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Krieg der Welten: mit Illustrationen von Henrique Alvim Correa: Leinen mit Goldprägung

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Die Marsianer greifen die Erde an, da auf dem Mars die Wasser- und Rohstoffreserven knapp werden. Das irdische Militär hat den hochentwickelten Invasoren nichts entgegenzusetzen und muss hilflos mit ansehen, wie die Städte zerstört werden. Erst ein unvorhergesehener Verbündeter des Menschen kann der Invasion Einhalt gebieten.
Mit »Krieg der Welten«, erstmals 1898 erschienen, hat H.G. Wells einen Meilenstein der Science Fiction erschaffen, der die folgenden Generationen bis heute beeinflusst hat.

278 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 14, 2023

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H.G. Wells

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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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October 14, 2024
Wie unheimlich es gewesen sein muss, diese Geschichte Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts zu lesen. Mit einer fantastischen Geschichte begründet Wells die moderne Sci-Fi und legt den Grundstein für alle Alien und Marsmenschen Geschichten und Filme. Bereits mehrfach verfilmt, immer mit einer Handlung in unserer modernen Zeit, kommt jedoch nicht annähernd an den Schrecken heran, den Wells im Roman erzählt. Ein Klassiker, den jeder gelesen haben sollte. Absolute Weltklasse!
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March 27, 2025
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Super spannendes Buch, dass seiner Zeit weit vorraus ist. Als Urgestein des SienceFiction wirklich lesenswert. Neben den abenteuerlichen Bestandteilen kann man den Roman auch als Selbstreflexion der Menschheit betrachten, die den Titel der "Krone der Schöpfung" hier einmal abgeben muss.

Ein kleiner Minuspunkt ist jedoch, dass man, sofern man die Lokalitäten um London nicht kennt, nicht wirklich weiß wo man sich gerade befindet. Ortsangaben werden meist nur durch Städtenamen getätigt.
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"Und das Seltsamste von allem ist es, wieder die Hand meiner Frau zu halten und daran zu denken, dass ich sie zu den Toten gezählt habe, wie auch sie es tat."
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