H. G. Wells
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Criterion collection volume 586
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Laughton is a mad doctor conducting ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there.
64) The time machine
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A classic novel of the future follows the Time Traveller as he hurtles one million years into the future and encounters a world populated by two distinct races, the childlike Eloi and the disgusting Morlocks who prey on the Eloi.
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Dr. Moreau is brilliant geneticist on the brink of superseding evolution. When a U.N. diplomat visits the island laboratory he discovers experiments turning animal life forms into human-like beasts. The beasts revolt, threatening not only the island but ultimately all mankind.
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"On the 30th October 1938, a Halloween special from Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater broadcast an adaptation of H.G. Wells classic novel War of the Worlds. Adapted and scripted by Howard Koch, with considerable input from Orson Welles and members of the Mercury Theater, the setting for the radio broadcast switched from the Victorian England of the novel to the present day New Jersey."--from back cover.
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Stories to explore the unknown. From the radio shows of Dimension X, Lights out, X-minus one, Exploring tomorrow, The shadow, The Lux Radio Theatre and CBS Radio Workshop. Authors include: Robert A. Heiin, Isaac AsimoRobert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, L. Sprague de Camp, Philip K. Dick, Clifford D. Simak and H.G. Wells.
72) The time machine
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A scientist invents a time machine and uses it to travel to the year 802,701 A.D., where he discovers the childlike Eloi and the hideous underground Morlocks.
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What if life was neverending? What if you could change your body to adapt to an alien ecology? What if the pope were a robot? Spanning galaxies and millennia, this must-have anthology showcases classic contributions from H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Octavia E. Butler, and Kurt Vonnegut, alongside a century of the eccentrics, rebels, and visionaries who have inspired generations of readers. Within its pages, you'll find beloved worlds of space opera,...
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Presents in graphic novel format the story of a scientist who invents a time machine and uses it to travel to the year 802,701 A.D., where he discovers the childlike Eloi and the hideous underground Morlocks.
"Cuando H.G. Wells creó su ingeniosa máquina del tiempo, no se limitó a trasladar a su inventor al año 802701 para contemplar un Londres totalmente cambiado, una raza humana degenerada, una civilización en ruinas, producto de un progreso...