The Time Machine: Penguin Publishing Group
Autor H. G. Wellsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 noi 2014
So begins the Time Traveller s astonishing firsthand account of his journey eight hundred thousand years beyond his own era and the story that launched H. G. Wells s successful career and earned him the reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes...and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth. There he discovers two bizarre races the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks who not only symbolize the duality of human nature, but offer a terrifying portrait of tomorrow as well.
Published in 1895, this masterpiece of invention captivated readers on the threshold of a new century. Thanks to Wells s expert storytelling and provocative insight, "The Time Machine" will continue to enthrall readers for generations to come.
With an Introduction by Greg Bear
and a New Afterword
"
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780451470706
ISBN-10: 0451470702
Pagini: 162
Dimensiuni: 103 x 172 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.08 kg
Editura: Random House
Colecția Penguin Publishing Group
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ISBN-10: 0451470702
Pagini: 162
Dimensiuni: 103 x 172 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.08 kg
Editura: Random House
Colecția Penguin Publishing Group
Seria Penguin Publishing Group
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Descriere
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'So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pursuing pleasure and comfort and beauty, and below ground the Have-nots, the Workers...'At a Victorian dinner party, in Richmond, London, the Time Traveller returns to tell his extraordinary tale of mankind's future in the year 802,701 AD. It is a dystopian vision of Darwinian evolution, with humans split into an above-ground species of Eloi, and their troglodyte brothers. The first book H. G. Wells published, The Time Machine is a scientific romance that helped invent the genre of science fiction and the time travel story. Even before its serialisation had finished in the spring of 1895, Wells had been declared 'a man of genius', and the book heralded a fifty year career of a major cultural and political controversialist. It is a sardonic rejection of Victorian ideals of progress and improvement and a detailed satirical commentary on the Decadent culture of the 1890s.This edition features a contextual introduction, detailed explanatory notes, and two essays Wells wrote just prior to the publication of his first book.
'So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pursuing pleasure and comfort and beauty, and below ground the Have-nots, the Workers...'At a Victorian dinner party, in Richmond, London, the Time Traveller returns to tell his extraordinary tale of mankind's future in the year 802,701 AD. It is a dystopian vision of Darwinian evolution, with humans split into an above-ground species of Eloi, and their troglodyte brothers. The first book H. G. Wells published, The Time Machine is a scientific romance that helped invent the genre of science fiction and the time travel story. Even before its serialisation had finished in the spring of 1895, Wells had been declared 'a man of genius', and the book heralded a fifty year career of a major cultural and political controversialist. It is a sardonic rejection of Victorian ideals of progress and improvement and a detailed satirical commentary on the Decadent culture of the 1890s.This edition features a contextual introduction, detailed explanatory notes, and two essays Wells wrote just prior to the publication of his first book.
Notă biografică
Nascido no perímetro da Grande Londres, em Bromley, Kent, Inglaterra, Herbert George Wells, nasceu a 21 de setembro 1866, e veio a falecer a 13 de agosto de 1949 com 79 anos de idade em Regent's Park, Londres, Inglaterra. Além de escritor e romancista, exerceu as profissões de jornalista e historiador. As suas obras foram revolucionárias no género de ficção-científica, sendo um dos seus máximos expoentes e autor de obras cujo impacto na ciência e nos desafios da humanidade se revelaram fulcrais. Obras como Time Machine (A Máquina do Tempo) que oferece uma visão sobre as consequências do desejo humano de conquistar a possibilidade de viajar no tempo, ou The Invisable Man (O Homem Invisível); The War of the Worlds (A Guerra dos Mundos); The Island of Docteur Moreau (A Ilha do Dr. Moreau); que inspiraram a criação de inúmeras obras derivadas, inclusivamente cinematográficas, demonstram o quão influente se tornou a obra de H.G. Wells. Todas estas obras adaptadas para cinema assim como outras: The Door in The Wall (A Porta no Muro), presente nesta edição da Contra Escrita, realizado por Glenn H. Alvey Jr. numa curta-metragem de 29 minutos em 1956, e The Country of the Blind (Em Terra de Cegos) em 2014 dirigido por Travis Mills.H.G. Wells é por muitos considerado o pai da ficção-científica, será, a par de Jules Verne (Júlio Verne) seu contemporâneo e colega na área literária, respetivamente no género de ficção científica, um dos maiores inspiradores dos grandes objetivos científicos e grandes passos da humanidade do século XX, e que se seguirão com certeza agora século XXI adiante. Wells foi também um dos ases das Short-Stories (Contos) e um dos seus propulsores. Tendo escrito e publicado dezenas delas ao longo da sua carreira, pese ter sido nos romances que a sua obra ganhou maior protagonismo.H.G. Wells era também um reconhecido socialista e pacifista cujas obras geraram enormes controvérsias e foram muitas vezes proféticas. Os seus romances mais tardios eram mais realistas e de diversos géneros literários, incluindo romances contemporâneos, históricos e de comentário social.
