The observatory at Avu, in Borneo, stands on the spur of the mountain. To the north rises the old crater, black at night against the unfathomable blue of the sky. From the little...
The History Of Mr. Polly
Alfred Polly lives in the imaginary town of Fishbourne in Kent, England. A miserable Mr. Polly. He hates Foxbourne, he hates Foxbourne High Street, he hates his shop and his wife...
Mr. Skelmersdale In Fairyland
What these elves were like I have failed to gather, so vague and imperfect is his vocabulary, and so unobservant of all minor detail does he seem to have been. They were clothed...
The Sleeper Awakes
Graham, an Englishman living in London in 1897 takes drugs to cure insomnia and falls into a coma. He wakes up in 2100. He later learns that he has inherited huge wealth and that...
A Deal In Ostriches
Talking of the prices of birds, I've seen an ostrich that cost three hundred pounds,' said the Taxidermist, recalling his youth of travel. 'Three hundred pounds!'
Tono-bungay
En esta novela publicada en 4 entregas que acabó de ver la luz en 1909, el conocido escritor de ciencia ficción H.G. Wells nos deleita con un ensayo que pretende contener todas...
The Door In The Wall
If you visited a paradise, how could return to living in the normal world? That’s the question which haunts Lionel Wallace in H.G. Wells’ "The Door in the Wall". When he was a...
La Guerra De Los Mundos
Una de las mejores obras de ciencia ficción de todos los tiempos, escrita por H.G. Wells en 1898, narra la historia de la invasión de los marcianos a la tierra, así, donde la...
Los Primeros Hombres En La Luna
"Mientras me siento a escribir aquí, en medio de las sombras de las hojas de parra bajo el cielo azul del sur de Italia, me doy cuenta, no sin cierto asombro, de que mi...
La Isla Del Doctor Moreau
"Aunque supongo que el terror de la isla no me abandonará nunca, a veces se oculta en lo más recóndito de mi mente: una nube lejana, un recuerdo, una leve desconfianza; pero...
