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Five seminal science fiction classics are brought vividly to life in these gripping BBC Radio dramatisations, with casts including Robert Glenister, William Gaunt, Carleton Hobbs and Joanne Froggatt. Titles include Frankenstein (1994), The Time Machine (2009), The Lost World (1975), R.U.R. (1989) and Solaris (2007). Accompanying this collection is a bonus PDF file featuring extensive sleeve notes by Andrew Pixley.

“In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king” repeats in Chen Fangyuan’s mind after he finds himself trapped in a valley holding a community of people for whom a disease eliminated their vision many generations before and no longer have a concept of sight. Chen Fangyuan quickly finds that these people have developed their other senses to compensate for their lack of sight. His insistence that he can see causes the entire community to believe he is crazy.

H. G. Wells was an insider with a British group tasked with the revival of their once great empire—this time in conjunction with Venetian Black Nobility Khazar bankers (not mentioned this explicitly in the book). Wells evidently grew less sympathetic to their aims as time went on, and published a version of the plans for public consumption in this and other books.

Was wäre, wenn du eine Reise durch die Zeit machen könntest? Wenn du die Zukunft der Menschheit entdecken könntest? Wenn du Zeuge von unglaublichen Wundern und schrecklichen Gefahren werden könntest? Das ist die Geschichte von Die Zeitmaschine, dem Hörbuch nach dem berühmten Roman von H. G. Wells, gelesen von Benjamin Werner. Begleite den namenlosen Zeitreisenden, der mit seiner genialen Erfindung in das Jahr 802.701 reist, wo er auf die Eloi und die Morlocks trifft, zwei völlig unterschiedliche Arten von Menschen, die das Ergebnis einer langen Evolution sind.

For Graham it was a blessed sleep in a stranger's armchair after countless nights of excruciating insomnia. For Isbister it was a duty owed to a broken man encountered accidentally on a cliff path. For Ostrog it was the fulfilment of his life’s ambition. For humanity it was a stark choice. Slavery or freedom? After two centuries the Sleeper awakes. But does he bring with him the seeds of redemption or destruction?

Britain triumphed in the Moon Race long before Neil Armstrong took his legendary giant leap for mankind. This thrilling tale follows two daring adventurers from Lympne, England, who ventured to the Moon using an extraordinary antigravity coating instead of a rocket. Narrated by Mr. Bedford, the story unfolds as he befriends the eccentric inventor Mr. Cavor, becomes a believer in his groundbreaking research, and assists in building a remarkable sphere for space travel. Their expedition leads them to astonishing discoveries‚Aîair, water, and a labyrinth of caverns inhabited by an advanced ...

The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naïve locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag - only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat, as powerful Martians build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays, and feast on the warm blood of trapped, still-living human prey.

This classic early-19th-century science-fiction masterpiece serves as both a wonderful period presentation of the time as well as cautionary tale. Called by many a "chilling novel account of a Martian invasion of London in the 19th century - a science-fiction classic for all time".

La guerra de los mundos narra por primera vez en la historia de la literatura un tema que será recurrente desde entonces y originará todo un subgénero dentro de la ciencia ficción: la invasión de la Tierra por extraterrestres procedentes de Marte. A través de esta fábula en la que ocupan un lugar central las descripciones científicas, las premoniciones sobre el futuro de la tecnología y los entresijos de la política, H. G. Wells nos habla sobre la vanidad y la seguridad ficticia de una humanidad autosatisfecha, y los peligros que acechan su supervivencia.

Erleben Sie H. G. Wells’ fesselnde Erzählung In der Tiefe, meisterhaft gelesen von Benjamin Werner. In dieser spannenden Geschichte begleitet der Hörer einen Forscher auf seiner Expedition mit einem Tauchboot in die Tiefen des Ozeans. Dort stößt er auf seltsame, leuchtende Kreaturen und entdeckt das unheimliche Leben, das in den dunklen Tiefen verborgen liegt. Die Situation wird zunehmend bedrohlich, als die Einsamkeit und Gefahren der Tiefsee immer intensiver werden. Perfekt für Fans von klassischer Science-Fiction und Abenteuergeschichten.

One night a stranger wrapped in bandages and eccentric clothing arrives in an English village. That stranger, Griffin, is a brilliant and obsessed scientist who has discovered how to turn his entire body invisible. Although he initially feels joy at his newfound freedom and abilities, that joy quickly turns to despair when he struggles to discover a way to reverse the process.

H.G. Wells, Begründer der modernen Science-Fiction-Literatur, schickt uns in "Das rote Zimmer", das von einem unheimlichen Geist bewohnt wird. Apokalyptische Zustände beschreibt "Das Haus des Wurms", dessen Kult allein durch Willenskraft den Tod über die Menschheit bringen lässt. Das "Telegramm in der Nacht" berichtet über gespenstische Vorgänge aus einer Stadt, die es gar nicht gibt.

Drei Klassiker der Weltliteratur erhalten in ausgewählten Szenen musikalische Unterstützung von Schlagzeuger und Multi-Perkussionist Stefan Weinzierl.

Im viktorianischen England: Die feine Dinner-Gesellschaft staunt nicht schlecht, als der junge Wissenschaftler seinen Gästen eröffnet, dass seiner Meinung nach, die Zeit lediglich die vierte Dimension darstellt und er selbst zudem das Modell einer Maschine konstruiert habe, mit dem es zukünftig möglich sein wird, sich vor und zurück durch die Zeit zu bewegen.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 31 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Der Unsichtbare (komplett)", "Der Krieg der Welten (komplett)".

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia, and later the Soviet Union, became a one-party socialist state governed by the Communist Party. Ideologically a Marxist, his developments to the ideology are called Leninism.

Dieser 1895 erschienene Klassiker der Science-Fiction-Literatur ist die erste literarische Beschreibung einer Zeitreise in die Zukunft, die mittels einer Zeitmaschine bewerkstelligt wird. Der Roman wurde mehrmals verfilmt. Der Zeitreisende hat sich gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts eine Maschine gebaut, mit deren Hilfe er sich in der vierten Dimension, der Zeit, bewegen kann. Bei seiner ersten Reise in die Zukunft erreicht er das Jahr 802.701.

Cuando el mundo se derrumba, lo esencial emerge. Esta novela de ciencia ficción es mucho más que una historia sobre marcianos. Es una metáfora profunda sobre cómo reaccionamos cuando todo lo que creemos seguro desaparece. En La guerra de los mundos, la Tierra es invadida por una fuerza desconocida, superior, imparable. Las ciudades caen, el orden social desaparece, y los personajes deben enfrentarse al caos, al miedo y a su propia fragilidad.

With his face swaddled in bandages, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses and his hands covered even indoors, Griffin—the new guest at The Coach and Horses—is at first assumed to be a shy accident-victim. But the true reason for his disguise is far more chilling: he has developed a process that has made him invisible and is locked in a struggle to discover the antidote. Forced from the village and driven to murder, he seeks the aid of his old friend Kemp. The horror of his fate has affected his mind, however—and when Kemp refuses to help, Griffin resolves to wreak his revenge.

On an uncharted South Pacific island, the mad genius Doctor Moreau has found refuge. It’s here, away from London and the civilized world, that the scientist can conduct his experiments on animals without condemnation. When Edward Prendick, the sole survivor of a shipwreck, washes ashore, he bears witness to Moreau’s cruel research and its bloody, inevitable unraveling. In exploring the disquieting crossroads of scientific progress and ethical responsibility, Wells’s cautionary account about the perversion of natural order rattles audiences’ sensibilities to this day.