Libri di fantascienza classica
I grandi classici della narrativa fantascientifica
The angel of the revolution. E-book. Formato EPUB George Griffith - George Griffith, 2016 -
The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror (1893) is a science fiction novel by the English writer George Griffith. It was his first published novel and remains his most famous work. The story begins on September 3, 1903, with young man, Richard Arnold, twenty-six old scientist devoted heart and soul to the invention of flying machine, finally realizing his dream in the form of air-ship model that can fly on its own. However, living completely for his dream, he ended with no money to sustain even his next day's life, let alone do something practical with his revolutionary invention. The circumstances made him wander around the streets of London, until a stranger overheard his muttering about flying machine that he wouldn't want to put in hands of tyrants or for the use in war and destruction. The stranger introduced himself as Maurice Colston, and soon both men realized they share the same distaste for autocracy and the status quo as it was, placing themselves "at war with Society". With the arrangement of Colston, Arnold met with other heads of the "Brotherhood of Freedom", the revolutionary organization of anarchists, nihilists and socialists bent on ending the society of oppression and misery. Agreeing with their cause, he put his knowledge and skills at their disposal, while still keeping his complete control over the invention that will change the face of the Earth.
Hellville U.S.A.: Una Gomorra americana. E-book. Formato EPUB George Griffith - Ledizioni, 2024 -
Creata come esperimento sociale, Hellville è una città statunitense dove l’anarchia, la violenza e il crimine hanno libero corso e il governo deve lasciare che i criminali si eliminino a vicenda, oppure deve trovare il modo di intervenire per ristabilire la legalità e i princìpi etici. Oltre ad anticipare alcuni motivi della fantascienza contemporanea, la visione apocalittica di Griffith riflette i pregiudizi che una parte della cultura inglese tardo-ottocentesca nutriva nei confronti del “nuovo mondo” oltre Atlantico.
The angel of the revolution. E-book. Formato EPUB George Griffith - Simone Vannini, 2016 -
"VICTORY! It flies! I am master of the Powers of the Air at last!"They were strange words to be uttered, as they were, by a pale, haggard, half-starved looking young fellow in a dingy, comfortless room on the top floor of a South London tenement-house; and yet there was a triumphant ring in his voice, and a clear, bright flush on his thin cheeks that spoke at least for his own absolute belief in their truth.Let us see how far he was justified in that belief.To begin at the beginning, Richard Arnold was one of those men whom the world is wont to call dreamers and enthusiasts before they succeed, and heaven-born geniuses and benefactors of humanity afterwards.