La máquina del tiempo

by H.G. Wells

En esta novela, paradigma del género de la ciencia ficción, H. G. Wells señaló algunas de las más serias preocupaciones científicas —insólitas si consideramos que se publicó por primera vez en 1895— como los problemas del espacio-tiempo y de la cuarta dimensión. Asimismo evidenció su profundo interés por la responsabilidad que tiene el hombre ante la sociedad y las consecuencias de sus actos para las generaciones posteriores. Sentados en el curioso artefacto tripulado por el viajero del tiempo, protagonista de esta fantástica aventura, llegaremos al más remoto de los futuros imaginados por escritor alguno. En el año 802.701 podremos descubrir lo que queda de la especie humana y del mundo, el último peldaño de la escalera de lo que con tanto orgullo llamamos civilización.

147 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 7, 2024

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

[Dazkar 97 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lectura sencilla y cautivadora.

[ʕ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ · Rating 1 out of 5]

soy la única puta reseña de esta plataforma. necesitas otra razón ??

[SaketKr · Rating 4 out of 5]

..a nice light read.