Resultados para "Arthur Conan Doyle" en Ciencia ficción

El mundo perdido es una novela del escritor escocés Arthur Conan Doyle, sobre una expedición a una meseta sudamericana en donde aún sobreviven animales prehistóricos.​ Fue publicada en 1912 e introdujo al conocido personaje del profesor Challenger. Para tratarse de un relato de ficción ambientado en tiempos remotos, el episodio que trata sobre los dinosaurios es sorprendentemente corto: muchas más páginas están dedicadas a una batalla entre una tribu de hombres prehistóricos y un grupo de violentos homínidos primitivos.

It has been 40 years since the publication of this classic science-fiction novel that changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other.

Dieses Mal wird Sherlock Holmes von der Union dafür eingesetzt, einen Saboteur auf Alpha Mensae b aufzuspüren. Den dort angesiedelten Menschen wurde nämlich die elektrische Energie geraubt, was sie naturgemäß wütend macht. Mit der Hilfe von Dr. Watson kann der Meisterdetektiv den Schuldigen rasch ermitteln.

Auf Kepler-186f befindet sich eine unterirdische Militärstation, die eine Mittelalter-Gesellschaft von Ausgestoßenen an der Oberfläche überwacht. Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson wollen ein wenig Licht in deren dunkle Existenz bringen, doch just bei ihrer Ankunft liegt ein Ritter tot in seinem Bett. Holmes fühlt sich natürlich sofort verpflichtet, den offensichtlichen Mordfall aufzuklären.

Sherlock Holmes wird von der Galaktischen Union zum Kunstkritiker ernannt. Vor allem, um den Künstler Pelwin Pokussa zu unterstützen, der ein Günstling des Präsidenten ist. Doch bei der Kunstausstellung entdeckt er eine Leiche.

"Nothing could be done. The thing was universal and beyond our human knowledge or control. It was death for young and old, for weak and strong, for rich and poor, without hope or possibility of escape." Must Professor George Challenger and friends, barricaded in a room, see Earth die? As globe passes through a belt of poisonous ether, terror sweeps mankind; cities riot; communications cease. Novella.

There’s only one way for Professor George Edward Challenger to prove that dinosaurs still roam the earth. He invites skeptical journalist Edward Malone to accompany him and a group of adventurers to see the creatures with his own eyes. But when they arrive at the fantastic volcanic plateau in the Amazon where time stands still, their expedition quickly becomes one of survival. With its cliff-hanging escapes, rousing humor, and nailbiting suspense, The Lost World is a pioneering work of fantasy-adventure that paved the way for every thrill ride to follow.

Die Ultimo-1 treibt menschenleer im All. Wo ist die Crew geblieben? Da ein gefährlicher Auftrag bevorstand, mussten Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson das Schiff vor einiger Zeit verlassen. Nun holt sie die Galaktische Union wieder an Bord, um das Rätsel der Verschwundenen zu lösen.

En esta historia, Holmes desentraña el misterio detrás de un antiguo documento familiar que lleva al descubrimiento de un secreto enterrado durante siglos. El relato comienza cuando Reginald Musgrave, un antiguo compañero universitario de Holmes, solicita su ayuda tras la desaparición de dos de sus sirvientes. A través de ingeniosos métodos deductivos, Holmes sigue las pistas ocultas en un ritual ancestral, revelando un tesoro oculto y desentrañando una historia de lealtad y traición que se remonta a la época de los reyes ingleses.

Auf einem Exoplaneten wurden Ruinen einer modernen Zivilisation gefunden. Jene hat auch rätselhafte Zeichen hinterlassen. Ein Forscherteam sollte sie entschlüsseln, doch es scheiterte bisher. Daher wurde Sherlock Holmes beauftragt, sich als Dekodierer zu betätigen. Da geschieht ein Mord!

Seul le Pr Challenger est capable de trouver la réponse à la menace que fait peser sur l'humanité l'existence d'une telle machine...

This is the story of a university student, John Barrington Cowles, murdered by his lover, Kate Northcott, an evil woman with psychic powers. It is told from the perspective of another university student, so the narrator is not the protagonist.

The sequel to The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle's Poison Belt reunites the ever-popular Professor Challenger, intrepid journalist Edward Malone, dashing Lord John Roxton and the querulous Professor Summerlee for yet another adventure. When a sinister poison envelops the earth, the entire human race teeters on the brink of destruction, forcing the comrades to implement a desperate plan for survival.

On a zoology expedition up the Amazon, Professor Challenger has made an inexplicable discovery. Back in London, his claims are ridiculed throughout the professional community. Reluctantly, he recounts to Journalist Edward Malone, "Curupuri is the spirit of the woods, something terrible, something malevolent, something to be avoided. None can describe its shape or nature, but it is a word of terror along the Amazon. Something terrible lay that way. It was my business to find out what it was."

Here is the precursor to Jurassic Park. Victorian explorers have heard there is a remote plateau where dinosaurs still survive, and a group set outs on a dangerous mission to find out more about it.

This novel takes listeners along on a journey with Edward Malone, an intrepid reporter who wants to take on a daring assignment. He is sent on an expedition after hearing a story from Professor Challenger, a paleontologist who claims to have found a hidden world with living dinosaurs in the jungles of South America.

Il mondo perduto (The Lost World), fu scritto nel 1912, ed è una delle opere più note del filone avventuroso del mondo perduto che si sviluppò a cavallo tra il XIX e il XX secolo. In particolare influenzò tutte le opere che in seguito parlarono di dinosauri, a partire da King Kong e a finire con Jurassic Park. In questo romanzo viene introdotto un personaggio, il professor Challenger, che, come dice il none, è quasi all’opposto di Holmes, istintivo quanto quest’ultimo è riflessivo.

What would you do if you had discovered that the planet was about to be engulfed in a belt of poisonous "ether" from outer space? Professor Challenger invites a hand-picked crew of adventurers and scientists to his home outside London, which has been fortified with several hours' worth of oxygen. Challenger & Co. assemble in front of a picture window to witness the end of all life on the planet.

Professor Challenger imperiously summons his three best friends to come this country house, each one to bring a cylinder of pure oxygen. When they arrive, the reason for this strange request becomes terrifying clear. Professor Challenger has become convinced that the earth is entering a poison belt of ether and that life upon this planet is doomed.

The Lost World is the account of a scientific expedition by four highspirited Englishmen - two scientists, a biggame hunter, and a journalist - deep into the Amazon jungle. In this region, cut off from the outside world by unscalable vertical cliffs and fetid swamps, they encounter a world where dinosaurs roam free and natives fight a murderous war with their fierce neighbors, the apemen. Trapped on the isolated plateau with only hunting rifles as protection the four must use savvy and intellect to escape from this primeval terror.