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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Beauty and Isolation

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exploration, alienation, nature, mystery, insignificance  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-19

But, beautiful as it was, I could only take a rapid glance at the basin whose superficial area is two million of square yards. Even Captain Nemo’s kno...
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The War of the Worlds / Martian Threat

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: fear of unknown, technological anxiety, cosmic insignificance, human curiosity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

That night another invisible missile started on its way to the earth from Mars, just a second or so under twenty-four hours after the first one. I rem...