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The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 9, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: The Time Traveler is exhausted as he has hardly slept for 2 days but he is determined to push on. As they near the woods again, they start to hear Morlocks. Night has started to fall and the Time Traveler decides to start a fire using some camphor and dry brush to get rid of the stalking Murlocks behind them. The fire spreads quickly as the Time Traveler and Weena make their way into the forest. He and Weena walk in the dark, and slowly he feels small hand grasping at his clothes and legs, and Weena. He decides that he must light another fire in the woods to make a camp to rest a little so that he can break away from his pursuers with new strength. Dreadfully tired, he actually falls asleep, and when he wakes he is covered in Morlocks biting at his hands and neck. He finds no more matches in his pocket but thankfully finds his Iron bar, and he bats away the attacking Morlocks. Suddenly, he sees for the first time that the fire has spread to the forest. He cannot find Weena around him anywhere and decides to run away from the blazing fire around him. He comes to a clearing with a small hillock and he runs to it. The Morlocks chase him he strikes several of them as they run at him. Soon he notices however that they are blinded by the fire as they run into it, and their demise.SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...One of the most influential pieces of fiction of all time, The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, sees a Victorian scientist send himself forward to the year 802,701 AD. He is delighted to find that suffering has been replaces by beauty and happiness, and a "new man", the Eloi, has descended from man. Science Fiction book, Sci-fi, Classic Literature
We begin a new tale, possibly the most important and impactful science fiction novel ever written, The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Since it's publication it has never been out of print and has been adapted into movies, television and radio series. We begin our tale in rural England where; "Across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us..." Please support The Well Told Tale on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale The Well Told Tale Books - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you): Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale The War of The Worlds - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780008590178 Thank you for watching! I would like to thank my patrons: Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Cade Norman, Matt Woodward, Cho Jinn and Douglas HarleySupport the show
As always there are spoilers ahead! Scroll down to read a brief synopsis of the film. The idea is to watch the film in advance before tuning in but apparently many of you listen without prep which is lovely albeit confusing! Next episode's film is also listed below. Roger Corman began his career in film in 1950 and would go on to leave a huge mark on the industry by mentoring many filmmakers in the 1970s (Peter Biskind's book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls is a great read if you're interested!). The Wasp Woman from 1959 was produces and directed by Corman and rounds of the podcast's fantastic foray into the 50s.* A film that focuses on the CEO of Janice Starlin Enterprises: Janice Starlin herself! The company is suffering and Janice is ageing but scientist Dr Eric Zinthrop had discovered the secret to youth in extracts of royal jelly taken from queen wasps. My two amazing guests are here to enlighten us on wasps, women and workplace* etiquette. Roger Luckhurst is a Professor at Birkbeck, University of London. He specialises in literature, film, and cultural history from the 19th century to the present. Sherryl Vint is Professor of Science Fiction Media Studies at the University of California, Riverside. She has written/edited many books about science fiction. Chapters 00:00 Intro 02:00 Roger Corman 07:06 Women in 1959, the Mad Men era and real life women CEOs 09:38 The Fly: death, face reveals and campiness 15:52 The 1995 remake 18:13 The parasitic wasp 20:59 Royal jelly, royalty and matriarchs 22:50 Office politics: youth, beauty and 50s expectations 32:48 Teen market & production constraints. 35:14 Death of the Wasp Woman 36:42 Susan Cabot's tragic death 40:00 Legacy of the film 46:38 Recommendations for the listener Synopsis of The Wasp Woman Dr Eric Zinthrop has been research the royal jelly of queen wasps and has discovered an elixir of youth that changes grown animals into baby ones. He is exactly what Janice Starlin, the ageing CEO of the hugely successful but failing cosmetics brand Janic Starlin Enterprises needs to change her and her companies fortune around. A couple of the men who work for Janice do not trust Zinthrop. They enlist Janice's secretary Mary to spy on her boss. Although Janice can see the effects of the new drug she impatient with the slow results and Zinthrop's cautious attitude. She goes to the laboratory and injects herself to speed up results. Meanwhile Zinthrop realises his formula makes his test animals crazy but before he is able to warn Janice he gets into a car accident. Janice cannot find him and so decides to continue to self-administer doses of the serum and begins to look increasingly younger. When Zinthrop is finally found by Janice she pays for and takes over his care sleeping at the office. She also discovers the serum has an unfortunate side effects of turning her head into that of a huge wasp and causing her to kill! This all leads to a big fight at the end in which Janice Starling's wasp form is attacked and thrown off a high floor balcony. NEXT EPISODE! We will be shimmying into 1960 with the classic HG Wells adaptation The Time Machine. The film is available to buy or rent online from major outlets including Apple. You can check the Just Watch website to see where the film is available in your region. *I would like a gold star for alliteration please.
