Научная Фантастика
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In 1888, while a student, H.G. Wells published «The Chronic Argonauts,» a 3-part story serialized in <i>The Science Schools Journal.</i> He would later return to the themes and recreate the story as the classic novel, <i>The Time Machine</i>. (After <i>The Time Machine</i>'s publication, Wells tried to suppress «The Chronic Argonauts,» going so far as buying all copies he could find and destroying them.) Today, the story is a rarity in its original...
| Автор | H.G. Wells |
This volume assembles 25 complete novels and short stories by Murray Leinster, published between 1919 and 1963. Included are such science fiction classics as «The Runaway Skyscraper,» «Space Tug,» and «Operation Terror,» as well as rarities like «A Thousand Degrees Below Zero,» «The Gallery Gods,» and «Nerve.» Also includes a biographical introduction and a selected bibliography.<P> Complete list of contents:<P> INTRODUCTION<BR> THE RUNAWAY SKYSCRAPER (1919)<BR> A...
| Автор | Murray Leinster |
This volume assembles 25 novels and short stories by Murray Leinster, published between 1919 and 1963, plus a biographical introduction and a selected bibliography. Contents:<P> MURRAY LEINSTER: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY<BR> THE ALIENS<BR> A THOUSAND DEGREES BELOW ZERO<BR> THE MAD PLANET<BR> THE GALLERY GODS<BR> THE RED DUST<BR> NERVE<BR> MORALE: A STORY OF THE WAR OF 1941-43<BR> THE FIFTH-DIMENSION TUBE<BR> INVASION<BR> ...
| Автор | Murray Leinster |
What happens when science tampers with nature? A riveting, cautionary tale with disastrous results reveals the chilling answer.Hoping to create a new growth agent for food with beneficial uses to mankind, two scientists find that the spread of the material is uncontrollable. Giant chickens, rats, and insects run amok, and children given the food stuffs experience incredible growth–and serious illnesses. Over the years, people who have eaten these specially treated foods find themselves unable to...
| Автор | H. G. Wells |
Захватывающий детектив о приключениях детектива-ученого Крейга Кеннеди и его друга.
| Автор | Артур Рив |
| Жанр | Научная Фантастика, Приключения, Классический детектив |
| Год | 2023 |
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.“I beheld, unclouded by doubt, a magnificent vision of all that invisibility might mean to a man – the mystery, the power, the freedom.”Griffin, a stranger, arrives at the local inn of an English village, entirely shrouded in bandages. Forbidding and unfriendly, he confines himself to his room. Driven away by the villagers and turning to an old friend for help, Griffin reveals that he has discovered how to...
| Автор | Герберт Уэллс |
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.“That these man-like creatures were in truth only bestial monsters, mere grotesque travesties of men, filled me with a vague uncertainty of their possibilities far worse than any definite fear.”Edward Prendick, the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the South Pacific, is set ashore on an island where he meets the mysterious Doctor Moreau. Horrified by the discovery that Moreau is performing vivisection on...
| Автор | Герберт Уэллс |
For almost three years, Dtimun, the enigmatic and mysterious Cehn-Tahr commander of the Morcai Battalion, has been at war not only with the Rojok Dynasty…but also with his feisty medical chief of staff, Dr. Madeline Ruszel.Now a surprising visitor from the future has charged them with the rescue of the enemy, field marshal Chacon. To ensure success, both Madeline and Dtimun must make personal sacrifices and attempt a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Sparks fly as each twist and turn throws...
| Автор | Diana Palmer |
For almost three years Dtimun, the enigmatic and mysterious Cehn-Tahr commander of the Morcai Battalion, has been at war not only with the Rojok Dynasty, but also with his feisty Medical Chief of Staff, Dr. Madeline Ruszel.Now a surprising visitor from the future has charged them with the rescue of the enemy Rojok, Field Marshal Chacon. To ensure success, both Madeline and Dtimun must make personal sacrifices and attempt a dangerous mission behind enemy lines.Sparks fly as each twisting turn...
| Автор | Diana Palmer |
"Mysterious Island" by Jules Verne is subtitled Shipwrecked in the Air, The Abandoned and The Secret of the Island. The present translation is by Stephen W. White. It first appeared in the Evening Telegraph of Philadelphia, PA and was later published as an Evening Telegraph Reprint Book in 1876. English translators often altered their translations to suit current political views of Church and Empire. It is about six Northerns prisoners that flee Richmond during the American Civil War. Their...
| Автор | Jules Verne |
<P>At a time when Verne is making a comeback in the US as a mainstream literary figure, Wesleyan is pleased to publish a new translation of one of his best-known novels, The Mysterious Island. Although several editions under the same title are in print, most reproduce a bowdlerized nineteenth-century translation which changes the names of the characters, omits several important scenes, and ideologically censors Verne's original text.</P><P>The...
