Philip Wylie war ein produktiver Autor von Belletristik und Sachbüchern, dessen umfangreiches Werk Hunderte von Kurzgeschichten, Artikeln und Romanen umfasst. Seine Arbeit zeichnet sich durch kritische, aber oft philosophische Ansichten über Mensch und Gesellschaft aus. Wylie schöpfte Inspiration aus seinem Studium der Psychologie, Biologie, Ethnologie und Physik, was seine Schriften mit tiefgründigen Betrachtungen über die menschliche Natur und soziale Strukturen durchdrang. Seine ausgeprägte Stimme und seine scharfsinnigen Beobachtungen machen ihn zu einer bedeutenden Persönlichkeit der amerikanischen Literatur.
Das andere Geschlecht verschwindet! Von einer Minute zur anderen verändert sich die Welt, wie wir sie kennen. Sie wird plötzlich zu zwei Welten - einer männlichen und einer weiblichen, jede wie zuvor, aber jede ohne das andere Geschlecht. Mit unheimlicher Vorstellungskraft und tiefer Leidenschaft zeigt uns Philipp Wylie, was daraufhin aus der Religion und der Atombombe wird, was aus Politikern und ihrer Politik, aus braven Hausfrauen, aus Philosophen, Salonlöwen und Vagabunden, aus Wissenschaft, Sünde und Sex - und vor allem aus Liebe wird.
Im Jahr 2023 sind 90 % der Weltbevölkerung gestorben, nicht durch Konflikte, sondern durch Umweltverschmutzung seit 1970. Der Autor beschreibt eindringlich die irreversible Zerstörung der Natur und die katastrophalen Folgen menschlichen Handelns. Ein erschreckendes Testament, das für alle von Bedeutung ist, die sich für das Leben interessieren.
Hugo Danner is the strongest man on Earth due to an experiment conducted by his father, a scientist, but he is doomed to live a life of alienation because of his special strength and abilities.
Finnley Wren: His Notions and Opinions, Together with a Haphazard History of His Career and Amours in These Moody Years, as Well as Sundry Rhymes, Fables, Diatribes and Literary Misdemeanors stands as one of the greatest American responses to the thrown gauntlet that is Tristram Shandy. An innovative, uproarious sentimental education, this novel marries the mordant satire of Wylie's Generation of Vipers to what might in other hands have been an ordinary story of frustrated ambition and frustrated love, turning forty-eight hours' worth of drunken conversation into an emotional and typographical explosion.
Set against a backdrop of international smuggling, the story weaves a thrilling narrative filled with vicious gangsters and captivating characters. The plot is rich with intrigue and excitement, showcasing the interplay of danger and allure. Sparkling with vivid descriptions and outstanding storytelling, it promises an engaging experience that explores the darker sides of ambition and desire.
A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, tidal waves,
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating continents
and wiping out millions. A team of scientists race to build a spacecraft to
escape the doomed earth. Their greatest threat, they discover, comes not from
the skies but from other humans.
“The female of the species vanished on the afternoon of the second Tuesday of February at four minutes and fifty-two seconds past four o'clock, Eastern Standard Time. The event occurred universally at the same instant, without regard to time belts, and was followed by such phenomena as might be expected after happenings of that nature.” On a lazy, quiet afternoon, in the blink of an eye, our world shatters into two parallel universes as men vanish from women and women from men. After families and loved ones separate from one another, life continues in very different ways for men and women, boys and girls. An explosion of violence sweeps one world that still operates technologically; social stability and peace in the other are offset by famine and a widespread breakdown in machinery and science. And as we learn from the fascinating parallel stories of a brilliant couple, Bill and Paula Gaunt, the foundations of relationships, love, and sex are scrutinized, tested, and sometimes redefined in both worlds. The radically divergent trajectories of the gendered histories reveal stark truths about the rigidly defined expectations placed on men and women and their sexual relationships and make clear how much society depends on interconnection between the sexes. Written over a half century ago yet brimming with insight and unsettling in its relevance today, The Disappearance is a masterpiece of modern speculative fiction.