A skeptical young man who boasts he fears nothing accepts a challenge to spend the night in a castle's infamous haunted chamber, where the true terror isn't what lurks in the shadows — but the darkness itself.Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIN THIS EPISODE: It's #ThrillerThursday and this time I'm bringing you a tale from H.G. Wells… a haunted house story entitled, “The Red Room.” It's a great short story of a man who does not believe in ghosts, planning to stay in a purportedly haunted room overnight in Lorraine Castle. After being warned by three people before entering, he confidently makes his way to the room… and becomes increasingly unnerved as the night progresses.ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…“The Red Room” by H.G. Wells: https://amzn.to/4d2bLQg=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: April 18, 2024NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is NOT an AI voice.EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/TheRedRoom
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 8, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: Weena and the Time Traveler arrive at the Palace of Green Porcelain and enter. It appears to have been a museum of some sort before society lost interest in anything intellectual. He and Weena explore the exhibits and in a chemistry section find some camphor, which the Time Traveler takes to use as a candle. He is also thrilled to find some matches, which by luck were well preserved. Exploring a hall full of machinery, he notices that Weena is scared, and in the ill lit room the Time Traveler starts to hear some unwelcome noises. He breaks an iron bar from one of the machines and determines to use it as a weapon as he hasn't found any usable arms. Following this, he and Weena make their way out, the Time Traveler hoping to make it back to the sphynx before nightfall.SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...One of the most influential pieces of fiction of all time, The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, sees a Victorian scientist send himself forward to the year 802,701 AD. He is delighted to find that suffering has been replaces by beauty and happiness, and a "new man", the Eloi, has descended from man. Science Fiction book, Sci-fi, Classic Literature
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The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 7, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: The Time traveler decides that he needs a way to defend himself against the Morlocks. He has to revise his theories, and over the next few days he realises that he meat he saw underground must have been from an Eloi... He becomes more and more certain that his theory about a class separation caused the split in the evolutionary chain that created the Morlock and the Eloi. In their ease, the rich became weak and dumb. In their struggle, the poor, became strong and harsh. He sets out for the green porcelain building with Weena. The journey takes longer than originally thought and he and Weena are forced to sleep in the open near the boarder of a forest. Though terrified of an attack, the night passes without any harm.SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...One of the most influential pieces of fiction of all time, The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, sees a Victorian scientist send himself forward to the year 802,701 AD. He is delighted to find that suffering has been replaces by beauty and happiness, and a "new man", the Eloi, has descended from man. Science Fiction book, Sci-fi, Classic Literature
344 - From "The Father of Science Fiction," H.G. Wells, prepare for something completely different! Tuck in for the charming and whimsical father/son tale that also provides a bit of impending horror. Filled with wonder, it's "The Magic Shop!"
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Learn English with a short story on LEP. In this episode I am reading "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" by HG Wells (adapted into modern English). First you can listen to the story, then I summarise it again in my own words, discuss my interpretations of its meaning, explain how you can use stories like this to improve your English, and teach some vocabulary which came up.
