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What if the most terrifying discovery in the universe isn't hidden among the stars, but trapped in the room with you? Isolated on a remote Bornean mountain, astronomer Woodhouse begins a solitary night watch inside the claustrophobic Avu Observatory. The telescope is locked onto the void, and...

In the Avu Observatory" is a short story by H. G. Wells (1866-1946), first published in the Pall Mall Budget on 9 August 1894, and subsequently included in The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (1895) and The Country of the Blind and Other Stories (1911). It describes an attack by a large bat-like creature on an assistant at a remote observatory in Borneo.

This early work by H. G. Wells was originally published in 1894. "In the Avu Observatory" is a short story of a man working in an observatory in Borneo who gets attacked by a strange bat-like creature.

This early work by H. G. Wells was originally published in 1894. "In the Avu Observatory" is a short story of a man working in an observatory in Borneo who gets attacked by a strange bat-like creature.

Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels, and is credited as being the father of science fiction. 'In the Avu Observatory' is a story about a scientist working at a remote observatory in a remote forest in Borneo. One night, the astronomer's assistant, Woodhouse, is attacked by a huge bat-like creature in the middle of the night. In the pitch black of the observatory, he suddenly finds himself fighting for his life against...what?

Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, travelling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic ocean, Leigh joins the exploration team, hoping to find evidence of the earth's first life forms—what she instead finds calls into question everything we know about our own beginnings.

Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as a refuge from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the marine world of her childhood, she excels in postgraduate research on ancient algae. When an unfathomable vent appears in the mid-Atlantic floor, Leigh joins the...

El observatorio de Avu, en Borneo, se alza sobre el espolón de la montaña. Al norte se eleva el viejo cráter, negra silueta nocturna contra el insondable azul del cielo. Desde el pequeño edificio circular con su cúpula bulbosa, las laderas descienden abruptamente internándose en los negros misterios del bosque tropical que está debajo. La casita en la que viven el astrónomo y su ayudante está a unas cincuenta yardas del observatorio, y más allá están las chozas de los sirvientes nativos.

Albert Birnbaum was once one of the biggest political talk show hosts around, but these days he’s watching his career enter a death spiral. A stranger offers a solution to his woes, promising to put him back on top. It’s everything Birnbaum wants, but is there a catch? And does Birnbaum actually care if there is? "A Voice in the Wilderness" is a tale from John Scalzi's The Human Division, a series of self-contained but interrelated short stories set in the Old Man's War universe.