8 Best Fantasy Novels. MultiBook

Herbert George Wells

For many generations of readers, Herbert Wells, author of The Invisible Man, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Food of the Gods, and a number of other science fiction novels, has been and remains a great science fiction writer, whose work has had an important influence on the development of the scientific genre fiction in the 20th century as a whole. The possibilities of science and the power of the human mind that is what Wells was primarily interested in in the works he created. Nevertheless, the writer was not blinded by the idea of progress, which is clearly demonstrated by the well-known, well-known novels of Wells: The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. In them, scientific discoveries and technological advances turn against people...The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, A Modern Utopia, Men Like Gods, The Bulpington of Blup, The Shape of Things to Come.

All Aboard for Ararat

Herbert George Wells

Short story told as an allegory set in the future, in form of narrative, with some trenchant remarks on the current situation, and a brilliant introduction to which the balance fails to measure up. Dialogs between God and Mr. Noah Lammock planning a new Ark in which the best of mankind may be rescued from the new flood of war and horror. Wells-Lammock querying of Biblical history is irreverent but amusing, but the plans which follow, for the rk and its voyaging, bog down considerably. All Aboard for Ararat is a 1940 allegorical novella by H. G. Wells that tells a modernized version of the story of Noah and the Flood. Wells was 74 when it was published, and it is the last of his utopian writings.

A Modern Utopia

Herbert George Wells

H.G Wells wrote many tales of adventure and exploration, which were fascinating to early twentieth century readers as transportation to faraway lands was so difficult back then. Wells Modern Utopia was first published in 1905. It set the scene for many modern, scientific utopias and dystopias. The story is set on a planet very like earth. The Utopian Planet differs from earth in that the inhabitants have created a perfect society. Two men, the narrator and his colleague (a botanist), visit this parallel planet and argue over its merits and defects. Utopia is a world in which the problems of humanity have been solved. People live healthy, happy lives in cities where all human needs are met. The novel is best known for its idea that the Samurai, a group of nobility, could effectively rule a world. This would redress the sociological issue of progress and political stability

Ann Veronica. A Modern Love Story

Herbert George Wells

First published in 1909, it focuses on feminist issues from the point of view of a young woman entering adulthood and enduring prejudice about her place in the world. And this novel, Ann Veronica, tells the story of a middle class young woman who is fed up of being expected to be purely decorative. Her father and her boyfriends really are incapable of understanding why she should want to study science, or control her own life in any way. One Wednesday, Ann Veronica Stanley came down from London in a state of solemn excitement and quite resolved to have things out with her father that very evening. She has to fend off unwelcome advances from men who want to enslave her, and evade a different sort of imprisonment from an over-protective family. Ann Veronica herself strikes out, makes men friends, joins militant suffragette action... Its also a fascinating novel for what it says about the times, and its insights into contemporary social and scientific thought.

Babes in the Darkling Wood. A Novel of Ideas

Herbert George Wells

Stella has it all looks, intelligence and an undergraduate place at Cambridge, not to mention Gemini, her fervent admirer at Oxford. Stella and Gemini, the two babes of the story, come increasingly under the influence of a rather impressive psycho-therapeutist whose groundbreaking theories capture their imaginations. But when tragedy strikes they are soon to learn that intellectualism brings cold comfort. When James is disowned by his wrathful relatives, he goes to Russia, is trapped in the Balkans by the war, sees all sorts of atrocities and goes to pieces mentally and physically. It takes months of therapy to bring him back to normal and to Stella. In his latest book Wells has used the technique of the novel of ideas to represent the attitude of young people to current events, and suggest what line they should pursue in the light of modern psychology.

Bealby. A Holiday

Herbert George Wells

A charming tale of a young recalcitrant boys wanderings through England. Full of humour. It is a light tale, and one of Wells that holds up the best. Though young Bealby is determined to rise above his mothers servant status, no amount of struggle helps him to prevail. He reluctantly leaves his home for Shonts, a big country house, to work as a stewards boy. But a fateful weekend visit by distinguished personages, including the strange yet captivating Lord Chancellor, may give Bealby the opportunity to change his fate in this social comedy. What follows is an adventure that Bealby will not soon forget. First published in 1915 Bealby was originally entitled Bealby a Holiday.

Boon

Herbert George Wells

Wellss satire on literature, Boon was originally published under the pseudonym Reginald Bliss; a follow-up to the Fabian-savaging The New Machiavelli. It purports, however, to be by the fictional character Reginald Bliss, and for some time after publication Wells denied authorship. Boon is best known for its part in Wellss debate on the nature of literature with Henry James, who is caricatured in the book. But in Boon Wells also mocks himself, calling into question and ridiculing a notion he held dear that of humanitys collective consciousness. Among these pieces is the infamous parody of the late style of Henry James, all the more effective for being so distinctive a target. Describing James as the culmination of the superficial type, it is not surprising that the indiscreet, ill-advised content of Boon, as Wells describes it in his Introduction, put a serious strain on the relationship between the two authors.

Człowiek, który mógł robić cuda

Herbert George Wells

Nie jest pewne, czy ten dar był mu wrodzony. Co do mnie, to sądzę, że zjawił mu się niespodzianie. Trzeba dodać, że do trzydziestego roku życia był on sceptykiem i nie wierzył w potęgi cudowne. Tu muszę powiedzieć, że był to człowiek małego wzrostu, oczy miał czarne, świecące, czuprynę rudą, szczotkowatą, wąsy duże i piegi na twarzy. Nazywał się George Mac Fothering nazwisko, które żadną miarą myśli o cudach nie podsuwa i był urzędnikiem w firmie Gomshott. Nader wyrobiony w argumentacji słownej, właśnie w chwili, gdy dowodził niemożliwości cudów, otrzymał pierwszą wskazówkę o swej mocy nadzwyczajnej. (Fragment)