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Romance de ficção científica de H. G. Wells, "A ilha do doutor Moreau" foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1896. Nesta obra, Wells alia à sua característica crítica social considerações particulares a respeito da teoria da...

Escrito em 1901 por H.G. Wells, Sonhando com o apocalipse traz a história de um homem que sonha com uma distopia futurística, com o fim do mundo como conhecemos e como isso se sucede. O conto lançou as bases do estilo de história de previsão do fim do mundo...

The Collection of Sci-Fi Masterpieces (50+ Books) is an essential anthology of classic science fiction, bringing together the visionary works of legendary authors such as Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Clifford D. Simak, Kurt Vonnegut, Isaac Asimov, and many others. This collection offers an extraordinary journey through time, space, and the limitless possibilities of the imagination. From dystopian futures and interstellar voyages to mind-bending paradoxes and encounters with the unknown, these stories explore the deepest questions of humanity, technology, and existence.

Uma mistura fascinante de humor e ficção científica, gênero que Wells ajudou a estabelecer e no qual se consagrou Um misterioso forasteiro chega à pacata cidade de Iping. Ninguém sabe seu nome, nem de onde vem ou a razão de estar sempre coberto da cabeça aos pés - com chamativos óculos...

Vor 50.000 Jahren war der Mensch noch ein Neuankömmling in den Wäldern Europas – ohne scharfe Klauen, ohne Reißzähne und mit nur primitiven Speeren aus Holz. Als Ugh-lomi und Eudena auf einem schmalen Felsvorsprung Unterschlupf suchen und das erste Feuer entfachen, lockt der heiße Rauch den unerschrockenen Koloss an. Der Höhlenbär kennt keine Furcht, selbst Mammuts weichen ihm aus. Doch er ahnt nicht, dass der Mensch ein neues Werkzeug erfunden hat: die erste Steinaxt. Und dass Erfindungsgeist am Ende mächtiger ist als Muskeln und Klauen...

"The Ghoul and the Corpse" is a short story by the one-time Weird Tales author G. A. Wells, published in the very first issue of the magazine—March 1923. "Entombed for uncounted ages in the blue heart of an Arctic glacier, the knife-clutching corpse of a prehistoric man awakens by firelight."

H.G. Wells gilt mit seinen Romanen und Erzählungen als ein Magier, der die Zukunft voraussah. Nicht wenige gaben ihm zu Lebzeiten den Beinamen „die Sphinx", da er so viele Dinge bereits Jahrzehnte im Voraus benannte. Hier, in seinem Debütroman, der gleich zum Welterfolg wurde, wird nun die Geschichte des visionären Zeitreisenden erzählt, der mit der Erfindung der vierdimensionalen Geometrie das Zeitreisen entdeckt und dabei in eine Zukunft reist, die erschreckender nicht sein könnte. Das Gleichnis der Eloi und Morlocks inspirierte zahlreiche Künstler in ihren Werken wie z. B.

Shipwrecked in the South Pacific, Edward Prendick thinks he’s been rescued - until he sets foot on Noble’s Isle. Deep within the jungle, the brilliant but disgraced biologist Dr. Moreau plays God, conducting horrific vivisection experiments to carve wild beasts into human form. As...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When Captain Gerilleau is ordered to sail deep into the Amazon jungle to confront a mysterious ant plague, he considers it a ridiculous mission. What threat could mere insects pose? But as his ship ventures further, it becomes clear that this is no...

Brought to you by Penguin. Shortlisted for the Best Solo Narration Award at the New York Festival Radio Awards 2020. This Penguin Classic is performed by the critically acclaimed actor David Harewood, one of the stars of the television series Homeland. Harewood is also known for his roles in...

In one of H. G. Wells' most celebrated works, the shipwrecked Edward Prendick finds himself alone on an island with the mad scientist Doctor Moreau. When he hears strange cries echoing through the forest, he discovers that the island is inhabited by bizarre human-hybrid creatures. Prendick must escape the island before he becomes the scientist's next victim Raising questions about morality, the hubris of science, and what it means to be human, The Island of Doctor Moreau has fascinated readers for generations.

No one believed the invasion would come from Mars—until the first cylinder fell on Horsell Common. When strange objects begin crashing into the English countryside, curious onlookers gather to witness what appears to be an extraordinary astronomical event. Then the cylinders open. The beings...

Edward Prendick thinks he's been saved when he is found adrift after shipwreck. But he soon finds himself exposed to fresh horrors as his journey takes him to the Island of Dr Moreau! Shunned by society, Moreau and his assistant Montgomery perform acts of cruel surgery on animals and populate...

In The War in the Air, visionary author H. G. Wells delivers a chilling and prophetic tale of a world transformed by aerial warfare long before it became reality. Through the journey of an ordinary man swept into extraordinary chaos, the story unveils a future where flying machines rule the skies, nations crumble, and civilization teeters on the brink of collapse. This audiobook offers an immersive, cinematic experience—blending tension, wonder, and dread—as technological progress reveals its most dangerous consequences.

Shipwrecked traveller Edward Prendick finds himself an unwilling and unwanted guest on a remote volcanic island, home of the infamous Dr Moreau and his colleague Montgomery, and populated by a variety of strange and repellant people. Soon, Prendick comes to understand the full extent of Moreau's...

The Time Machine: A brilliant Victorian scientist travels to the astonishing year 802,701 AD. What initially appears to be a paradise inhabited by the peaceful and beautiful Eloi soon reveals a terrifying reality. Following the mysterious theft of his invention, the Traveler discovers the Morlocks, monstrous subterranean creatures who breed the surface-dwellers as livestock. Trapped in this divided future, he must fight tenaciously for his survival and recover his only means of escape before witnessing the freezing twilight of Earth.

'ดินแดนคนตาบอด' เล่าเรื่องชายคนหนึ่งที่พลัดหลงเข้าไปยังดินแดนที่มีแต่คนตาบอด...

This collection brings together H. G. Wells' first novel with a selection of his most fantastic stories. Including classics such as 'The Country of the Blind' and 'The Door in the Wall', this unmissable assortment of one of Britain's most talented writers is sure to fascinate and entertain. It contains stories ranging from the optimism of magnificent discoveries in 'The Time Machine' to the pessimism of the dangers science presents in 'The Stolen Bacillus'. The stories are as powerful and meaningful today as when they were first published more than a century ago.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Mr. Bessel, a respectable London businessman with a passion for psychic research, resolves to prove that the human spirit can leave its body at will. One November evening, he succeeds — projecting his consciousness out of his flesh to appear before a...

What if a deadly poison was the only cure for a broken life? Mr. Coombes is a henpecked shopkeeper pushed to the absolute brink of despair by his ungrateful wife. Fleeing into the damp pine woods, he contemplates a dark, watery end to his miserable existence - until a strange, eerie object...