Philip Wylie

"Puedo saltar tan alto como una casa. Correr más rápido que una locomotora. Consigo arrancar grandes árboles y apartarlos..." Este clásico de la literatura fantástica que se estudia en todas las universidades de EEUU relata las hazañas de Hugo Danner, el superhombre americano dotado de una super-fuerza y super-velocidad que inspiró la creación del primer superhéroe, Superman. Escrita por Philip Wylie en 1930 llega por primera vez en castellano a nuestro país esta sorprendente novela que dio paso a la creación de uno de los iconos más importantes de la cultura popular y del cómic del siglo XX.

"A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating continents, drowning cities, and wiping out millions. In central North America a team of scientists race to build a spacecraft powerful enough to escape the doomed earth. Their greatest threat, they soon discover, comes not from the skies but from other humans."--BOOK JACKET. A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating continents, drowning cities, and wiping out millions. In central North America, a team of scientists race to build a spacecraft powerful enough to escape the doomed earth. Their greatest threat, they soon discover, comes not from the skies but from other humans. A crackling plot and sizzling, cataclysmic vision have made "When Worlds Collide" one of the most popular and influential end-of-the-world novels of all time. This Bison Frontiers of Imagination edition features the original story and its sequel, "After Worlds Collide."