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H. G. Wells (1866–1946). H. G. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His writing career spanned more than sixty years, and his early science fiction novels earned him the title (along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback) of "The Father of Science Fiction".
Tono-Bungay is narrated by George Ponderevo, who is persuaded to help develop the business of selling Tono-Bungay, a patent medicine created by his uncle Edward. George devotes seven years to organising the production and manufacture of the product, even though he believes it is "a damned swindle". [3]
Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography.
Pages in category "Works by H. G. Wells" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Bert I. Gordon adapted the work to the movies twice. He first co-wrote, produced and directed Village of the Giants (1965) for Embassy Pictures . In this film, the substance, called simply "Goo", is developed by an 11-year-old ( Ron Howard ) and is consumed by a gang of teenaged troublemakers (led by Beau Bridges ), who become giants and take ...
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Griffin, also known as the Invisible Man, is a fictional character who serves as both protagonist and antagonist of H. G. Wells' 1897 science fiction novel The Invisible Man. In the original work, Griffin is a scientist whose research in optics and experiments into changing the human body's refractive index to that of air results in him ...
The First Men in the Moon by the English author H. G. Wells is a scientific romance, originally serialised in The Strand Magazine and The Cosmopolitan from November 1900 to June 1901 and published in hardcover in 1901. [2] Wells called it one of his "fantastic stories". [3]