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When the Sleeper Wakes
- Author: Wells Herbert George
- Genre: Science Fiction
A man who sleeps for two hundred years wakes up in a completely transformed London. No one believed he is ever to wake up. The famous Sleeper for centuries, he became the richest man in the world, the owner of all industry, the press and landed estate; and being a fanatic socialist, sees his nightmares realized - the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities. The world has changed so much, however love and treachery, friendship, betrayal and faithfulness are still side by side with wonderful technological miracles and strife for power. And now he is to decide, what happens with this world further. A novel by Herbert George Wells, a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, who produced works in many different genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary.
The Island of Doctor Moreau
- Author: Wells Herbert George
- Genre: Science Fiction
When thinking about famous novelist Herbert George Wells, everyone first recalls The War of the Worlds and only then The Island of Doctor Moreau occurs. Like all books created by G.H. Wells, this one reflects the writer's ideas concerning social and economic structure and the contemporary society, as well as the popular tendencies in science popular at that time, including the theory of natural selection. In this novel we meet a scientist Pendrick who was saved by a miracle after his ship sank and finds himself on s deserted island. There Dr. Moreau and his assistant Montgomery conduct a number of researches and experiments aiming at turning beasts into more advanced and developed creatures which would resemble human beings. The characters are perfectly described and the plot itself is carrying away. Unlike movies, shot after the book, the story itself does not contain horror elements of scenes. The book is fascinating and bright, the ideas put in there are wise and deep... These make The Island of Doctor Moreau a story not only for one-time reading but for constant return to it.
Oomphel in the Sky
- Author: Piper H. Beam
- Genre: Adventure
OOMPHEL .... IN THE SKYBy H. BEAM PIPER...Since Logic derives from postulates, it never has, and never will, change a postulate. And a religious belief is a system of postulates ... so how can a man fight a native superstition with logic? Or anything else ...?
Ozma of Oz
- Author: Baum Lyman Frank
- Genre: Fantasy
Lyman Frank Baum (1856 -1919), an American author, actor, and filmmaker, created a wonderful fairyland, described in his “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” and thirteen sequels.
This story begins with a storm, which carries Dorothy away from the steamship nobody knows where. She reaches land and finds herself in the fairy realm of Ev. Along with a talking chicken and with the help of her old friends – the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and Ozma of Oz - Dorothy tries to rescue Queen Ev and her ten children from the King Nome.
The beloved children’s classic, delightful and comic, is an unforgettable reading for the young audience.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
- Author: Baum Lyman Frank
- Genre: Fantasy
The fourth book of the Oz series by Lyman Frank Baum (1856 - 1919) was an American author, poet, playwright, actor, and independent filmmaker. It continues amazing adventures of Dorothy and her friends in the magical Land of Oz. For this once the earthquake takes Dorothy away into the underground Land of the Manaboos, where she again meets the Wizard of Oz.
The Flying Saucers are Real
- Author: Keyhoe Donald Edward
- Genre: Science Fiction
The book follows the subject of investigation of the flying saucer phenomenon. The author, a journalist and former Marine pilot Donald Edward Keyhoe, is sure of their existence and their unearth origin. This was one of the first works published about the UFO phenomena, describing real case studies and highly reliable witnesses. Though these cases are still unexplained.
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