Herbert George Wells
Allikas: Vikipeedia
Herbert George Wells (tavaliselt kasutatakse nimekuju H. G. Wells; 21. september 1866 – 13. august 1946) oli inglise kirjanik. Ta oli üks kirjanikest, kelle teosed panid aluse ulmekirjandusele. Wells oli sotsialist ja enamik tema teoseid sisaldab ühiskonnakriitilisi elemente.
[redigeeri] Tähtsamad teosed
- The Chronic Argonauts (1888)
- Textbook of Biology (1893)
- Honours Physiography, koos R.A. Gregoryga, (1893)
- Select Conversations with an Uncle (1895)
- The Time Machine (1895) ("Ajamasin")
- The Wonderful Visit (1895)
- The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (1895)*
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)* ("Doktor Moreau saar")
- The Red Room (1896)*
- The Wheels of Chance (1896)*
- The Plattner Story, and Others (1897)
- The Invisible Man ("Nähtamatu mees") (1897)*
- Certain Personal Matters (1897)
- The Crystal Egg – short story (1897)
- The Star – short story, Graphic, Christmas (1897)*
- The War of the Worlds (1898)* ("Maailmade sõda")
- When the Sleeper Wakes (1899) (hilisem väljaanne The Sleeper Awakes, 1910)*
- Love and Mr Lewisham (1900)*
- The First Men in the Moon (1901)*
- Anticipations (1901)
- The Discovery of the Future (1902)
- Mankind in the Making (1903)*
- Twelve Stories and a Dream (1903)
- The Scepticism of the Instrument – osa Oxfordi Filosoofiaseltsi istungil 8. novembril 1903. aastal peetud loengust)
- The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904)*
- Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul (1905)
- A Modern Utopia (1905)*
- In the Days of the Comet (1906)*
- The Future in America (1906)
- Faults of the Fabian (1906)
- Socialism and the Family (1906)
- Reconstruction of the Fabian Society (1906)
- This Misery of Boots (1907)
- New Worlds for Old (1908)
- The War in the Air (1908)*
- First and Last Things (1908)*
- Ann Veronica (1909)*
- Tono-Bungay (1909)*
- The History of Mr. Polly (1910)*
- The Sleeper Awakes (1910)* – A When the Sleeper Wakes parandatud väljaanne
- The New Machiavelli (1911)*
- The Country of the Blind and Other Stories (1911)*
- The Door in the Wall and Other Stories (1911)
- Floor Games (1911)*
- Marriage (1912)
- Little Wars (1913)*
- The World Set Free (1914)*
- The Research Magnificent (1915)*
- God the Invisible King (1917)*
- War and the Future (1917)*
- The Soul of a Bishop (1917)*
- The Outline of History I, II 1920, 1931, 1940 (1949, 1956, 1961, 1971)
- A Short History of the World (1922), "Lühike maailma ajalugu"
- The Secret Places of the Heart (1922)*
- Men Like Gods (1923) (Inimjumalad)
- Christina Alberta's Father (1925)
- The World of William Clissold (1926)
- Meanwhile (1927)
- Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928)
- The Open Conspiracy (1928)
- The Science of Life (1930)
- The Outline of Man's Work and Wealth (1931)
- The Shape of Things to Come (1933)
- What Are We To Do With Our Lives? (1933)
- Star-Begotten (1937)
- The New World Order (1940)
- Crux Ansata (1943)
[redigeeri] Kirjandus
- "Väliskirjandus XIX ja XX sajandi vahetusel" (kõrgkooliõpik). Valgus, Tallinn 1974, lk 291–301
- Ivan Maiski, "Bernard Shaw ja teised" (mälestusi). Vene keelest tõlkinud Aino Lukas, Loomingu Raamatukogu 1979, nr 25/26
- Oskar Kruus, "Herbert George Wells Eestis" – Keel ja Kirjandus 1979, nr 6, lk 350–355
- Oskar Kruus, novell "Capriccio Kalijärve kaldal" raamatus "Ärkamised", 1984
- George Orwell, "Wells, Hitler ja maailmariik" (poliitiline essee). Inglise keelest tõlkinud Udo Uibo – Vikerkaar 1995, nr 9/10
- Oskar Kruus, "Parunessi pihtimus" (biograafiline jutustus, kus üks peategelasi on Wells), kirjastus Faatum, Tallinn 2004, 96 lk
