圖書標籤: 科幻 英文原版 H.G.Wells 英國 美國文學 Sci-Fi 英語文學 蒸汽朋剋
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The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat, as powerful Martians build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays, and feast on the warm blood of trapped, still-living human prey. The forces of the Earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear.
Herbert George Wells was born to a working class family in Kent, England. Young Wells received a spotty education, interrupted by several illnesses and family difficulties, and became a draper's apprentice as a teenager. The headmaster of Midhurst Grammar School, where he had spent a year, arranged for him to return as an "usher," or student teacher. Wells earned a government scholarship in 1884, to study biology under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School of Science. Wells earned his bachelor of science and doctor of science degrees at the University of London. After marrying his cousin, Isabel, Wells began to supplement his teaching salary with short stories and freelance articles, then books, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).
Wells created a mild scandal when he divorced his cousin to marry one of his best students, Amy Catherine Robbins. Although his second marriage was lasting and produced two sons, Wells was an unabashed advocate of free (as opposed to "indiscriminate") love. He continued to openly have extra-marital liaisons, most famously with Margaret Sanger, and a ten-year relationship with the author Rebecca West, who had one of his two out-of-wedlock children. A one-time member of the Fabian Society, Wells sought active change. His 100 books included many novels, as well as nonfiction, such as A Modern Utopia (1905), The Outline of History (1920), A Short History of the World (1922), The Shape of Things to Come (1933), and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1932). One of his booklets was Crux Ansata, An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church. Although Wells toyed briefly with the idea of a "divine will" in his book, God the Invisible King (1917), it was a temporary aberration. Wells used his international fame to promote his favorite causes, including the prevention of war, and was received by government officials around the world. He is best-remembered as an early writer of science fiction and futurism.
He was also an outspoken socialist. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Fathers of Science Fiction". D. 1946.
星球大戰的題材怪怪的,老是有小學生科普讀物即視。
評分【Audiobook】不如時間機器有意思 但這般想象力放在那個年代也足夠震撼 對於火星人特徵以及災後人性暴露的描寫最為有趣...
評分已經知道火星上沒有火星人瞭……看不下去
評分斷斷續續看瞭十天。很多科幻遊戲、小說、電影裏的劇情在這裏都能找到。Wells之後的科幻都是炒冷飯。
評分很經典,影響深遠,篇幅和故事發展全過程都偏短,阿西莫夫的後記挖掘得更深
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評分 評分前几天看了这本小说,听说,电影正是根据这部小说改编的。 小说讲述的是十九世纪末的英国,在一夕之间沦为火星人屠杀地狱的故事。小说伊始,主人公便透过天文望远镜观测到了火星的异常活动。当然,一并观测到这一现象的,还有诸多天文爱好者以及专家。但是,由于对宇宙认识的...
評分前几天看了这本小说,听说,电影正是根据这部小说改编的。 小说讲述的是十九世纪末的英国,在一夕之间沦为火星人屠杀地狱的故事。小说伊始,主人公便透过天文望远镜观测到了火星的异常活动。当然,一并观测到这一现象的,还有诸多天文爱好者以及专家。但是,由于对宇宙认识的...
The War of the Worlds pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024