Posts tagged novel

War of the Worlds

Another good one from H.G. Wells.  Published in 1898, it may not be the first book to ever exploit the idea of interplanetary travel or the now cliche alien invasion.  But it is easily the most well known and the many themes set forth in War can be seen throughout the last and current century. [...]

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1865, the end of the war between the states, as well as the original publishing year for Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.  I always thought it was ‘A Journey’, but it is not, so from here on out, don’t say it like that, you’ll be harshly corrected by not only me, but your [...]

Really Discovering, The Time Machine

This will be the first in a long series of reviews covering what I hope to be many of the great and classic SF novels.  It started when I wrote my Sci-Fi Masters post.  I’ve read some of them, am familiar with most of them and their stories, but am not as thoroughly acquainted with [...]