics rediscovered it, finding in it a deep originality and a willingness to experiment.

En El hombre invisible nos muestra las contradicciones de un joven y brillante científico que, tras largas jornadas de agotadores experimentos, descubre la forma de hacerse invisible. Sin embargo, trastornado por los sufrimientos y el acoso a que se ve sometido, abandona todo escrúpulo y trata de emplear su descubrimiento para enriquecerse y dominar todo lo que pueda, sin detenerse ante la violencia y el engaño. Novela fantástica y un tanto amarga, subraya los potenciales peligros de una ciencia mal utilizada.

Pensaban que estaban solos en el mundo, que ellos eran los únicos seres dotados de inteligencia. No se hacían una idea de lo equivocados que estaban. En Marte, a tan solo unos cuantos millones de kilómetros de distancia, comenzaba a fraguarse la guerra de los mundos. Todo comenzó con unas pequeñas explosiones sobre la superficie del planeta rojo. Pocos días después, un enorme proyectil impactó contra la Tierra, cerca de Londres.

 Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1905. Humorous yet sympathetic, the perceptive social novel is generally regarded as a masterpiece, and it was his own favourite work. It was adapted into the stage and cinema musical Half a Sixpence. 

For more than a hundred years, science-fiction writers around the world have captured our imaginations with speculations about journeys into the past or future. Countless novels, short stories, movies, and TV shows have used or adapted the theme of time travel. However, all of them owe a debt to Herbert George Wells. This, his first major novel, published in 1895, was the origin of the very concept of time travel. It is considered by many to be one of the greatest science-fiction novels of all time.

Was, wenn man in die Zukunft reisen könnte? Was, wenn man Zeit und Raum durchdringen und in weit entfernte Zeitalter vordringen könnte? Wie weit würde die Menschheit es bringen? Diese Fragen stellen sich der Zeitreisende sowie seine Freunde. Und als der Zeitreisende behauptet, er könnte die Zeitebenen durchdringen, glaubt ihn niemand. Bis er eines Tages, plötzlich und unerwartet, zerrissen und sichtbar gebeutelt zu einem Treffen seiner Freunde zurückkehrt und eine Geschichte erzählt, wie sie fantastischer nicht sein könnte.

Es gibt ihn... diesen einen, diesen unvergesslichen Ort. Da, wo Kinderaugen leuchten, wo Wünsche Wahrheit werden. Versteckt, verborgen vor den Augen der Egoisten, auf einem Hinterhof liegend. Es gibt ihn... diesen einen, diesen verzauberten Platz, wo es echte Magie gibt. Betreten Sie ihn ruhig - denn er wird sie verzaubern. Er, dieser kleine Zauberladen.

"Eines Abends, es war vor gut drei Monaten, erzählte mir Lionel Wallace in einem vertraulichen Gespräch von der Tür in der Mauer." Mit diesen Worten beginnt eine der einfühlsamsten und ehrlichsten Geschichten, die H. G. Wells jemals verfasst hat. Hier beschreibt er die Sehnsucht eines erfolgreichen Mannes endlich den Frieden zu finden, nachdem er schon so lange sucht. Er begegnet der Tür wieder und wieder und jedes Mal scheint sie ihn mehr denn je zu locken. Irgendwann wird er sie betreten.

Griffin is a scientist who theorizes that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air and his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will be invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but cannot become visible again, becoming mentally unstable as a result.

H. G. Wells è considerato insieme a Verne uno dei padri del romanzo scientifico e precursore della fantascienza, riuscendo a fondere la scienza con un immaginario verosimile, al punto che descrisse con dieci anni di anticipo la bomba atomica. In ogni suo libro è contenuto un insegnamento morale, in particolare l'esortazione alla prudenza nelle scoperte scientifiche, perché non mettano in moto forze e conseguenze incontrollabili.

Famoso romanzo di fantascienza pubblicato nel 1895, eccezionale per la sua anticipazione delle tematiche spazio-tempo alla base di così tanti romanzi e film. Il romanzo è anche uno spunto per riflessioni filosofiche da parte dell'autore, che guarda con preoccupazione la disumanizzazione dovuta al progresso tecnologico.

.G. Wells' The Man Who Could Work Miracles was first published in 1898 in The Illustrated London News. Alec Guinness stars as George McWhirter Fotheringay who suddenly discovers that he has the power to work miracles.

This proud nation with its long history - sometimes rough, hewn from bleak landscapes, and sometimes gently soft from its comforting voices - has produced a long succession of artists and poets.

In the latter category, Louis MacNeice most probably stands pre-eminent; his words and phrasing are on a plane few can equal and most are in awe of. But in this volume we do put forward others who have their own words and voice to add to this rich tapestry.

Questo romanzo di fantascienza è la storia di un improvviso scatto evolutivo dell'intera umanità nel momento in cui la terra viene colpita da una cometa. Gli uomini che annegavano nelle passioni, nell'ira, nell'invidia sociale, nella gelosia, d'un tratto riescono a vedere l'inconsistenza di questi di fronte alla bellezza del tutto. Il protagonista, pronto ad uccidere l'innamorata che l'aveva tradito, e la Gran Bretagna, appena entrata in guerra, subiscono un totale spostamento dal piano delle emozioni ad un piano mentale e spirituale.