Books in Classics of Science Fiction series

Two geologists investigated the chances of eruption of Cumbre Vieja, a volcano, on La Palma Island, at the western end of the Spanish island chain at the turn of the century. They discovered a crack in the volcano. What the scientists' research revealed was an unimaginable event in the foreseeable future. They could only explain that it could happen at any time.The crack proved that it was moving towards the Atlantic Ocean. As the event has slowly shown itself over the years revealed that a pressure caused by rising magma heating water that was trapped within the island's structure.The scientists developed a hypothesis that the western flank of the Cumbre Viej may slide into the ocean during a future volcanic eruption.They reported that a mega wave could generate a rapidly moving mass that is approximately 1.5x1015 kilogram. They estimated that the wave could reach heights of 650 m (2,133 ft)-900 m (2,953 ft) in the area of the islands and beyond.They postulated that the tidal waves would radiate outward across the Atlantic Ocean. The wave would do that with overwhelming power clear to the eastern coast of North America in an estimated 7 hours. That process would occur at many of the islands in the Caribbean and northern coasts of South America in six to eight hours.They suspected that the mega waves well beyond the eruption region would be smaller possibly 50 m (164 ft) or higher. Their power would still cause massive devastation all along those coastlines and could move 25 km (16 mi) inland. Such mega waves would move faster than a jet aircraft and could devastate the eastern part of America and much of southern Britain from the effects of a volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands.They reported that a massive slab of rock of such a great volume as a volcano would break away from the island of La Palma. The mass would smash into the Atlantic Ocean causing a huge tidal wave. Such a wave could be larger than any wave on record.Holmes’ phone rang, and the ringing woke him up screaming. He had been asleep shacking in his desk chair when it happened. More and more horror flashed in front of him in his nightmare. He jumped and yelled to no one. “The mega waves are hitting! The huge volume of water moved in a deluge in all radial directions from its origin. The horror of a mega waves is blasting through the northeast Atlantic!”“Buster, what is it?” Sara yelled as she entered the home through the front door.“The mega waves are hitting!” He sat down, shaking his head some more. Britain's long history has been completely wiped away as if it never existed. Western Europe has many people suffering from various degrees of radiation poisoning from the fallout of the destroyed nuclear power plants.“People with the radiation poisoning will die from it in a matter of days, weeks or years. These walking dead people have short remaining life spans depending on the amount of airborne gamma rays that they inhaled or ingested. If a human ingested gamma rays the life span could be only hours.”“Buster, it’s another bloody nightmare you’re having over all those tests you ran. The nightmares are bloody recurring ones and none of it happened. You should talk to the doctor about them.”He sat down, shaking his head in his hands, and realized that no such eruption happened at all. It was a part his series of delirious nightmares because no one believed him. It was about his fear that his research findings would occur. He thought that they did not believe him because there was so little that anyone could do about it. He was someone that predicted that such a world disaster could clearly be on the way. Once again, it happened only in his dreams.He shook his head in disbelief as he realized that he dreamed about what he warned the British government. He thought about it another moment. ‘Another nightmare over this, and now they are bloody recurring ones.’

No one would have believed that planet Earth was being watched by creatures more intelligent than humankind.But planet Earth was not only being watched – soon it would be invaded by monstrous creatures from Mars who strode about the land in great mechanical tripods, bringing death and destruction with them.What can possibly stop an invading army equipped with heat-rays and poisonous black gas, intent on wiping out the human race?This is one man’s story of that incredible invasion, from the time the first Martians land near his home town, to the destruction of London.Is this the end of human life on Earth?Real Reads are accessible texts designed to support the literacy development of primary and lower secondary age children while introducing them to the riches of our international literary heritage. Each book is a retelling of a work of great literature from one of the world’s greatest cultures, fitted into a 64-page book, making classic stories, dramas and histories available to intelligent young readers as a bridge to the full texts, to language students wanting access to other cultures, and to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the original versions.

The Time Machine is one of the most loved science fiction novels by H. G. Wells of all time.The Time Machine is a novel that crafts a vivid and haunting picture of an earth some 1 000000 years into the future. The Time Machine first published in 1895, it was one of the first novels to deal with the concept of time travel and due to its popularity has come to be regarded as one of the most impactful works on the development of the science fiction genre. The Time Machine was written at the beginning of a period of great technological advancement and it is evident in the author’s writings that this was an area of serious concern for him. H. G. Wells poses the question within the framework of The Time Machine: will technology ever go too far? The future world of the Eloi depicted within The Time Machine warns of the dangerous consequences of unchecked technological advancements in a compelling, provocative, and timeless way.

‘On this machine, I intend to explore time ...’The time traveller has invented a time machine. Its capabilities are beyond even his fertile imagination.Hundreds of thousands of years in the future, the beautiful Eloi people live in a Garden of Eden. But why are the Eloi so fearful of the dark? What horrors lurk beneath the surface of their world?What will the time traveller learn about the future? Will he survive the evil he encounters? Even if he can find his stolen machine, will it return him safely home?What does his future hold? What is the future of the human race?Real Reads are accessible texts designed to support the literacy development of primary and lower secondary age children while introducing them to the riches of our international literary heritage. Each book is a retelling of a work of great literature from one of the world’s greatest cultures, fitted into a 64-page book, making classic stories, dramas and histories available to intelligent young readers as a bridge to the full texts, to language students wanting access to other cultures, and to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the original versions.