导语

  

内容提要

  

    H.G.威尔斯著的《时间机器与隐身人(英文版)/神鸟新经典》包含《时间机器》和《隐身人》两部作品。
    《时间机器》是令威尔斯声誉鹊起的处女作，也是其杰出代表作之一。通过《时间机器》，威尔斯表达了对人类终极处境的关怀，拨动了亿万颗不安的心灵。人类自诞生之日起就感叹生命的短暂，然而威尔斯竟设想出一架能自由穿梭于时空中的机器，而且从理论到实践均构思得天衣无缝，只要人类还为时空的局限所困，《时间机器》的魅力将永不消减。
    1897年发表的《隐身人》亦是威尔斯流传深远、广受欢迎的作品。《隐身人》将视角转向了科学技术本身，向读者展现了科技无限发展后潜在的负面效应。威尔斯警示人们科学是把双刃剑，既可造福人类，又能招致灭顶之灾，在物欲横流的社会，科学发明一旦落入自私者之手，后果将不堪设想。

BOOK I  THE TIME MACHINE
  Chapter 1  INTRODUCTION
  Chapter 2  THE MACHINE
  Chapter 3  THE TIME TRAVELLER RETURNS
  Chapter 4  TIME TRAVELLING
  Chapter 5  IN THE GOLDEN AGE
  Chapter 6  THE SUNSET OF MANKIND
  Chapter 7  A SUDDEN SHOCK
  Chapter 8  EXPLANATION
  Chapter 9  THE MORLOCKS
  Chapter 10  WHEN NIGHT CAME
  Chapter 11  THE PALACE OF GREEN PORCELAIN
  Chapter 12  IN THE DARKNESS
  Chapter 13  THE TRAP OF THE WHITE SPHINX
  Chapter 14  THE FURTHER VISION
  Chapter 15  THE TIME TRAVELLER'S RETURN
  Chapter 16  AFTER THE STORY
  EPILOGUE
BOOK II  THE INVISIBLE MAN
  Chapter 1  THE STRANGE MAN'S ARRIVAL
  Chapter 2  MR. TEDDY HENFREY'S FIRST IMPRESSIONS
  Chapter 3  THE THOUSAND AND ONE BOTTLES
  Chapter 4  MR. CUSS INTERVIEWS THE STRANGER
  Chapter 5  THE BURGLARY AT THE VICARAGE
  Chapter 6  THE FURNITURE THAT WENT MAD
  Chapter 7  THE UNVEILING OF THE STRANGER
  Chapter 8  IN TRANSIT
  Chapter 9  MR. THOMAS MARVEL
  Chapter 10  MR. MARVEL'S VISIT TO IPING
  Chapter 11  IN THE “COACH AND HORSES”
  Chapter 12  THE INVISIBLE MAN LOSES HIS TEMPER
  Chapter 13  MR. MARVEL DISCUSSES HIS RESIGNATION
  Chapter 14  AT PORT STOWE
  Chapter 15  THE MAN WHO WAS RUNNING
  Chapter 16  IN THE “JOLLY CRICKETERS”
  Chapter 17  DR. KEMP'S VISITOR
  Chapter 18  THE INVISIBLE MAN SLEEPS
  Chapter 19  CERTAIN FIRST PRINCIPLES
  Chapter 20  AT THE HOUSE IN GREAT PORTLAND STREET
  Chapter 21  IN OXFORD STREET
  Chapter 22  IN THE EMPORIUM
  Chapter 23  IN DRURY LANE
  Chapter 24  THE PLAN THAT FAILED
  Chapter 25  THE HUNTING OF THE INVISIBLE MAN
  Chapter 26  THE WICKSTEED MURDER
  Chapter 27  THE SIEGE OF KEMP'S HOUSE
  Chapter 28  THE HUNTER HUNTED
  THE EPILOGUE