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The War of the Worlds / Nature and Mechanization

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: nature, technology, fear, awe, progress  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

Once the lightning had begun, it went on in as rapid a succession of flashes as I have ever seen. The thunderclaps, treading one on the heels of anoth...
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The War of the Worlds / Titan Encounter

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: fear, nature, revelation, struggle, awe  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

I marched on recklessly towards this Titan, and then, as I drew nearer and the light grew, I saw that a multitude of black birds was circling and clus...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Natures Fury

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: human resilience, nature's power, survival, decision-making, awe  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-18

At a less advanced season of the year the typhoon, according to a famous meteorologist, would have passed away like a luminous cascade of electric fla...