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H. G. Wells Society plaque at Chiltern Court, Baker Street in the City of Westminster, London, where Wells lived between 1930 and 1936 In 1933, Wells predicted in The Shape of Things to Come that the world war he feared would begin in January 1940, [ 86 ] a prediction which ultimately came true four months early, in September 1939, with the ...
The Outline of History, subtitled either "The Whole Story of Man" or "Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind", is a work by H. G. Wells chronicling the history of the world from the origin of the Earth to the First World War. It appeared in an illustrated version of 24 fortnightly installments beginning on 22 November 1919 and was published ...
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".
The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind by H. G. Wells is the final work of a trilogy of which the first volumes were The Outline of History (1919–1920) and The Science of Life (1929). Wells conceived of the three parts of his trilogy as, respectively, "a survey of history, of the science of life, and of existing conditions."
A Short History of the World is an account of human history by English author H. G. Wells.It was first published in 1922 by Cassell & Company (London) and The Macmillan Company (New York). [1]
H. G. Wells: 1896 Organ transplantation [25] Unnamed, descriptive The War of the Worlds: H. G. Wells: 1898 Laser, chemical weapon: Heat-ray (for laser), black and poisonous vapour by means of rockets (for chemical weapon) When the Sleeper Wakes: H. G. Wells: 1899 Military aviation, [26] automatic door [27] Aeroplanes (for military aircraft)
The 1960 film named him H. George Wells, although he was only called George in dialogue. In the 1978 telefilm version of the story, the Time Traveller (this time a modern-day American) is named Dr. Neil Perry. H.G. Wells' great-grandson, Simon Wells, directed a 2002 remake where the Time Traveller's name is Alexander Hartdegen.
The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells. Librivox recording by Rebecca Dittman. Book 1, Chapter 1. The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was written between 1895 and 1897, [2] and serialised in Pearson's Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan magazine in the US in 1897.