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 6, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: The Time Traveller determines that in order for him to get his Time Machine back, he must enter the underground world of the Morlocks. In the distance he sees a tall building that looks as though it is made of green porcelain, but instead of heading to this new discovery, he heads into one of the Morlock wells. It takes him a long time to climb down the 200 yard deep well, and he nearly falls, being nearly too heavy for the climbing hooks to hold. He finds a small tunnel where he rests before being awakened by a Morlock touching him. He quickly lights a match, causing the creature to flee, and he makes his way through the tunnel into a large cave. He sees some huge machines lining the walls and a light metal table with some White coloured meat laying on it. His matches are running low, and the creatures are getting more confident around him and he decides that it is a good idea to flee before they swarm him. Exhausting all of his matches, he only narrowly escapes the Morlock's clutches. SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...One of the most influential pieces of fiction of all time, The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, sees a Victorian scientist send himself forward to the year 802,701 AD. He is delighted to find that suffering has been replaces by beauty and happiness, and a "new man", the Eloi, has descended from man. Science Fiction book, Sci-fi, Classic Literature
When a simple podcast celebrating Batman Forever's 30th anniversary is interrupted by the likes of HG Wells and the dastardly Tempus, our crack team of writers must drop everything for 2-ish hours and pitch the greatest Lois & Clark/Batman Forever crossover TV movie they can possibly imagine… within the city limits of 90s Metropolis, of course. Check out this week's guests on all their other great podcasts: Zach Moore: Always Hold On To Smallville Lance Laster: Always Hold On To Arrow Kevonte Chilous: Always Hold On To Star Wars and for no real reason… Rob O'Connor: All Star Superfan Podcast Matt Truex is a Warner Bros. Discovery employee. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Paul Cornell (Doctor Who, Elementary) and Lizbeth Myles (Big Finish, Verity!), discuss the Science Fiction and Fantasy television made in the UK every year from 1953 to the present day. In this episode, we discuss two episodes of HG Wells' The Invisible Man (1958), as well as an entry from Armchair Theatre titled "I Can Destroy The Sun" (also 1958).
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 5, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: As the Time Traveller is reflecting on his theories, it starts to get dark and he makes his way back to his Time Machine. As he gets closer to it however, something is wrong. He swears that this is the place that he left it, but it is nowhere to be found. In a frenzy he runs around accosting the Eloi and trying to find out what they have done with it. After a while, he calms down and sleeps. In the morning, he assumes that they must have moved it beneath the Sphinx statue as they aren't strong enough to have moved it far and with a rock he hits at the pedestal, finding it to be hollow. The Eloi are very scared by his actions, and the Time Traveller eventually stops, reasoning that it would be better to be calm for a few days to better integrate into their society while he finds out more. As some days go by, he asks more questions about the Eloi and their strange world. They wear clothes, yet no one seems to make them, The strange vents seem to produce warm air, and there are very deep wells all over the place. One day, he rescues one of the Eloi from drowning, and she becomes very attached to him, like a child to a parent. He wakes up one morning and sees some white ghost-like figures and speculates that they are ghosts. But he was soon proven wrong, when he came face to face with one of these white creatures before it dashed out of sight down one of the wells. He soon concludes that these creatures, Morlocks, must too have descended from humans and endeavours to find out more about them.
