Das Tal der Spinnen

by H.G. Wells, Gertrud J. Klett, Lena Neumann

Vierzehn der besten phantastischen Erzählungen aus dem großen Oeuvre des H. G. Wells hält dieser Band bereit: Vierzehnmal eintauchen in die Gefilde des Schreckens, aber auch des Skurrilen, Seltsamen und Wunderbaren. 'Im Tal der Spinnen' oder 'Im Reich der Ameisen' sollte sich niemand aufhalten, dem sein Leben lieb ist, und auch der Dämon, der Mr. Pollock zu Tode jagt, ist zu meiden. 'Das unerfahrene Gespenst' dagegen erweckt eher unser Mitleid, und 'Der Zauberladen' ist zwar unheimlich, aber nicht tödlich. Einen Blick in die Zukunft gewährt 'Die Tür in der Mauer', doch die Geschichte von gestohlenen Körper entpuppt sich als Schreckensversion. Und wie ein Nachtfalter einen Forscher in die Gummizelle bringt, ist immerhin äußerst merkwürdig. Wer also der Angstlust frönt, das Leseabenteuer such oder einfach einmal den berühmten H. G. Wells kennenlernen möchte, darf sich auf die Lektüre freuen.H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells wurde am 21. September 1866 in Bromley / Kent geboren und starb am 13. August 1946 in London. Nach einer Kaufmannslehre absolvierte er ein naturwissenschaftliches Studium mit Prädikatsexamen; nach nur wenigen Jahren als Dozent lebte er als freier Schriftsteller. Sein Gesamtwerk umfaßt etwa hundert Bände. Zu Weltruhm gelangte er mit seinen Romanen und Erzählungen, die ihn als Begründer der modernen Science Fiction, als genialen phantastischen Utopisten und als kritisch-humorvollen Gesellschaftssatiriker ausweisen.

288 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 1997

About the author

Herbert George Wells was born to a working class family in Kent, England. Young Wells received a spotty education, interrupted by several illnesses and family difficulties, and became a draper's apprentice as a teenager. The headmaster of Midhurst Grammar School, where he had spent a year, arranged for him to return as an "usher," or student teacher. Wells earned a government scholarship in 1884, to study biology under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School of Science. Wells earned his bachelor of science and doctor of science degrees at the University of London. After marrying his cousin, Isabel, Wells began to supplement his teaching salary with short stories and freelance articles, then books, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

Wells created a mild scandal when he divorced his cousin to marry one of his best students, Amy Catherine Robbins. Although his second marriage was lasting and produced two sons, Wells was an unabashed advocate of free (as opposed to "indiscriminate") love. He continued to openly have extra-marital liaisons, most famously with Margaret Sanger, and a ten-year relationship with the author Rebecca West, who had one of his two out-of-wedlock children. A one-time member of the Fabian Society, Wells sought active change. His 100 books included many novels, as well as nonfiction, such as A Modern Utopia (1905), The Outline of History (1920), A Short History of the World (1922), The Shape of Things to Come (1933), and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1932). One of his booklets was Crux Ansata, An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church. Although Wells toyed briefly with the idea of a "divine will" in his book, God the Invisible King (1917), it was a temporary aberration. Wells used his international fame to promote his favorite causes, including the prevention of war, and was received by government officials around the world. He is best-remembered as an early writer of science fiction and futurism.

He was also an outspoken socialist. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Fathers of Science Fiction". D. 1946.

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