Recenzii
Wells was interested in the implications of evolutionary theory on the future of human beings at the biological, sociological, and cultural levels, and The Time Machine, short and readable, draws on many of the social and scientific debates of the time. The Broadview edition of this science fiction classic includes extensive materials on Wells’s scientific and political influences.
“This is undoubtedly the definitive edition of H.G. Wells’s masterpiece, as fresh today in its imaginative power as the day it was written; but here refreshed by excellent introduction, notes and a comprehensive collection of appendices by Wells’s contemporaries. The method could not be bettered.” — Brian W. Aldiss, author of the Helliconia trilogy; Billion Year Spree: A History of Science Fiction and, most recently, White Mars: or, the Mind Set Free: A 21st-Century Utopia
“This is an invaluable edition of a text with a crucial role in modern culture. Wielding his meticulous scholarship and wide-ranging knowledge, Ruddick produces a splendid introduction and a rich selection of contextual materials.” — H. Bruce Franklin, author of War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination and Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century
“Ruddick offers a wide-ranging and stimulating Introduction to this generously documented edition of one of the great source texts of modern science fiction. General readers, students, and scholars will all be grateful for the comprehensive appendices, which provide a full selection of the scientific, philosophical, and cultural contexts out of which The Time Machine first emerged. This should be the scholarly edition for some time to come.” — Douglas Barbour, University of Alberta
“The structure of Ruddick’s book makes the complexity of The Time Machine easy to map, while the critical materials provide a basis for deep and detailed study. The impressive scholarship included ensures that it will remain a useful resource for teachers, essential for libraries and especially suitable for students or newcomers to Wells’ canon.” — Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
“I exclusively use your edition of The Time Machine and cannot say enough about its perspective. Mathematics and science in literature is a specialty of mine, and there is no finer edition of that text. It is a keystone in my Mathematics and Science in the Humanities course. You folks at Broadview are outstanding!” — Michael J. Gormley, Quinsigamond Community College
“This is undoubtedly the definitive edition of H.G. Wells’s masterpiece, as fresh today in its imaginative power as the day it was written; but here refreshed by excellent introduction, notes and a comprehensive collection of appendices by Wells’s contemporaries. The method could not be bettered.” — Brian W. Aldiss, author of the Helliconia trilogy; Billion Year Spree: A History of Science Fiction and, most recently, White Mars: or, the Mind Set Free: A 21st-Century Utopia
“This is an invaluable edition of a text with a crucial role in modern culture. Wielding his meticulous scholarship and wide-ranging knowledge, Ruddick produces a splendid introduction and a rich selection of contextual materials.” — H. Bruce Franklin, author of War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination and Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century
“Ruddick offers a wide-ranging and stimulating Introduction to this generously documented edition of one of the great source texts of modern science fiction. General readers, students, and scholars will all be grateful for the comprehensive appendices, which provide a full selection of the scientific, philosophical, and cultural contexts out of which The Time Machine first emerged. This should be the scholarly edition for some time to come.” — Douglas Barbour, University of Alberta
“The structure of Ruddick’s book makes the complexity of The Time Machine easy to map, while the critical materials provide a basis for deep and detailed study. The impressive scholarship included ensures that it will remain a useful resource for teachers, essential for libraries and especially suitable for students or newcomers to Wells’ canon.” — Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
“I exclusively use your edition of The Time Machine and cannot say enough about its perspective. Mathematics and science in literature is a specialty of mine, and there is no finer edition of that text. It is a keystone in my Mathematics and Science in the Humanities course. You folks at Broadview are outstanding!” — Michael J. Gormley, Quinsigamond Community College
Textul de pe ultima copertă
In The Time Machine Wells pioneers the concept of travel in the 'Fourth Dimension' and speculates about the ultimate decay of the human species. The world of the effete Eloi and ape-like Morlocks, the age of giant crabs, and the final portrayal of the heat-death of the sun constitute an unforgettable vision of the future. The Time Traveller's narrow escape from the remote descendants of humanity is paralleled by Edward Prendick's horrifying adventures among the Beast Folk of The Island of Doctor Moreau. Moreau, a ruthless vivisector, chooses an uninhabited Pacific island for his attempts to change animals into human beings on the operating table. Prendick soon fears that he, too, may become a victim of Moreau's experiments. Even at their most bleakly pessimistic and ironic, these stories testify to the resources of human courage and ingenuity. This edition offers authoritative texts of both novels, explanatory notes, and an introduction setting them in the context of Wells's life and thought.