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The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 4, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: The Time Traveller goes on to explain that the creatures around him spoke with a “sweet and liquid tongue.” They seemed to be free of fear, and he felt safe with them. He removes the control lever from the machine to stop anyone else from using the machine, and followed the creatures. The creatures have large eyes, curly hair, and thin red lips. When the Time traveller points to the sky, trying to explain where he came from, a little man made an explosion sound, thinking he came from the hailstorm. He wonders if the men are fools and is greatly disappointed. The little men begin to run around the Time Traveller and start throwing flowers at him.The creatures take the Time Traveller into one of their large buildings. It is covered in hieroglyphics. They give him a meal of strange fruit and he starts trying to learn some of their language. The little men laugh at the Time Traveller's attempts at speech, but they soon grew weary of teaching him. The men seem foolish and indolent. He notices, on a walk, that the creatures all live in buildings together, and makes note that there are no signs of gender or old people. He thinks that he has arrived in a communist paradise, and that these creatures are a result of a world without fear and hardship. He notes that the work of his time is with the goal of making life easier, and that the result of that is frailty. The hardship is what keeps man intelligent and strong. Without danger, he believes that there is no need for family, which results in this strange way of life. But, The Time Traveller notes, this theory was very wrong.SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...One of the most influential pieces of fiction of all time, The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, sees a Victorian scientist send himself forward to the year 802,701 AD. He is delighted to find that suffering has been replaces by beauty and happiness, and a "new man", the Eloi, has descended from man. Science Fiction book, Sci-fi, Classic Literature
durée : 00:28:49 - Le Feuilleton - Graham, qui ne se sent pas la fibre d'un révolutionnaire, voit s'éloigner Helen qui cherchait à le dessiller. Ostrog a désormais le champ libre pour manipuler le peuple à sa guise. Découvrant les joies de l'aviation, Graham prend alors conscience du rôle qu'il peut jouer dans la révolution en cours. - réalisation : Cédric Aussir
Most scholars are both haunted, even undone, by the task of writing papers for peers and traveling to strange campuses to deliver them. Yet we keep it up--we inflict it on our peers, we inflict it on ourselves. Why? To answer that question, Recall This Book assembled three (if you count John) scholars of Victorian literature asked to speak at the Spring 2025 Northeastern Victorian Studies Association conference. Their discussion began with the idea that agreeing to give papers is an act of “externalized self-promising” and ranged across the reasons that floating ideas before our peers is terrifying, exhilarating and ultimately necessary. Kristin Mahoney 's books include Literature and the Politics of Post-Victorian Decadence (Cambridge UP, 2015) and Queer Kinship After Wilde: Transnational Decadence and the Family. Nasser Mufti 's first scholarly book was Civilizing War and he is currently working on a monograph about what Britain's nineteenth century looks like from the perspective of such anti-colonial thinkers as C.L.R. James and Eric Williams. (RTB listeners don't need to hear about John or his Arendt obsession. Mentioned in the episode Theosophical Society in Chennai Annie Besant Jiddu Krishnamurthi in his early life was a not-quite-orphan child guru for Besant. Eric Williams, British Historians and the West Indies on hte grid theorizations of race by folks like Acton C L R James Adorno's Minima Moralia provides Naser with an important reminder o the importance of “hating tradition properly.” H G Wells, The Time Machine and its modernist aftermath eg in the opening pages of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past and in Ford Madox Ford's The Inheritors and The Good Soldier, which is in its own peculiar way a time-travel novel. The three discuss Foucault's notion of capillarity a form of productive constraint, which Nasser uses to characterize both early 20th century Orientalism, and the paradigms of post colonialism that replaced it, Paul Saint Amour's chapter on Ford Madox Ford is in Tense Future. John Guillory on the distinctions between criticism and scholarship in Professing Criticism; the rhizomatic appeal of B-Side Books. The “hedgehog and the fox” as a distinction comes from a poem by Archilochus—and sparked Isaiah Berlin's celebrated essay of the same name. Pamela Fletcher the Victorian Painting of Modern Life Listen and Read here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Most scholars are both haunted, even undone, by the task