Herbert George Wells, plus connu sous la signature H. G. Wells, ne le 21 septembre 1866 a Bromley dans le Kent, Royaume-Uni et mort le 13 aout 1946 a Londres, est un ecrivain britannique surtout connu aujourd'hui pour ses romans de science-fiction. Il fut cependant egalement l'auteur de nombreux romans de satire sociale, d' uvres de prospective, de reflexions politiques et sociales ainsi que d'ouvrages de vulgarisation touchant aussi bien a la biologie, a l'histoire qu'aux questions sociales."

Herbert George Wells, plus connu sous la signature H. G. Wells, ne le 21 septembre 1866 a Bromley dans le Kent, Royaume-Uni et mort le 13 aout 1946 a Londres, est un ecrivain britannique surtout connu aujourd'hui pour ses romans de science-fiction. Il fut cependant egalement l'auteur de nombreux romans de satire sociale, d' uvres de prospective, de reflexions politiques et sociales ainsi que d'ouvrages de vulgarisation touchant aussi bien a la biologie, a l'histoire qu'aux questions sociales."

"All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings."
--- H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man is a 1897 science fiction novel, originally serialized in Pearson's Magazine. The Invisible Man of the title is "Griffin," a scientist who theorizes that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air and his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will not be visible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but cannot become visible again, becoming mentally unstable as a result.

In the Time Traveller's miraculous new machine, we will be carried from a Victorian dinner table to 802,701 AD, when the Earth is divided between the gentle, ineffective Eloi, and the ape-like Morlocks; forward again by a million years or so to glimpse a dying world of blood-red beaches and menacing shapes; and on again to the last days of our planet, a remote twilight where nothing moves but darkness and a cold wind.

Brilliantly imaginative fiction or the shape of things to come? H.G. Well's masterpiece still retains its power to provoke and enthral.

Herbert George Wells, better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and The Island of Doctor Moreau. He was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many different genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary.

The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films, radio dramas, comic book adaptations, and a television series based on the story.

Herbert George Wells, better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and The Island of Doctor Moreau. He was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many different genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary.