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Informationen zum Autor Herbert George "H.G." Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels. His most notable works of science fiction include The Time Machine , The Island of Doctor Moreau , and The War of the Worlds . While he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times, his novels were never selected for that top literary honor. Regardless, they remain timeless pieces of science fiction. Zusammenfassung From the “father of science fiction,” H. G. Wells, comes two masterpieces of speculative science fiction storytelling: The Time Machine and The Invisible Man . The former propels the time traveling protagonist to the distant year of 802,701 AD. To his horror, he find only a decaying Earth that is being gradually swallowed by the Sun , and where two strange species--the delicate Eloi and the fierce, subterranean Morlocks --inhabit an eerie dystopia. The latter offers the mesmerizing account of a bitter young scientist who discovers the chemical secret of invisibility . After using on himself, he embarks on a terrifying descent into crime , obsession , and insanity . Both of these science fiction classics are as chilling as they are thought-provoking. Easily required reading for any science fiction or thriller fan , don't wait to enjoy classic stories, especially when they are combined into an elegantly designed, clothbound edition that features an elastic closure and a new introduction.