| Автор | Jules Verne |
"The Poison Belt" by Arthur Conan Doyle. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
| Автор | Артур Конан Дойл |
When Myles Cabot accidentally transmitted himself to the planet Venus, he found himself naked and bewildered on a mystery world where every unguarded minute might mean a horrible death. <P> Man-eating plants, tiger-sized spiders, and dictatorial ant-men kept Myles on the run until he discovered the secret of the land—that humanity was a slave-race and that the monster ants were the real rulers of the world! <P> But Cabot was resourceful, and when his new found love, the...
| Автор | Ralph Milne Farley |
Here is a selection of 18 jaunts through time, many of them rare tales from the pulps that we know you haven’t read before. Even if you're jaded with time-travel (Dinosaurs? Again?) you'll find something new in these pages. Included are:<P> THE CHILDREN'S ROOM, by Raymond F. Jones<BR> SIDETRACK IN TIME, by William P. McGivern<BR> GEORGE ALL THE WAY, by Richard Wilson<BR> ABSOLUTELY NO PARADOX, by Lester del Rey<BR> THE HOHOKAM DIG, by Theodore...
| Автор | Филип Дик |
The third volume in the Science Fiction MEGAPACK® series collection 26 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including a complete novel by H. Beam Piper! Included in this volume are:<P> "The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity," by Fritz Leiber<BR> "Time Bum," by C.M. Kornbluth<BR> "The Human Equations," by Dave Creek<BR> "The Gun," by Philip K. Dick<BR> "Not Stupid Enough," by George H. Scithers<BR> ...
| Автор | Филип Дик |
H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells и др.
English novelist, historian and science writer Herbert George Wells (1866–1946) abandoned teaching and launched his literary career with a series of highly successful science-fiction novels. The Time Machine was the first of a number of these imaginative literary inventions. First published in 1895, the novel follows the adventures of a hypothetical Time Traveller who journeys into the future to find that humanity has evolved into two races: the peaceful Eloi — vegetarians...
| Автор | H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells и др. |
The narrator tells of his incredible journey into the distant future in this landmark of imagination, cornerstone of science fiction and thought provoking look at the possible destiny of humanity. The Time Machine first appeared in 1896 and stunned readers with a vivid narrative studded with vital ideas unlike any seen in print before. The narrator describes a voyage into the future that depicts the disturbing evolution of society, introduces him to strange companions and stranger foes, and...
| Автор | H.G. Wells |
Алчность, любопытство и опрометчивость героев может помочь им совершить научный рывок и обогатиться. Или открыть ящик Пандоры.
| Автор | Павел Степанов |
| Жанр | Научная Фантастика |
| Год | 2020 |
"The Time Machine" is one of the most loved science fiction novels of all time. H. G. Wells crafts a vivid and haunting picture of an earth some 800,000 years into the future. Written in the late 19th century, «The Time Machine» was the first novel about time travel and its impact on the science fiction genre is unparalleled. «The Time Machine» was written at the beginning of a period of great technological advancement and it is evident that this was of serious concern to Wells. The author...
| Автор | Wells Wells |
"The Time Machine", one of the most loved science fiction novels of all time, is H. G. Wells 1895 novel which crafts a vivid and haunting picture of an earth some 800,000 years into the future. The first novel about time travel, «The Time Machine» was written during a period of great technological advancement, the impacts of which were of serious concern to Wells. The author poses the question in the novel; will technology ever go too far? The future world of the 'Eloi', depicted...
| Автор | Wells Wells |
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.“For a time I believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that I stood there alone, the last man left alive.”When a strange, meteor-like object lands in the heart of England, the inhabitants of Earth find themselves victims of a terrible attack. A ruthless race of Martians, armed with heat rays and poisonous smoke, is intent on destroying everything that stands in its way. As the unnamed hero...
| Автор | Герберт Уэллс |
Предлагаем вниманию любителей научной фантастики знаменитый роман Г. Дж. Уэллса «Война миров», одну из первых книг, написанных в этом жанре.
Издание адресовано студентам языковых вузов, а также всем любителям англоязычной литературы и, в частности, фантастики.
| Автор | Герберт Уэллс |
This is our second volume celebrating the work of talented science fiction, fantasy, and horror author Thomas A. Easton (following up on Thomas A. Easton's GMO Future MEGAPACK®). Tom has quietly produced a large body of excellent work over the years, while also working as a university professor and penning the book review column for Analog. This volume contains 27 short stories, 2 novels, and an essay.<P> <B>Short Stories:</B><BR> "A Love Story"<BR> ...
| Автор | Thomas A. Easton |
This volume collects, for the first time, all of Thomas A. Easton's GMO-themed work: 12 stories and 5 novels…more than 1,400 pages of great reading. Included are:<P> <B>Short Stories:</B><P> The 2076 Roachster<BR> When Life Hands You a Lemming<BR> The Coming of the Mayflower<BR> Hard Times<BR> Social Climber<BR> Lost Luggage<BR> Sing a Song of Porkchops<BR> Down on the Truck Farm<BR> Matchmaker<BR> The...
| Автор | Thomas A. Easton |