• 导读
  • 此为作者与 1907年花了四个月的时间写得一部军事科幻小说,并于1908年在杂志上连载出版。如同作者其它著名的作品一样,此书也因其先知般的想法,图像,和观念,即使用太空飞船用于战事以及即将来临的一次世界大战。小说的英雄是一个“思想超前的年轻人”,他也是一个“自行车工程师”。

  • 内容简介
  • 此为作者与 1907年花了四个月的时间写得一部军事科幻小说,并于1908年在杂志上连载出版。

    The War in the Air, a military science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, written in four months in 1907 and serialised and published in 1908 in The Pall Mall Magazine, is like many of Wells's works notable for its prophetic ideas, images, and concepts—in this case, the use of the aircraft for the purpose of warfare and the coming of World War I. The novel's hero is Bert Smallways, a "forward-thinking young man" and a "kind of bicycle engineer of the let's-'ave-a-look-at-it and enamel-chipping variety.

  • 作者简介
  • 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯(Herbert George Wells,1866-1946),英国著名小说家,尤以科幻小说创作闻名于世。1895年出版《时间机器》一举成名,随后又发表了《莫洛博士岛》、《隐身人》、《星际战争》等多部科幻小说。他还是一位社会改革家和预言家,曾是费边社的重要成员,会晤过罗斯福和斯大林,撰写了《基普斯》、《托诺-邦盖》、《波里先生和他的历史》、《勃列林先生看穿了他》、《恩惠》、《预测》、《世界史纲》等大量关注现实,思考未来的作品。

    Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866–13 August 1946), known primarily as H.G.Wells, was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels, and Wells is called the father of science fiction, along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

  • 目录
    • PREFACE TO REPRINT EDITION
    • CHAPTER I OF PROGRESS AND THE SMALLWAYS FAMILY
    • CHAPTER II HOW BERT SMALLWAYS GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES
    • CHAPTER III THE BALLOON
    • CHAPTER IV THE GERMAN AIR-FLEET
    • CHAPTER V THE BATTLE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC
    • CHAPTER VI HOW WAR CAME TO NEW YORK
    • CHAPTER VII THE "VATERLAND" IS DISABLED
    • CHAPTER VIII A WORLD AT WAR
    • CHAPTER IX ON GOAT ISLAND
    • CHAPTER X THE WORLD UNDER THE WAR
    • CHAPTER XI THE GREAT COLLAPSE
    • THE EPILOGUE
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