El hombre que podía hacer milagros

by H.G. Wells

George McWhirter Fotheringay, un hombre común y corriente que no cree en milagros, descubre por casualidad que es capaz de hacerlos. Al principio, ejercita con milagritos sin importancia, pero cuando comparte su secreto con el pastor Maydig, van más allá. Juntos, deciden curar enfermedades y mejorar toda la ciudad. Tan decididos están a ser los paladines del bien, que terminarán provocando un Apocalipsis. ¿Podrá Fotheringay volver el tiempo atrás?

28 pages, Kindle Edition

About the author

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.

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Reviews

[Anim macqq · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lo leí en un compilatorio de cuentos de Wells llamado: Cuentos Extraordinarios del espacio y el tiempo. Una edición cubana. Este cuento fue mi favorito junto con otro que se llama: "la venganza del brujo.
El nuevo acelerador y la historia del difunto Elvesham también me gustaron.

[Ricardo Cifuentes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pues ciertamente es un texto bastante creativo, con suficiente fuerza e ideas para mantener pendiente la lectura de principio a fin, con elementos que siempre aparecen en literatura de H.G. Wells, con ese giro inesperado al estilo de la guerra de los mundos o la máquina del tiempo.

[Antonio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Historia corta donde prometía mucho y decepciona un poco ya que el autor tiene muchas mejores historias