《时间机器》是令威尔斯声誉鹊起的处女作,也是其杰出代表作之一。通过《时间机器》,威尔斯表达了对人类终极处境的关怀,拨动了亿万颗不安的心灵。人类自诞生之日起就感叹生命的短暂,然而威尔斯竟设想出一架能自由穿梭于时空中的机器,而且从理论到实践均构思得天衣无缝,只要人类还为时空的局限所困,《时间机器》的魅力将永不消减。
1897年发表的《隐身人》亦是威尔斯流传深远、广受欢迎的作品。《隐身人》将视角转向了科学技术本身,向读者展现了科技无限发展后潜在的负面效应。威尔斯警示人们科学是把双刃剑,既可造福人类,又能招致灭顶之灾,在物欲横流的社会,科学发明一旦落入自私者之手,后果将不堪设想。
Immensely popular during his lifetime, H. G. Wells, along with Jules Verne, is credited with inventing science fiction. This new volume offers two of Wellss best-loved and most critically acclaimed scientific romances. 《时间机器》是令威尔斯声誉鹊起的处女作,也是其杰出代表作之一。通过《时间机器》,威尔斯表达了对人类终极处境的关怀,拨动了亿万颗不安的心灵。人类自诞生之日起就感叹生命的短暂,然而威尔斯竟设想出一架能自由穿梭于时空中的机器,而且从理论到实践均构思得天衣无缝,只要人类还为时空的局限所困,《时间机器》的魅力将永不消减。
1897年发表的《隐身人》亦是威尔斯流传深远、广受欢迎的作品。《隐身人》将视角转向了科学技术本身,向读者展现了科技无限发展后潜在的负面效应。威尔斯警示人们科学是把双刃剑,既可造福人类,又能招致灭顶之灾,在物欲横流的社会,科学发明一旦落入自私者之手,后果将不堪设想。
Immensely popular during his lifetime, H. G. Wells, along with JulesVerne, is credited with inventing science fiction. This new volume offers twoof Wellss best-loved and most critically acclaimed scientific romances.
The Time Machine, H. G. Wellss first novel, is a tale of Darwinian evolutiontaken to its extreme. Its hero, a young scientist, travels 800,000 yearsinto the future and discovers a dying earth populated by two strange humanoidspecies: the brutal Morlocks and the gentle but nearly helpless Eloi. TheTime Machine has been adapted into three feature films of the same name, aswell as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations.It has also indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in manymedia productions.
The Invisible Man mixes chilling terror, suspense, and acute psychologicalunderstanding into a tale of an equally adventurous scientist who discoversthe formula for invisibilitya secret that drives him mad.TheInvisible Manhas been adapted into films and TV series, stage play and audio drama.
Chapter 1INTRODUCTION 3
Chapter 2THE MACHINE 10
Chapter 3THE TIME TRAVELLER RETURNS 15
Chapter 4TIME TRAVELLING 22
Chapter 5IN THE GOLDEN AGE 29
Chapter 6THE SUNSET OF MANKIND 35
Chapter 7A SUDDEN SHOCK 43
Chapter 8EXPLANATION 51
Chapter 9THE MORLOCKS 65
Chapter 10WHEN NIGHT CAME 72
Chapter 11THE PALACE OF GREEN PORCELAIN 80
Chapter 12IN THE DARKNESS 88
Chapter 13THE TRAP OF THE WHITE SPHINX 97
Chapter 14THE FURTHER VISION 101
Chapter 15THE TIME TRAVELLERS RETURN 107
Chapter 16AFTER THE STORY 109
EPILOGUE 114
BOOK IITHE INVISIBLE MAN
Chapter 1THE STRANGE MANS ARRIVAL 117
Chapter 2MR. TEDDY HENFREYS FIRST IMPRESSIONS 124
Chapter 3THE THOUSAND AND ONE BOTTLES 130
Chapter 4MR. CUSS INTERVIEWS THE STRANGER 136
Chapter 5THE BURGLARY AT THE VICARAGE 144
Chapter 6THE FURNITURE THAT WENT MAD 147
Chapter 7THE UNVEILING OF THE STRANGER 152
Chapter 8IN TRANSIT 162
Chapter 9MR. THOMAS MARVEL 163
Chapter 10MR. MARVELS VISIT TO IPING 170
Chapter 11IN THE COACH AND HORSES 174
Chapter 12THE INVISIBLE MAN LOSES HIS TEMPER 178
Chapter 13MR. MARVEL DISCUSSES HIS RESIGNATION 185
Chapter 14AT PORT STOWE 188
Chapter 15THE MAN WHO WAS RUNNING 195
Chapter 16IN THE JOLLY CRICKETERS 198
Chapter 17DR. KEMPS VISITOR 203
Chapter 18THE INVISIBLE MAN SLEEPS 213
Chapter 19CERTAIN FIRST PRINCIPLES 218
Chapter 20AT THE HOUSE IN GREAT PORTLAND STREET 225
Chapter 21IN OXFORD STREET 237
Chapter 22IN THE EMPORIUM 243
Chapter 23IN DRURY LANE 250
Chapter 24THE PLAN THAT FAILED 261
Chapter 25THE HUNTING OF THE INVISIBLE MAN 266
Chapter 26THE WICKSTEED MURDER 269
Chapter 27THE SIEGE OF KEMPS HOUSE 275
Chapter 28THE HUNTER HUNTED 286
THE EPILOGUE 294