Tono-Bungay is narrated by George Ponderevo, who is persuaded to help develop the business of selling Tono-Bungay, a patent medicine created by his ambitious uncle Edward. George devotes seven years to organising the production and manufacture of a product which he believes to be "a damned swindle."He then quits day-to-day involvement with the enterprise in favour of aeronautics. But he remains associated with his uncle Edward, who becomes a financier of the first order and is on the verge of achieving social as well as economic dominance when his business empire collapses. George tries to...

Tales of Space and Time By H. G. Wells, Editorial Oneness (Edited by)

A Modern Utopia is a 1905 novel by H. G. Wells. Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure A Modern Utopia has been called "not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia." The novel is best known for its notion that a voluntary order of nobility known as the Samurai could effectively rule a "kinetic and not static" world state so as to solve "the problem of combining progress with political stability." In his preface, Wells forecast (incorrectly) that A Modern Utopia would be the last of a series of volumes on social problems that began in 1901 with Anticipations...

La guerra de los mundos es una novela de ciencia ficcion escrita por Herbert George Wells y publicada por primera vez en 1898, que describe una invasion marciana a la Tierra. Es la primera descripcion conocida de una invasion alienigena de la Tierra, y ha tenido una indudable influencia sobre las posteriores y abundantes revisiones de esta misma idea. De la novela de Wells se han hecho adaptaciones a diferentes medios: peliculas, programas de radio, videojuegos, comics y series de television. La historia de la novela es relatada por un narrador llamado Ogilvy en 1904, tras 6 anos de la...

The War of The Worlds is a science fiction novel by H.G.Wells, first published in 1897. It is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon - and is also one of the most beloved classics of that same genre. Each RADLEY CLASSIC is a meticulously restored, luxurious and faithful reproduction of a classic book;...

What is Coming A European Forecast By H.G. Wells

What Is Coming: A European Forecast By H.G. Wells

'El nuevo acelerador', de Herbert George Wells es un cuento sobre los efectos de una droga capaz de llevar al corazon a 1000 latidos por minuto, a fin de acelerar el metabolismo y aprovechar el tiempo por la aceleracion del pensamiento y movimiento humanos. Este relato plantea el problema etico de actos que podrian quedar impunes con ese poder, cuestion que obvian los productores del acelerador. Un profesor llamado Gibberne que en el ano 1899 invento una droga llamada el Nuevo Acelerador, como lo dice su nombreacelera el cuerpo de quien lo toma, segun Gibberne no tiene rival en cuestion de...

War of the Worlds (The War of the Worlds) is a science fiction novel by HG Wells, published in 1898. This is one of the first works that confronts mankind with an alien race hostile1, in addition to being a reflection of the anguish of the Victorian era and imperialism. War of the Worlds was adapted into radio dramas (including a version of Orson Welles who made headlines in 1938), role play, comic and two feature films (the first was directed by Byron Haskin in 1953 and second by Steven Spielberg in 2005). (...) Beyond the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds that ours are to those of...

A collection of stories and artwork inspired by H G Wells' classic, including the original The War of the Worlds, The Crystal Egg, The War of the Worlds: Aftermath, The Martian and the Raven and beautiful original artwork throughout.