of writing papers for peers and traveling to strange campuses to deliver them. Yet we keep it up--we inflict it on our peers, we inflict it on ourselves. Why? To answer that question, Recall This Book assembled three (if you count John) scholars of Victorian literature asked to speak at the Spring 2025 Northeastern Victorian Studies Association conference. Their discussion began with the idea that agreeing to give papers is an act of “externalized self-promising” and ranged across the reasons that floating ideas before our peers is terrifying, exhilarating and ultimately necessary. Kristin Mahoney's books include Literature and the Politics of Post-Victorian Decadence (Cambridge UP, 2015) and Queer Kinship After Wilde: Transnational Decadence and the Family. Nasser Mufti 's first scholarly book was Civilizing War and he is currently working on a monograph about what Britain's nineteenth century looks like from the perspective of such anti-colonial thinkers as C.L.R. James and Eric Williams. RTB listeners don't need to hear about John or his Arendt obsession. Mentioned in the episode Theosophical Society in Chennai Annie Besant Jiddu Krishnamurthi in his early life was a not-quite-orphan child guru for Besant. Eric Williams, British Historians and the West Indies on grand theorizations of race by folks like Acton C L R James Adorno's Minima Moralia provides Nasser with an importantreminder of the importance of “hating tradition properly.” H G Wells, The Time Machine and its modernist aftermath eg in the opening pages of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past and in Ford Madox Ford's The Inheritors and The Good Soldier, which is in its own peculiar way a time-travel novel. The three discuss Foucault's notion of capillarity a form of productive constraint, which Nasser uses to characterize both early 20th century Orientalism, and the paradigms of postcolonialism that replaced it, Paul Saint Amour's chapter on Ford Madox Ford is in Tense Future. John Guillory on the distinctions between criticism and scholarship in Professing Criticism; the rhizomatic appeal of B-Side Books. The “hedgehog and the fox” as a distinction comes from a poem by Archilochus—and sparked Isaiah Berlin's celebrated essay of the same name. Pamela Fletcher the Victorian Painting of Modern Life . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Most scholars are both haunted, even undone, by the task of writing papers for peers and traveling to strange campuses to deliver them. Yet we keep it up--we inflict it on our peers, we inflict it on ourselves. Why? To answer that question, Recall This Book assembled three (if you count John) scholars of Victorian literature asked to speak at the Spring 2025 Northeastern Victorian Studies Association conference. Their discussion began with the idea that agreeing to give papers is an act of “externalized self-promising” and ranged across the reasons that floating ideas before our peers is terrifying, exhilarating and ultimately necessary. Kristin Mahoney 's books include Literature and the Politics of Post-Victorian Decadence (Cambridge UP, 2015) and Queer Kinship After Wilde: Transnational Decadence and the Family. Nasser Mufti 's first scholarly book was Civilizing War and he is currently working on a monograph about what Britain's nineteenth century looks like from the perspective of such anti-colonial thinkers as C.L.R. James and Eric Williams. (RTB listeners don't need to hear about John or his Arendt obsession. Mentioned in the episode Theosophical Society in Chennai Annie Besant Jiddu Krishnamurthi in his early life was a not-quite-orphan child guru for Besant. Eric Williams, British Historians and the West Indies on hte grid theorizations of race by folks like Acton C L R James Adorno's Minima Moralia provides Naser with an important reminder o the importance of “hating tradition properly.” H G Wells, The Time Machine and its modernist aftermath eg in the opening pages of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past and in Ford Madox Ford's The Inheritors and The Good Soldier, which is in its own peculiar way a time-travel novel. The three discuss Foucault's notion of capillarity a form of productive constraint, which Nasser uses to characterize both early 20th century Orientalism, and the paradigms of post colonialism that replaced it, Paul Saint Amour's chapter on Ford Madox Ford is in Tense Future. John Guillory on the distinctions between criticism and scholarship in Professing Criticism; the rhizomatic appeal of B-Side Books. The “hedgehog and the fox” as a distinction comes from a poem by Archilochus—and sparked Isaiah Berlin's celebrated essay of the same name. Pamela Fletcher the Victorian Painting of Modern Life Listen and Read here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
durée : 00:28:48 - Le Feuilleton - Ostrog, un ancien membre du Concile, tire avantage du soulèvement pour s'emparer du pouvoir. En démagogue habile, il se sert de Graham pour parvenir à ses fins. Mais Helen, la propre nièce d'Ostrog, veut empêcher son oncle de faire main basse sur la révolution. - réalisation : Cédric Aussir
