The Time Machine and Other Works - Couverture souple

Wells, H.G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1840227389 ISBN 13 : 9781840227383

Editeur : Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

In these 'scientific romances' H. G. Wells sees the present reflected in the future and the future in the present. His aim is to provoke rather than predict. The Sleeper falls into a trance, waking up two centuries later as the richest man in a world of new technologies, power-greedy leaders, sensual elites, and brutalised industrial slaves. Arriving in the year 802,701, the Time-Traveller finds that humanity has evolved into two drastically different species; going farther still, he witnesses the ultimate fate of the solar system. The Chronic Argonauts, the original version of The Time Machine, pits a scientist with daring views of time and space against superstitious villagers. In all three works Wells laces vivid adventure stories with the latest ideas in biology and physics.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Contains: The Time Machine, When the Sleeper Awakes and The Chronic Argonauts. With an Introduction and Notes by Laurence Davies, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow In these 'scientific romances' H. G. Wells sees the present reflected in the future and the future in the present. His aim is to provoke rather than predict. The Sleeper falls into a trance, waking up two centuries later as the richest man in a world of new technologies, power-greedy leaders, sensual elites, and brutalised industrial slaves. Arriving in the year 802,701, the Time-Traveller finds that humanity has evolved into two drastically different species; going farther still, he witnesses the ultimate fate of the solar system. The Chronic Argonauts, the original version of The Time Machine, pits a scientist with daring views of time and space against superstitious villagers. In all three works Wells laces vivid adventure stories with the latest ideas in biology and physics.

Biographie de l'auteur

Widely considered to be the father of science fi ction, Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), or H.G. Wells as he is better known, was an innovative and prolifi c writer across many genres. His most famous works - such as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds - are considered modern classics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1840227389
• ISBN 13: 9781840227383
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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