H. G Wells
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La Guerra de los Mundos es una novela de ciencia ficción del autor inglés H.G. Wells, publicada por primera vez en el Reino Unido en la Pearson´s Magazine y en los Estados Unidos en la revista Cosmopolitan en 1897. La primera aparición de la novela en libro fue en 1898 y fue publicada por la editorial William Henemann de Londres. Escrita entre 1895 y 1897, es una de las primeras historias que detallan un conflicto entre la humanidad y una especie...
2) The Red Room
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The Red Room is a short Gothic story written by H. G. Wells in 1894. It was first published in the March 1896 edition of The Idler magazine. An unnamed protagonist chooses to spend the night in an allegedly haunted room, coloured bright red in Lorraine Castle. He intends to disprove the legends surrounding it. Despite vague warnings from the three infirm custodians who reside in the castle, the narrator ascends to "the Red Room" to begin his night's...
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Originally published in 1897, Thirty Strange Stories contains such well-known stories as "The Triumphs of a Taxidermist," about the outrageous exploits, both authentic and fraudulent, of a taxidermist, who then reappears in "A Deal of Ostriches," a tale of a con man's exploitation of human greed after one of five ostriches swallows a precious diamond. Also included are "The Stolen Bacillus" about an anarchist who plans to release what he believes...
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H. G. Wells's sobering, thought-provoking novel is one of the greatest works of science fiction ever created-and as powerful today as when it was written. After inventing a machine that moves through time, the Traveler leaves Victorian London and goes far, far into the future. At first, the world he discovers seems peaceful and prosperous. But as he looks below the surface he realizes that things are not exactly as they first appeared.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells first serialised in 1897 in the UK by Pearson's Magazine and in the US by Cosmopolitan magazine. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both...
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With an all-new illustrations, experience this classic pioneering tale of science fiction by H.G. Wells.
West Sussex. A mysterious man in a long-sleeved trench coat, gloves, and a wide-brimmed hat arrives at Mr. and Mrs. Hall's inn. His face is almost entirely concealed (much like most of his personality and identity), except for a fake pink nose. He keeps to himself, working in his rooms during the day, only leaving at night.
Griffin's peculiar...
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I had seen the Magic Shop from afar several times. I had passed it once or twice, a shop window of alluring little objects, magic balls, magic hens, wonderful cones, ventriloquist dolls, the material of the basket trick, packs of cards that looked all right, and all that sort of thing, but never had I thought of going in until one day...
10) The time machine
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Sterling Pub. Co
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c2008
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
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149 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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An abridged version of the science fiction novel about the scientist who invents a time machine and uses it to travel to the year 802,701 A.D., where he discovers the childlike Eloi and the hideous underground Morlocks.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 2
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The British government recruits Brady to go behind lines in the Middle East and rescue one of their top secret agents who has been taken prisoner.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 13
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English
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A wealthy man uses extortion and a trained attack dog to force Peter to kill his partner and make it look like a heart attack.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 11
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Kidnappers abduct Peter's niece and hold her ransom for $50,000. To get her back safely, Dr. Brady is forced to steal the money from a bank vault.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 1
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After a freak accident while conducting a secret experiment with light refraction, Dr. Peter Brady is transformed into an invisible man.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 6
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A celebrated actress runs down a hobo by accident and a witness blackmails her, threatening to expose her secret.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 5
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Peter's existence as an invisible man becomes public knowledge, while Sally's friend needs help when her stepfather plots to kill her invalid mother.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 3
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Brady helps a horribly disfigured man to become invisible but is soon caught in lies that threaten to destroy the life of a notable politician.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 5
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Dr. Stephens believes his anti-gravity research will endanger mankind; he destroys the papers and disappears. Brady is summoned to track him down.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 4
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English
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Peter must infiltrate an embassy to rescue a Russian scientist who wants to defect and has been working to solve the problem of invisibility.