Most scholars are both haunted, even undone, by the task of writing papers for peers and traveling to strange campuses to deliver them. Yet we keep it up--we inflict it on our peers, we inflict it on ourselves. Why? To answer that question, Recall This Book assembled three (if you count John) scholars of Victorian literature asked to speak at the Spring 2025 Northeastern Victorian Studies Association conference. Their discussion began with the idea that agreeing to give papers is an act of “externalized self-promising” and ranged across the reasons that floating ideas before our peers is terrifying, exhilarating and ultimately necessary. Kristin Mahoney 's books include Literature and the Politics of Post-Victorian Decadence (Cambridge UP, 2015) and Queer Kinship After Wilde: Transnational Decadence and the Family. Nasser Mufti 's first scholarly book was Civilizing War and he is currently working on a monograph about what Britain's nineteenth century looks like from the perspective of such anti-colonial thinkers as C.L.R. James and Eric Williams. (RTB listeners don't need to hear about John or his Arendt obsession. Mentioned in the episode Theosophical Society in Chennai Annie Besant Jiddu Krishnamurthi in his early life was a not-quite-orphan child guru for Besant. Eric Williams, British Historians and the West Indies on hte grid theorizations of race by folks like Acton C L R James Adorno's Minima Moralia provides Naser with an important reminder o the importance of “hating tradition properly.” H G Wells, The Time Machine and its modernist aftermath eg in the opening pages of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past and in Ford Madox Ford's The Inheritors and The Good Soldier, which is in its own peculiar way a time-travel novel. The three discuss Foucault's notion of capillarity a form of productive constraint, which Nasser uses to characterize both early 20th century Orientalism, and the paradigms of post colonialism that replaced it, Paul Saint Amour's chapter on Ford Madox Ford is in Tense Future. John Guillory on the distinctions between criticism and scholarship in Professing Criticism; the rhizomatic appeal of B-Side Books. The “hedgehog and the fox” as a distinction comes from a poem by Archilochus—and sparked Isaiah Berlin's celebrated essay of the same name. Pamela Fletcher the Victorian Painting of Modern Life Listen and Read here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
durée : 00:28:47 - Le Feuilleton - Emprisonné par le Concile qui se sent menacé par son réveil, Graham parvient à s'échapper et à rejoindre la foule. Réuni dans une arène, le peuple célèbre Graham comme le leader de la révolution. En coulisses, pourtant, un certain Ostrog tire les ficelles. - réalisation : Cédric Aussir
durée : 00:28:48 - Le Feuilleton - Pour le peuple opprimé par le Concile, le réveil de Graham, surnommé le Dormeur, est synonyme d'espoir. Helen Walton, une jeune rebelle qui veillait sur le Dormeur, cherche à sensibiliser Graham à son nouveau rôle : celui de messie de la révolution. - réalisation : Cédric Aussir
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Let's continue our relaxing journey through history with the twin empires of Rome and China, social structures in ancient Rome, and the evolution of religions in the wake of conquest. Wells weaves a wonderful tale for your tired mind. Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener supported! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read “A Short History of the World” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35461 Music: "Boring Books for Bedtime,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, http://www.boringbookspod.com.
durée : 00:28:48 - Le Feuilleton - À la fin du dix-neuvième siècle, Graham, âgé d'une trentaine d'années, tombe dans une profonde léthargie. Lorsqu'il se réveille à Londres en 2100, il apprend qu'il a dormi deux siècles. Ses gardiens s'adressent à lui comme à un monarque, tandis qu'au dehors gronde la révolution.
In H.G. Wells's "The Red Room," a young man, confident in his rationality, seeks to debunk the supernatural in a reputedly haunted chamber. He is certain that his experience will be defined by logic and reason. But the air within the castle walls is heavy with unspoken dread, and as the candles dwindle, something shifts. Is it the room itself, or something within him, that begins to unravel? "The Red Room" was first published in The Idler magazine in March of 1896. H.G. Wells (1866-1946), a visionary of science fiction and social commentary, explored the depths of human experience with unparalleled skill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
durée : 00:28:48 - Le Feuilleton - Pour le peuple opprimé par le Concile, le réveil de Graham, surnommé le Dormeur, est synonyme d'espoir. Helen Walton, une jeune rebelle qui veillait sur le Dormeur, cherche à sensibiliser Graham à son nouveau rôle : celui de messie de la révolution.
