Author
H. G. Wells
Birth Date
September 21, 1866
(79 Years)
Death Date
August 13, 1946
Associated Country
United Kingdom
H. G. Wells was an English writer, journalist, historian, and social commentator widely regarded as one of the founding figures of modern science fiction. Born in Bromley, Kent, Wells came from a modest background and studied biology under the renowned scientist Thomas Henry Huxley. His scientific education profoundly influenced his writing, helping him create imaginative stories grounded in contemporary scientific ideas and social concerns.
Wells achieved international fame through a series of groundbreaking novels that explored themes of technological progress, social change, evolution, and the future of humanity. His work combined scientific speculation with adventure, satire, and social criticism, establishing many of the concepts that would become central to modern science fiction. Beyond his fiction, he was a prolific writer of nonfiction, producing works on history, politics, and society that reflected his interest in the future of civilization.
Throughout his career, Wells was recognized as both an influential storyteller and a public intellectual. His ideas and literary innovations helped shape the development of science fiction as a genre, while his broader writings engaged with many of the major social and political issues of his time. Today, he is remembered as one of the most important and enduring figures in world literature.
Wells achieved international fame through a series of groundbreaking novels that explored themes of technological progress, social change, evolution, and the future of humanity. His work combined scientific speculation with adventure, satire, and social criticism, establishing many of the concepts that would become central to modern science fiction. Beyond his fiction, he was a prolific writer of nonfiction, producing works on history, politics, and society that reflected his interest in the future of civilization.
Throughout his career, Wells was recognized as both an influential storyteller and a public intellectual. His ideas and literary innovations helped shape the development of science fiction as a genre, while his broader writings engaged with many of the major social and political issues of his time. Today, he is remembered as one of the most important and enduring figures in world literature.
Books
In the early twentieth century, Mars has been all but destroyed by intense global cooling, and so the Martians set their sights on conquering the lush greenery of Earth. Faced with the Martians’...
The Time Machine 1984
When the Time Traveller courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700—and everything had changed. In this unfamiliar, utopian age creatures seemed to...
The Invisible Man 1983
Set in turn-of-the-century England, the story focuses on Griffin, a scientist who has discovered the means to make himself invisible. His initial, almost comedic, adventures are soon overshadowed by...