H. G. Wells' 1901 science fiction novel, «The First Men in the Moon», is the story of an impoverished businessman, Mr. Bedford, who retreats to the countryside for some rest from the weary of modern life and to try his hand at authoring a play. While there he meets an eccentric scientist, Dr. Cavor, who is developing a new material, 'cavorite', which is designed to shield off gravity. When it is discovered that the material works ...
H. G. Wells's «The Invisible Man» is considered to be one of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. It is the story of the scientist Griffen who discovers a serum that will turn his entire body invisible. The initial excitement over the possibilities quickly dissipates when Griffen, who uses the formula on himself, is unable to turn himself visible again. «The Invisible Man» is a cautionary tale about tampering with the laws of ...
"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 tha ...
"The Island of Dr. Moreau" is the story of Edward Prendick, an Englishman who finds himself shipwrecked on an island in the South Seas. On the island he discovers the mad Doctor Moreau and a group of beastly creatures that are the result of the Doctor's experiments. «The Island of Dr. Moreau», which was meant as a commentary on Darwin's theory of evolution, is a most uncanny prediction of the ethical issues raised by the science o ...
"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? ...
Is it religious science fiction, fantasy, or a new perspective on life? In an unimportant galaxy, orbiting a minor star, there’s a beautiful blue planet. On that planet there is something so dangerous that it is watched over by the guardians of death. Visitors are closely monitored so that no contamination can spread from that little planet to the rest of the universe. But there’s trouble on this little world, as the guardians of death are u ...
Die Welt im 23. Jahrhundert. Rohstofffordernde Firmen haben im Sonnensystem zahlreiche Kolonien gegrundet, in denen Millionen Menschen leben. Um den lebensfeindlichen Umgebungen im Weltall und auf der von Klimawandel und Umweltverschmutzung gezeichneten Erde zu trotzen, produzieren die Konzerne gentechnisch veranderte Arbeiter – verachtlich 'Mutanten' genannt. Als auf dem Mars Mutantenkinder gefunden werden, die dem Anschein nach auf n ...
Crake und Jimmy waren Freunde, und sie liebten dieselbe Frau: die ratselhafte Oryx. Sie lebten in einer standig von Klimakatastrophen bedrohten Welt. Crake, ein Genie genetischer Manipulation, war Wissenschaftler und arbeitete fur das Projekt «Paradice» in einem Elite-Labor eines biogenetisch-pharmazeutischen Konzerns. Jimmy sorgte als Werbefachmann fur die Bekanntmachung der Produkte, die Crake entwickelte. Nun sitzt Jimmy, mittlerweile «Schnee ...
Sagans Tagebuch bietet einen tieferen Einblick in die Figur Lt. Jane Sagan. Chronologisch finden die Ereignisse nach denen in «Geisterbrigaden» und vor «Die letzte Kolonie» statt. ...