Kumatshini wexesha, ngu-HG Wells besele sisenza uhambo lokuqalisa kulonyaka odlulileyo nakwiminyaka ezayo kwimpucuko yethu. Kwaye ukubonakalisa okungakumbi, uMphathiswa weXesha lakutshanje, okanye umsebenzi wakhe woncwadi Ixesha yilento liyiyo, Sinikwa iqhinga eliyimfihlakalo eliyintsomi ngexesha.
Le ncwadi inegalelo elikhulu kwaye ilungile kulo mkhwa ungapheliyo, wandiswa ukusuka kubabhali bokuqala besayensi abanjengo Wells ngokwakhe, Asimov okanye uJules Verne ngokwakhe. Ngesantya esothusayo, singena kwisakhiwo esidibanisa ngobuchule imiba yembali yehlabathi. Ayisiyondlela yokuhamba ngexesha, kunokuba ibe yindlela yokujonga izinto ezintle kwimbali.
KuKaren, iarhente yezobuntlola, ityala lityala lakhe. Wazi ngcono kunaye nabani na ukuba atolike njani ukuba kwenzeka ntoni, kwenzeka ntoni apha kwaye yintoni enokusilindela kwixa elizayo. UKaren uyazi izinto ezinqabisayo zehlabathi, abo bazama ukulungelelanisa ukuziphendukela kwemvelo kumdla wabo omnyama.
Xa uKaren engabandakanyekanga kuphando olukhulu, uzinikele kuphando lobusela beziqwenga zembali. Oku kuzinikezela kukuphela kokumdibanisa noBenjamin Hood, ingcali kwiMyuziyam yase-Bhritane, umntu okhohlakeleyo notyhafisayo ohamba phakathi kokuthanda kwakhe ubugcisa kunye nembali kunye nobomi bakhe obubuhlungu.
Nje ukuba babumbane ngenkani, uKaren noBenjamin baqala i-adventure yokuqonda intsingiselo enkulu emva koko abayi kuhamba bodwa. Ii-Adventures, iingozi ezizayo kunye nesenzo esikhawulezayo. I-cocktail ekhangayo njengokufunda ngokuzonwabisa okwangaxeshanye kukhulisa indawo yayo ephucukileyo, apho inqanaba eliphezulu lolwazi kwimbali yethu yonke lichaziweyo.
Umhlaba uguqulwa ube ngumzobo omkhulu apho iinkulungwane ezikude kakhulu kunye nexesha langoku ziba ziingceba ezintsonkothileyo ezinokulunga.
Ungayithenga incwadi Ummangaliso WokuqalaInoveli entsha kaGilles Legardinier, apha: