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No País das Fadas e Outras Histórias Fantásticas
No País das Fadas: Skelmersdale cruza a fronteira oculta, mas jamais será o mesmo após receber o beijo de uma fada.
A loja mágica: numa estranha loja, o misterioso vendedor tira uma bola de vidro da cabeça, outra do cotovelo, e nos diz: - É assim que obtemos nossos objetos menores. As peças maiores, estas tiramos daquele chapéu.
Janela Indiscreta: depois que as pernas de Bailey foram imobilizadas, eles o trasportaram até o estúdio e o colocaram diante da janela aberta. Assim tem início a história que, tudo leva a crer, tenha inspirado Hitchcock em sua obra-prima Janela Indiscreta.
A maior parte da vasta obra de H. G. Wells, consagrado autor de A Guerra dos Mundos e A Máquina do Tempo, permanece desconhecida entre nós. As 12 histórias deste livro, todas inéditas, revelam o que há de melhor no mundo deste grande mestre a literatura fantástica.
Tradução: Ricardo Gouveia
Obra realizada com incentivo da Secretaria Municipal de Cultura de São Paulo.
A loja mágica: numa estranha loja, o misterioso vendedor tira uma bola de vidro da cabeça, outra do cotovelo, e nos diz: - É assim que obtemos nossos objetos menores. As peças maiores, estas tiramos daquele chapéu.
Janela Indiscreta: depois que as pernas de Bailey foram imobilizadas, eles o trasportaram até o estúdio e o colocaram diante da janela aberta. Assim tem início a história que, tudo leva a crer, tenha inspirado Hitchcock em sua obra-prima Janela Indiscreta.
A maior parte da vasta obra de H. G. Wells, consagrado autor de A Guerra dos Mundos e A Máquina do Tempo, permanece desconhecida entre nós. As 12 histórias deste livro, todas inéditas, revelam o que há de melhor no mundo deste grande mestre a literatura fantástica.
Tradução: Ricardo Gouveia
Obra realizada com incentivo da Secretaria Municipal de Cultura de São Paulo.
218 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1993
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H.G. Wells
3,957 books11.1k followersHerbert 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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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.
More: http://philosopedia.org/index.php/H._...
http://www.online-literature.com/well...
http://www.hgwellsusa.50megs.com/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/t...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells
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November 10, 2021
Li em 2017, peguei na biblioteca da Caldense. Reli alguns contos agora. É uma seleção escolar editada apenas no Brasil, pelo o que entendi. A despeito do título, alguns contos são de Ficção Científica mesmo. No meu entender, são os melhores, com destaque para A Estrela, que precede toda obra de colisão planetária de proporções catastróficas com a Terra, ao menos que eu me lembre - lembrei-me especialmente do Melancolia, o filme do Lars Von Trier. Há também uma narrativa policial surpreendente, Through The Window (Através da Janela), traduzida como Janela Indiscreta, pois os editores entendem que Hitchcock foi influenciado pela narrativa - de fato, é anterior ao filme e há muitas semelhanças. Entre os contos que se encaixam no Fantástico, meu favorito é O Falecido Mr. Elvesham, que recentemente foi reeditado no Brasil na Antologia da Literatura Fantástica organizada por Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares e Silvina Ocampo, lançada pela Companhia das Letras em 2019.
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