Novelas Esenciales de H.G. Wells

by H.G. Wells

En estas novelas viajaremos de la mano de H.G. Wells por otros mundos, y no solo descubriremos las infinitas posibili¬dades que los avances científicos, reales o no, le ofrecen a los protagonistas de sus obras, sino que, como lectores, nos co¬rresponderá hacer un análisis profundo de los conflictos que se presentan para la humanidad frente ante estos la lucha de clases, el abuso de poder, la ética. ~. estos son temas que se ocultan detrás de las posibles realidades que nuestro autor quiso mostrarnos. Pero no se confundan al creer que estas son narraciones os¬curas y pesimistas, todo lo contrario, son la mejor manera de incursionar en la posibilidad infinita que tiene el hombre de superar sus propios límites y vivir, más allá de nuestra imaginación, las magníficas posibilidades que ya estamos experimentando con los actuales avances tecnológicos, y todos aquellos que nos ofrecerán los siglos venideros. El presente volumen incluye las siguientes La má¬quina del tiempo (1895), La isla del doctor Moreau (1896), El hombre invisible (1897), La guerra de los mundos (1898) y Los primeros hombres en la luna (1901).

681 pages, Hardcover

Published February 1, 2021

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

[Luis E. Hernández · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy feliz reencuentro con varias de las novelas que fueron esenciales a la hora de forjar mi amor por la literatura decimonónica, hace ya casi cuatro décadas. La única que no había leído era "Los primeros hombres en la luna".

Si bien Wells y su obra me merecen todas las estrellas posibles, no califico el libro con 5 de ellas por que la edición es a veces descuidada e incluso parece que alguna de las novelas (especialmente la última) ha sido traducida a español latino y no de España, que es donde se ha publicado la antología.

[Ruben Dario · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy entretenido.