Superaktivátor - 17 fantastických povídek

by H.G. Wells

Sedmnáct povídek otce moderní sci-fi a fantasy Herberta George Wellse, mj. i autora slavných románů Neviditelný, Stroj času, Ostrov Dr. Moreaua či Válka světů, obsahuje jak nové současné překlady jeho nejznámějších příběhů (např. Země slepců či Muž, který uměl dělat zázraky), tak povídky, s nimiž se český čtenář setkává vůbec poprvé (jako jsou ve světě proslulé Dveře ve zdi).
Překvapující fantazie a originalita spisovatele, který inspiroval vznik desítek filmů a knih svých pozdějších kolegů, spolu s plastickými líčeními světů, které teprve čekají na své objevení, jeho proslulým černým humorem a schopností vytvářet neobyčejnou atmosféru napětí, jsou zárukou nevšedního čtenářského zážitku.

Povídky:
- Dveře ve zdi (The Door in The Wall)
- Křišťálové vejce (The Crystal Egg)
- Příběh nezkušeného ducha (The Inexperienced Ghost)
- Příběh posledního pana Elveshama (The Story oj the Last Mr. Elvesham)
- Jablko (The Apple)
- Superaktivárot (The New Accelerator)
- Sen o Armageddonu (A Dream of Armageddon)
- Výrobce diamantů (The Diamond Maker)
- Perla lásky (The Pearl of Love)
- Jak to bylo s Pyecraftem (The Truth About Pyecraft)
- Pozoruhodný případ Davidsonových očí (The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes)
- Propast (In The Abyss)
- Poklad v lese (The Treasure in the Forest)
- Podivuhodný případ Gottfrieda Plattnera (The Plattner Story)
- Obrněnci (The Land Ironclads)
- Muž, který uměl dělat zázraky (The Man Who Could Work Miracles)
- Země slepců (The Country of Blind)

243 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2003

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

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Nehodnotim ako celok, lebo niektore poviedky boli uplne super, niektore ma dost obisli. Vo vseobecnosti ale stoji za precitanie.