Arcturus The First Men in the Moon Уэллс Герберт Джордж

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When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever

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'As we saw it first it was the wildest and most desolate of scenes. We were in an enormous amphitheatre, a vast circular plain, the floor of the giant crater. Its cliff-like wall closed us in on every side . . .' • Thanks to the discovery of an anti-gravity metal, Cavorite, two Victorian Englishman decide to tackle the most prestigious goal - space travel. They construct a sphere that will ultimately take them to the moon. On landing, they encounter what seems like an utterly barren landscape but they soon find signs that the planet was once very much alive. Then they hear curious hammering sounds from beneath the surface, and come face to face with the Selenites, a race of insect-like aliens living in a rigidly organised hive society

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

Герберт Уэллс: Коллекция Герберта Уэллса • Здесь собраны вместе семь самых культовых романов Герберта Уэллса, самого отца научной фантастики • В каждой истории он представляет уникальный и захватывающий поворот. В "Человеке-невидимке" эксперименты ученого с видимостью идут катастрофически неправильно. В "Машине времени" путешественник рассказывает о своих приключениях в будущем, а "Остров доктора Моро" исследует ужасающие границы человеческой и животной морали • Другие включенные истории - "Война миров", "Первые люди на Луне", "Когда спящий просыпается и мир освобождается". Этот набор захватывающих историй варьируется от сцен инопланетных вторжений до видений мрачного будущего • Книга на английском языке • Collected together here are seven of the most iconic novels of H

"Машина времени" - первый научно-фантастический роман Герберта Уэллса, описывающий путешествие в мир будущего, населенный двумя видами существ, в которые превратился человек: морлоков, обитающих в подземном мире и обслуживающих машины, и хрупких элоев, совершенно не приспособленных для труда. Также в книгу вошли рассказы разных лет • Книга на английском языке • HG Wells's story about a machine that allows travel back and forward in time remains one of the great science fiction adventures, but when it was published in 1895, it was also a dark warning of dangers to come

"Остров доктора Моро" - известный фантастический роман Герберта Уэллса о гениальном ученом докторе Моро, пытавшемся нарушить законы природы и сотворить из диких животных людей. Полученные в результате его бесчеловечных опытов существа обладали способностью к мышлению и даром речи, но людьми так и не стали. Звериные инстинкты оказались сильнее… • Книга на английском языке • In HG Wells's disturbing evolutionary tale, Edward Prendrick is the shipwrecked naturalist who finds himself stranded on the island of a mad scientist, inhabited by hybrid beast-human creatures as the results of Dr Moreau's experiments

Один из самых известных научно-фантастических романов в истории! Рассказчик Эдвард Прендик терпит кораблекрушение и попадает на остров, которым безраздельно властвует безумный учёный, доктор Моро. В ходе бесчеловечных и богопротивных экспериментов он создал множество противоестественных гибридов людей и животных. "Остров доктора Моро" - история о непомерной гордыне учёных и важности подчинения науки нравственным принципам, которую читает, затаив дыхание, уже не одно поколение • Книга может похвастаться большим количеством экранизаций, включая фильм "Остров потерянных душ" и несколько одноимённых кинокартин • Книга на английском языке • In one of the most famous novels of science fiction, the shipwrecked Edward Prendick finds himself alone on an island with a mad scientist

The Penguin English Library Edition of The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells • 'That black figure, with its eyes of fire, struck down through all my adult thoughts and feelings, and for a moment the forgotten horrors of childhood came back to my mind' • Adrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single survivor from the good ship Lady Vain, is rescued by a vessel carrying a profoundly unusual cargo - a menagerie of savage animals. Tended to recovery by their keeper Montgomery, who gives him dark medicine that tastes of blood, Prendick soon finds himself stranded upon an uncharted island in the Pacific with his rescuer and the beasts. Here, he meets Montgomery's master, the sinister Dr. Moreau - a brilliant scientist whose notorious experiments in vivisection have caused him to abandon the civilised world

Edward Prendick is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on an island in the Pacific. Here he meets the sinister Dr Moreau, a vivisectionist driven out of Britain in disgrace. And soon strange events cause Prendick to uncover the full horror of Dr Moreau's activities on the island • The Island Of Doctor Moreau mixes discussion on the divide between humans and the animal kingdom and chilling macabre horror in an unrivalled fashion. Its question on how far science should go is one that rings true today as it did when it was first published

A parable on Darwinian theory, and a biting social satire, H.G. Wells's science fiction classic The Island of Dr Moreau is a fascinating exploration of what it is to be human. This Penguin Classics edition is edited by Patrick Parrinder with notes by Steven McLean and an introduction by Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale • Adrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single survivor from the good ship Lady Vain, is rescued by a vessel carrying a profoundly unusual cargo - a menagerie of savage animals. Tended to recovery by their keeper Montgomery, who gives him dark medicine that tastes of blood, Prendick soon finds himself stranded upon an uncharted island in the Pacific with his rescuer and the beasts. Here, he meets Montgomery's master, the sinister Dr