Conquest Of Time & Happy Turning: A Dream Of Life - Hardcover

Wells, H G

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0755103971 ISBN 13: 9780755103973

Publisher: House of Stratus, 2001

Synopsis

Happy Turning Happy Turning: A Dream of Life 'The fantasies of dreamland go an immeasurable way beyond what is now conceivable and practical.'As an escape from the horrors of the final days of the Second World War, H G Wells turns his thoughts to the dream world - a world unbound by the logic and reason of earthly matter and a world where he can come face to face with deities and supernatural beings. The fantasy he conceives is intelligent, exotic and thoroughly entertaining. AUTHBIO: Known as the 'Father of Science Fiction', H G Wells was responsible for an entirely new genre of writing. It was his bold, daring and hugely innovative books that first introduced readers to the concepts of time travel, invisibility, genetic experimentation and interstellar invasion - ideas that have gone on to inspire future generations and given rise to the entire science fiction industry. Disturbingly accurate in his prophetic writing, H G Wells was also the author of a number of key sociological and historical works.

About this title

Synopsis

The Conquest of Time: Time is the one thing that governs our very being - whether young or old, at the end of our days or just starting out in life, time is a fixed quantity. Measurable and exact, it orders our days and instructs our activity with a rigid and monotonous regularity. But what if time were to become fluid? If the hands on the sundial could be altered to speed on to the next day, or to revert to our yesterdays? Wouldn't this have immeasurable implications on every aspect of our lives? And if time becomes transient, the concept of death must surely take on a very different flavour. Once the controlling force of time has been usurped, a whole host of philosophical questions come into play - questions that H G Wells ponders with remarkable dexterity. The Happy Turning: A Dream of Life 'The fantasies of dreamland go an immeasurable way beyond what is now conceivable and practical.' As an escape from the horrors of the final days of the Second World War, H G Wells turns his thoughts to the dream world - a world unbound by the logic and reason of earthly matter and a world where he can come face to face with deities and supernatural beings.

The fantasy he conceives is intelligent, exotic and thoroughly entertaining.

About the Author

H.G. Wells (1866-1946) was a novelist, journalist, sociologist and historian, best-known for his science fiction novels. His first attempt at fiction writing was merely imitative, but he eventually set himself up as a freelance writer. Possessor of a lively and humorous style and the exponent in fiction of the relatively new subject of science, his scientific fantasies were hugely popular. Some of his successful novels are The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds. Beneath his inventiveness lies a passionate concern for humanity and society. With time however, his works grew less optimistic and even bitter.

Edition details

• Publisher: House of Stratus
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0755103971
• ISBN 13: 9780755103973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 150