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by: H.G. Wells
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780451528520
ISBN: 0451528522
Label: New American Library/Penguin Books
Manufacturer: New American Library/Penguin Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: September 03, 2002
Publisher: New American Library/Penguin Books
Release Date: September 03, 2002
Sales Rank: 112030
Studio: New American Library/Penguin Books
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This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a serum to render himself invisible, and his descent into madness that follows.
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Rating: - One of the Great Sci-Fi Classics
During my current tear through a list of the great English-language classics, this book quickly bubbled to the top as one I wanted to knock off early. H.G. Wells' 1897 novel, The Invisible Man, is a fantastic book worthy of its high-ranking position among the great science fiction stories of our time.
Well's masterful ability to describe not only the story's environments, but also what goes on within the often fatally flawed psyches of the characters who inhabit them is as apparent in ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent book, though not Well's most exciting.
I love Wells, why I was never made to read anything by him in high school I will never know. The Invisible Man follows the story of an un-named man who enters a tavern/inn in a small town. The man is wrapped head to toe in bandages, eyes covered by goggles and a hat pulled down. Assuming the mysterious man to have been horribly scarred, the innkeeper's wife rents him a room without even asking his name. Very quickly the reader learns that the man is invisible, and not all that pleasant to begin ... Read More
Rating:  - Short and great!
H.G. Wells has created an extraordinary story about a man who becomes invisible, and how he struggles to survive in society given his unusual predicament. This story is as much about science fiction as it is about cultural norms and biases.
It's a short read and I highly recommend it!
-Vince
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Rating:  - science fiction.huh
this is a small novel that you could finish in a day. is it worth reading? probably yes!. the events of the story are really predictable since many books and movies were made in this field of invisibility. however;the fact that this was published in 1897 is a bonus. the book is easy read.
Rating: - A rousing good story!
When a strange man, wearing bandages and dark glasses comes into town, the city of Iping, tongues begin to wag. But, when strange things begin to happen, the town soon finds itself facing a nightmare in the form of an invisible man. Mr. Griffin was never filled with the milk of human kindness, and when a scientific experiment leaves him invisible, he decides that the mores of the common people no longer apply to him. And now, now that he feels threatened by the entire world, he decides that the entire ... Read More
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