Cuprins
Acknowledgements
Introduction
H. G. Wells: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
The Time Machine: An Invention
Appendix A. The Evolutionary Context: Biology
Appendix G. Wells on The Time Machine
Works Cited
Introduction
H. G. Wells: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
The Time Machine: An Invention
Appendix A. The Evolutionary Context: Biology
- Charles Darwin, from The Origin of Species (1859, 1872)
- E. Ray Lankester, from Degeneration (1880)
- Thomas H. Huxley, from “The Struggle for Existence in Human Society” (1888)
- H. G. Wells, from “Zoological Retrogression” (1891)
- H. G. Wells, from Text-Book of Biology (1893)
- Thomas H. Huxley, from “Evolution and Ethics” (1893)
- H. G. Wells, “On Extinction” (1893)
- H. G. Wells, from “The Man of the Year Million” (1893)
- H. G. Wells, from “The Extinction of Man” (1894)
- Thomas Carlyle, from Past and Present (1843)
- Karl Marx, from various writings (1844-64)
- Frederick Engels, from The Condition of the Working-Class (1845)
- Benjamin Disraeli, from Sybil (1845)
- Herbert Spencer, from Social Statics (1851)
- Herbert Spencer, from First Principles (1862)
- Jules Verne, from The Child of the Cavern (1877)
- Henry George, from Progress and Poverty (1880)
- Edward Bellamy, from Looking Backward (1888)
- Thomas H. Huxley, from “The Struggle for Existence in Human Society” (1888)
- William Morris, from News from Nowhere (1890)
- Benjamin Kidd, from Social Evolution (1894)
- Winwood Reade, from The Martyrdom of Man (1872, 1875)
- Friedrich Nietzsche, from The Joyful Wisdom (1882, 1886)
- H. G. Wells, from “The Rediscovery of the Unique” (1891)
- Max Nordau, from Degeneration (1892, 1895)
- Edwin A. Abbott, from Flatland (1884)
- C. H. Hinton, from “What Is the Fourth Dimension?” (1884)
- “S,” “Four-Dimensional Space” (1885)
- E. A. Hamilton Gordon, from “The Fourth Dimension” (1887)
- Oscar Wilde, from “The Canterville Ghost” (1887)
- William James, from The Principles of Psychology (1890)
- Simon Newcomb, from “Modern Mathematical Thought” (1894)
- Jonathan Swift, from Gulliver’s Travels (1726)
- William Thomson, from “On the Age of the Sun’s Heat” (1862)
- Balfour Stewart, from The Conservation of Energy (1874)
- Balfour Stewart & Peter Guthrie Tait, from The Unseen Universe (1875)
- George Howard Darwin, from “The Determination of the Secular Effects of Tidal Friction by a Graphical Method” (1879)
- George Howard Darwin, from “On the Precession of a Viscous Spheroid” (1879)
- H. G. Wells, from “The ‘Cyclic’ Delusion” (1894)
- Camille Flammarion, from Omega (1894)
Appendix G. Wells on The Time Machine
- H. G. Wells, from “Popularising Science” (1894)
- H. G. Wells, from “Preface,” Works of H. G. Wells, Vol. 1 (1924)
- H. G. Wells, from “Preface,” The Time Machine: An Invention (1931)
- H. G. Wells, from “Preface,” Seven Famous Novels (1934)
- H. G. Wells, from Experiment in Autobiography (1934)
- H. G. Wells, from “Fiction About the Future” (1938)
- From Review of Reviews [London] (March 1895)
- From Review of Reviews [New York] (June 1895)
- New York Times (23 June 1895)
- Spectator (13 July 1895)
- Literary World (13 July 1895)
- Nature (18 July 1895)
- From Saturday Review (20 July 1895)
- Daily Chronicle (27 July 1895)
- Israel Zangwill, from Pall Mall Magazine (September 1895)
- From Review of Reviews [New York] (October 1895)
- From Bookman (August 1895)
- “Picaroon,” from Chap-Book [Chicago] (1896)
Works Cited