durée : 00:28:49 - Le Feuilleton - Graham, qui ne se sent pas la fibre d'un révolutionnaire, voit s'éloigner Helen qui cherchait à le dessiller. Ostrog a désormais le champ libre pour manipuler le peuple à sa guise. Découvrant les joies de l'aviation, Graham prend alors conscience du rôle qu'il peut jouer dans la révolution en cours.
durée : 00:28:48 - Le Feuilleton - Ostrog, un ancien membre du Concile, tire avantage du soulèvement pour s'emparer du pouvoir. En démagogue habile, il se sert de Graham pour parvenir à ses fins. Mais Helen, la propre nièce d'Ostrog, veut empêcher son oncle de faire main basse sur la révolution.
durée : 00:28:47 - Le Feuilleton - Emprisonné par le Concile qui se sent menacé par son réveil, Graham parvient à s'échapper et à rejoindre la foule. Réuni dans une arène, le peuple célèbre Graham comme le leader de la révolution. En coulisses, pourtant, un certain Ostrog tire les ficelles.
durée : 00:28:48 - Le Feuilleton - À la fin du dix-neuvième siècle, Graham, âgé d'une trentaine d'années, tombe dans une profonde léthargie. Lorsqu'il se réveille à Londres en 2100, il apprend qu'il a dormi deux siècles. Ses gardiens s'adressent à lui comme à un monarque, tandis qu'au dehors gronde la révolution.
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 3, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: The Time Traveller climbs onto his machine and pushes the “forward” lever a little. He felt a lurch and dizzy sensation and pulled the lever back to its original spot… 5 hours had passed. He then decided to push the lever all the way forward and proceeded to watch the sun and moon revolve around him. The lab soon disappeared, and he sees the sky and hazy buildings pass in front of his eyes. He is very excited, but soon starts to wonder what will happen when he stops the machine – what if there is a solid object where he is currently positioned. He grows afraid and pulls the lever back and is then flung forward through the air with the machine. The Time Traveller finds himself in the middle of a hailstorm. When it passes, he sees a giant statue of a white “sphinx” on a bronze pedestal. He starts to become fear for what has happened to mankind. He notices large buildings around him, and as he turns towards the Time Machine, he sees some strange figures standing in rich robes watching him. One of them approaches him and the time traveller remarks that he is very frail and small, but beautiful.SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...One of the most influential pieces of fiction of all time, The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, sees a Victorian scientist send himself forward to the year 802,701 AD. He is delighted to find that suffering has been replaces by beauty and happiness, and a "new man", the Eloi, has descended from man.
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durée : 00:28:59 - Le Feuilleton - Après la mort de Moreau, tué par le puma échappé du laboratoire, Prendick et Montgomery se retrouvent aux prises avec les créatures de l'île. Elles ne sont pas les seules à régresser : Montgomery, qui a perdu son maître en la personne de Moreau, devient de plus en plus encombrant pour Prendick.
durée : 00:28:32 - Le Feuilleton - Les tentatives de Moreau pour façonner des êtres rationnels à partir de bêtes sauvages ont échoué. Cédant à leurs instincts, ses créatures régressent vers la bestialité. Apprenant que l'une d'elles s'est acharnée sur un lapin, Moreau décide de faire un exemple.
durée : 00:28:54 - Le Feuilleton - Horrifié par ce qu'il a vu dans le laboratoire de Moreau, Prendick se réfugie dans la jungle. Il y rencontre un Homme-Singe qui le mène aux huttes, où vivent les créatures façonnées par Moreau. Elles exhortent Prendick à réciter avec elles une litanie de lois.
durée : 00:28:42 - Le Feuilleton - Avec son adjoint Montgomery, le docteur Moreau, adepte de la vivisection, se livre à de cruelles expériences sur un puma. Les hurlements du fauve poussent Prendick à s'éloigner vers la jungle. Là, il tombe nez à nez avec des créatures mi-animales mi-humaines.
