V knigu vkljucheny povest' izvestnogo amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzheka Londona Do Adama, anglijskogo pisatelja-fantasta Gerberta Ujellsa Jeto bylo v kamennom veke, tri povesti francuzskogo pisatelja Roni Starshego Bor'ba z a ogon', Peshhernyj lev, Vamirjeh i Prikljuchenija doistoricheskogo mal'chika D'Jervil'i. Jeti proizvedenija otlichajutsja drug ot druga individual'nym stilem povestvovanija, no ih ob#edinjaet obshhaja tema - zhizn' nashih dalekih predkov v kamennom veke. S illjustracijami.
V knigu vkljucheny povest' izvestnogo amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzheka Londona Do Adama, anglijskogo pisatelja-fantasta Gerberta Ujellsa Jeto bylo v kam...
The first modern tale of alien invasion, H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds remains one of the most influential science fiction novels ever published. The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag - only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat, as powerful Martians build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their...
The first modern tale of alien invasion, H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds remains one of the most influential science fiction novels ever publish...
A fascinating and prescient account of a future dominated by capitalist greed and mechanical force A troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly into a sleep-like trance, from which he does not awake for over two hundred years. During his centuries of slumber, however, investments are made that make him the richest and most powerful man on Earth. But when he comes out of his trance he is horrified to discover that the money accumulated in his name is being used to maintain a hierarchal society in which most are poor, and more than a third of all people are enslaved....
A fascinating and prescient account of a future dominated by capitalist greed and mechanical force A troubled insomniac in 1890s England fa...
In A Modern Utopia, two travelers fall into a space-warp and suddenly find themselves upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date...
In A Modern Utopia, two travelers fall into a space-warp and suddenly find themselves upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Governm...
The early short stories of an essential 20th century literary personage Herbert George Wells was perhaps best known as the author of such classic works of science fiction as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds. But it was in his short stories, written when he was a young man embarking on a literary career, that he first explored the enormous potential of the scientific discoveries of the day. He described his stories as -a miscellany of inventions, - yet his enthusiasm for science was tempered by an awareness of its horrifying destructive powers and the threat it...
The early short stories of an essential 20th century literary personage Herbert George Wells was perhaps best known as the author of such c...
Shipwrecked and alone, Edward Prendick is picked up by a passing vessel and brought to mysterious Noble's Island, the home of the strange and unsettling Doctor Moreau. Banished from his homeland for his radical and cruel experiments, Moreau conducts his tests on the animals of the islandwith horrifying and humanlike results. As Moreau's rule over the island weakens, the disturbing effects of his 'Beast Folk' experiments reveal themselves, triggering a chain reaction of destruction and death."
Shipwrecked and alone, Edward Prendick is picked up by a passing vessel and brought to mysterious Noble's Island, the home of the strange and unsettli...
Written in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau is one of the earliest scientific romances. An instant sensation, it was meant as a commentary on Darwin's theory of evolution, which H. G. Wells stoutly believed. The story centers on the depraved Dr. Moreau, who conducts unspeakable animal experiments on a remote tropical island, with hideous, humanlike results. Edward Prendick, an English-man whose misfortunes bring him to the island, is witness to the Beast Folk's strange civilization and their eventual terrifying regression. While gene-splicing and bioengineering are common practices...
Written in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau is one of the earliest scientific romances. An instant sensation, it was meant as a commentary on Dar...
The ultimate science fiction classic For more than one hundred years this compelling tale of the Martian invasion of Earth has enthralled readers with a combination of imagination and incisive commentary on the imbalance of power that continues to be relevant today
The ultimate science fiction classic For more than one hundred years this compelling tale of the Martian invasion of Earth has enthralled readers...
One of the most famous science-fiction stories ever written, The War of the Worlds helped launch the entire genre by exploiting the concept of interplanetary travel. First published in 1898, the novel terrified readers of the Victorian era with its account of an invasion of hostile creatures from Mars who moved across the English landscape in bizarre metal transports, using deadly heat rays to destroy buildings and annihilate all life in their path. Its power to stir the imagination was made abundantly clear when Orson Welles adapted the story for a radio drama on Halloween night...
One of the most famous science-fiction stories ever written, The War of the Worlds helped launch the entire genre by exploiting the concept of ...
Of the enormous body of work produced by H. G. Wells more than a book a year over the course of half a century the early science fiction novels that first made him famous have proved to be the most enduring and have earned him the sobriquet "the father of modern science fiction." In the 1901 classic The First Men in the Moon, Wells reveals not only a fertile imagination at ease with biological and astronomical phenomena, but also a passionate concern for man and society. His "first men in the moon" prove to be the eccentric Mr. Cavor and his traveling companion, Mr. Bedford, who...
Of the enormous body of work produced by H. G. Wells more than a book a year over the course of half a century the early science fiction novels tha...