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From the twentieth century's first great practitioner of the novel of ideas comes a consummate masterpiece of science fiction about a man trapped in the terror of his own creation. A stranger emerges out of a freezing February day with a request for lodging in a cozy provincial inn. Who is this out-of-season traveler? More confounding is the thick mask of bandages obscuring his face. Why is he disguised in such a manner? What keeps him hidden in his room? The villagers, aroused by trepidation and curiosity, bring it upon themselves to find the answers. What they discover is not only a man trapped in the terror of his own creation, but a chilling reflection of the unsolvable mysteries of their own souls. -My fantastic stories do not pretend to deal with possible things. They aim indeed only at the same amount of conviction as one gets in a gripping good dream.---H. G. Wells With an Introduction by W. Warren Wagar and an Afterword by Scott Westerfeld
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Invisible Man, H. G. Wells, Scott Westerfeld
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- Released
- 2010
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- Book condition
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- Title
- Invisible Man
- Language
- English
- Authors
- H. G. Wells, Scott Westerfeld
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 209
- ISBN10
- 0451531671
- ISBN13
- 9780451531674
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Classics, Horror, British Literature, Gifts for men, England, English Literature, Adapted for Film, Bilingual Edition, Experiments (Science), Scientists, Outsider, Victorian Fantasy, Invisibility
- First published
- 1897
- Original title
- The Invisible Man
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- From the twentieth century's first great practitioner of the novel of ideas comes a consummate masterpiece of science fiction about a man trapped in the terror of his own creation. A stranger emerges out of a freezing February day with a request for lodging in a cozy provincial inn. Who is this out-of-season traveler? More confounding is the thick mask of bandages obscuring his face. Why is he disguised in such a manner? What keeps him hidden in his room? The villagers, aroused by trepidation and curiosity, bring it upon themselves to find the answers. What they discover is not only a man trapped in the terror of his own creation, but a chilling reflection of the unsolvable mysteries of their own souls. -My fantastic stories do not pretend to deal with possible things. They aim indeed only at the same amount of conviction as one gets in a gripping good dream.---H. G. Wells With an Introduction by W. Warren Wagar and an Afterword by Scott Westerfeld