Wells’s ideas have also endured because he was a standout storyteller, James adds. That's why he's so predictive in his writing,” explains Simon James, head of the English Studies department at Durham University and the editor of the official journal of the H.G. “Wells's was an imagination in a hurry, he wanted to get to the future sooner than it was going to happen. Goddard's liquid-fuelled rocket to the cell phone. In 2012, published a top ten list of inventions inspired by sci-fi, ranging from Robert H. Writers in this tradition have a history not just of imagining the future as is might be, but of inspiring others to make it a reality. Wells, born in 1866, was trained as a scientist, a rarity among his literary contemporaries, and was perhaps the most important figure in the genre that would become science fiction. Wells conjured some futuristic visions that haven't (yet) come true: a machine that travels back in time, a man who turns invisible, and a Martian invasion that destroys southern England.īut for a man born 150 years ago, many of Wells's other predictions about the modern world have proven amazingly prescient.

We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.Science fiction pioneer H.G. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. 'The Father of Science Fiction' was also a staunch socialist, and his later works are increasingly political and didactic. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as 'The Time Machine' (1895), 'The Invisible Man' (1897), and 'The War of the Worlds' (1898). Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. A fantastic example of classic science fiction by the father of the genre, 'The First Men in the Moon' is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Wells' work. Bedford journeys to the moon only to discover that they are unwelcome visitors. Bedford, an unconventional scientist, and his plan of space travel. Referred to by Wells as one of his 'fantastic stories', it tells the tale of one Mr. Wells' 1901 scientific romance, 'The First Men in the Moon'.

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