Continuing our MAD SCIENTISTS triple feature, we're jumping ship to a private island to meet the mad Dr. Moreau and his chosen family of genetically-engineered Beast People in John Frankenheimer's (and partially Richard Stanley's) THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, starring David Thewlis, Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Temuera Morrison, Daniel Rigney, Nelson de la Rosa, Mark Dacascos, and Ron Perlman. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTubeFor bonus content and commentaries, check out our PatreonFollow the show on Instagram, TikTok, and FacebookWant to support the show and save 20% on Fangoria? Visit Fangoria and enter PROMO CODE: HOWIMETYOURMONSTER at checkout!Looking for How I Met Your Monster merch? Check out TeePublic for shirts, stickers, mugs, and more!Questions and comments: howimetyourmonsterpodcast@gmail.com
durée : 00:28:54 - Le Feuilleton - Edward Prendick réchappe de peu à un naufrage dans le Pacifique. Le navire qui le recueille transporte une étrange cargaison de bêtes sauvages. Sur l'île sans nom où on le débarque, Prendick devient l'hôte involontaire d'un certain Moreau.
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells chapter 2, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: The following week, the Narrator returns to the Time Traveller's home for dinner. The guests include a couple of guests form the previous week, and some new men. They have been told to start dinner without their host. When the host eventually arrives, he is incredibly dusty and dishevelled. He drinks some champagne, and then goes to wash himself, insisting that no one asks him any questions until he is ready. The Narrator suggests that the man has been time traveling, and the other guests make some jests and sarcastic remarks in reply. When the time Traveller returns, he asks the men to follow him into the lounge where he starts to tell his story… SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...One of the most influential pieces of fiction of all time, The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, sees a Victorian scientist send himself forward to the year 802,701 AD. He is delighted to find that suffering has been replaces by beauty and happiness, and a "new man", the Eloi, has descended from man.
durée : 00:28:47 - Le Feuilleton - Deux mois après sa confrontation avec l'Homme invisible, qu'il a dénoncé à la police, Pariente se rend chez une psychiatre. Hanté par ce qu'il a vécu, il raconte la traque de l'Homme invisible et ne cache pas son propre attrait pour les sortilèges de l'invisibilité.
This week, Frizz and Bob continue the tale of Jeff Wayne's ultimate passion project, his musical version of The War of the Worlds. Frizz poured Talisker Single Malt Scotch and Bob pours Green River Bourbon while we talk about modern tours, Liam Neeson and his very special set of skills, computer-generated whackiness, and finally get into the marvelous tracks themselves. We'll open the cylinder of music theory and orchestration and learn just how brilliant the writing on this record truly is.
Technology worship takes a turn when the dynamo demands a sacrifice. H.G. Wells, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. The audiobook library card is moving forward nicely, and if you'd like to see, you can go to audiobooklibrarycard.com. It will be an all-you-can-hear, streamable plan for The Classic Tales. In just a few weeks, there will be a subscription that will give you on demand access to the entire Classic Tales Audiobooks library. The library contains dozens of novel length titles that have never been on the podcast. Furthermore, folks with businesses, libraries, students, what have you, will be able to pay for a crazy low monthly subscription, and give complete access to all their people. This will be a great all-inclusive solution to your audiobook needs. So, keep your ears peeled for new developments, and I'll keep you up to date. For those who already support us at the $10/month rate or more, your subscription will be automatically upgraded to the Audiobook Library Card. Good things are coming! And now, The Lord of the Dynamos, by H.G. Wells Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast: Follow this link to follow us on Instagram: Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:
A man collapses in a laboratory and wakes to find his vision hijacked — now seeing, in real time, a distant island he's never visited, with no way to control what his eyes reveal.Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: A.I. voices are NEVER used in the podcast.,.. EVER! This true crime and paranormal podcast is narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.DISCLAIMER: Ads heard during the podcast that are not in my voice are placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. *** Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.IN THIS EPISODE: It's #ThrillerThursday, and this time I'm bringing you a short story from H.G. Wells about what we would probably consider today, “remote viewing” – but in a more permanent and unintentional manner. It's a story he wrote back in 1895 entitled, ”The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes”.=====(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: March 28, 2024EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/DavidsonsEyes