H. G. Wells' Buch 'Der Luftkrieg' ist eine faszinierende Erzählung über die Zukunft des Krieges in der Luft, verfasst in seinem bekannten wissenschaftlichen und prophetischen Stil. Das Buch zeichnet eine düstere Zukunftsvision von Luftschlachten, die unsere heutige Vorstellungskraft übersteigen. Wells präsentiert technologische Innovationen und strategische Kriegsführung auf eine Weise, die den Leser fesselt und zum Nachdenken anregt. Der literarische Kontext des Buches bezieht sich auf Wells' Interesse an Fortschritt und Technologie, das in vielen seiner Werke präsent ist. Dieses Werk...

In 'Die Riesen kommen!' von H. G. Wells taucht der Leser in eine dystopische Welt ein, in der gigantische außerirdische Kreaturen die Erde bedrohen. Wells' literarischer Stil zeichnet sich durch eine präzise und detailreiche Beschreibung der apokalyptischen Szenarien aus, die dem Leser einen realistischen Einblick in die Schrecken der Invasion bieten. Das Buch wurde zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts veröffentlicht und reflektiert die Befürchtungen der Gesellschaft vor der Bedrohung durch äußere Kräfte.

H.G. Wells is an English author best known as a sci-fi writer, though he was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, and even writing text books and rules for war games. The first great novel to imagine time travel, The Time Machine (1895) follows its scientist narrator on an incredible journey that takes him finally to Earth's last moments-and perhaps his own. The scientist who discovers how to transform himself in The Invisible Man (1897) will also discover, too late, that he has become unmoored from society and...

This edition includes:1.The Door in the Wall 2.The Star 3.A Dream of Armageddon 4.The Cone 5.A Moonlight Fable 6.The Diamond Maker 7.The Lord of the Dynamos 8.The Country of the Blind Herbert George "H. G." Wells ( 1866 - 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is one person sometimes called "The Father of Science Fiction", as are Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most...

The Shape of Things to Come is a work of science fiction, which speculates on future events from 1933 until the year 2106. In the book, a world state is established as the solution to humanity's problems. As a frame story, Wells claims that the book is his edited version of notes written by an eminent diplomat, Dr Philip Raven, who had been having dream visions of a history textbook published in 2106 and wrote down what he could remember of it. Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), known as H. G. Wells, was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and...

The Plattner Story and Others is a collection of seventeen short stories written by H.G. Wells. This volume was first published in March 1897 by Methuen & Co. Table of contents : "The Plattner Story" "The Argonauts of the Air" "The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham" "In the Abyss" "The Apple" "Under the Knife" "The Sea-Raiders" "Pollock and the Porroh Man" "The Red Room" "The Cone" "The Purple Pileus" "The Jilting of Jane" "In the Modern Vein" "A Catastrophe" "The Lost Inheritance" "The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic" "A Slip Under the Microscope" Herbert George "H. G." Wells (1866 - 1946) was...

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel. It is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and that of his younger brother in London as Earth is invaded by Martians. It is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. The War of the Worlds has two parts, Book One: The Coming of the Martians and Book Two: The Earth under the Martians. The unnamed narrator, a philosophically inclined author, struggles to return to his wife while seeing the...

This edition includes: The Chronic Argonauts; In The Modern Vein (A Bardlet's Romance); The Triumphs Of A Taxidermist ; The Stolen Bacillus; The Hammerpond Park Burglary; The Jilting Of Jane; The Diamond Maker; The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid; In The Avu Observatory; Through A Window (At A Window); The Treasure In The Forest; The Lord Of The Dynamos; Aepyornis Island; A Deal In Ostriches; The Flying Man; The Temptation Of Harringay; The Moth (A Moth - Genus Novo); The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes; A Catastrophe; Le Mari Terrible; Pollock And The Porroh Man; The Obliterated Man (The...

"When The Sleeper Awakes" is a dystopian science fiction novel about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. The main character awakes to see his dreams realized, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities. "Time Machine" is a dystopian story of time traveller who witnesses the degradation of human race in future where society has been split into two class factions. But will he ever return to tell his tale.... H....

Zur Zeit des ausgehenden 19. Jahrhunderts fällt der Protagonist Graham nach mehreren Nächten der Schlaflosigkeit in eine totenähnliche Starre. So verharrt er für einen Zeitraum von mehr als zweihundert Jahren. Als er schließlich erwacht, muss er feststellen, dass er in der Zeit seines langen Schlafes zum reichsten und mächtigsten Mann der Welt geworden ist, denn durch geschickte Investitionen seiner geschäftlichen Stellvertreter ist sein Vermögen immens angewachsen. Auf diese Weise wurde einer Trust-Oligarchie der Weg bereitet, die nun die uneingeschränkte Herrscherin der gesamten...